Sentence examples for water smell from inspiring English sources

Even in small amounts, the additive makes water smell and taste like turpentine.

New regulations in New York and Connecticut, for instance, will require ethanol to be used as a substitute this spring for methyl tertiary butyl ether, a substance referred to as M.T.B.E., that makes drinking water smell like turpentine.

The collapse of the Bush administration's efforts to enact energy legislation this year revealed a fierce dispute over proposed concessions to Texas companies that produce a gasoline additive that makes drinking water smell like turpentine.

Concentrations under 40 parts per billion are not enough to hurt people or make water smell or taste bad, says a 1997 EPA advisory.

But then all you need to do is to look out over the water, smell the air and hear the surf, and you remember where you are.

The smell of these dead fish combined with rotting algal blooms, making the water smell so bad that nobody wanted to go anywhere near it.

The water smelled of oil.

Skunk water smells like many things, but mainly it smells like feces.

The water smelled like metal and the air smelled like earth.

The concentration of minerals in the water smells foul, but the water looks lovely.

They couldn't even brush their teeth because the water smelled so different".