Eli5 Why does drinking different types of water dehydrate the mouth/tongue?

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I recently moved to a different location, and the water here makes my the inside of my mouth feel like cottonmouth. It’s very dehydrating and drying. How do I fix it?

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First of all, you need to make sure your water is potable. You can request proof of conformity with water requirements from your provider.

Secondly, every water source has different minerals within it. Your provider cannot remove everything from it because pure water is poisonous. Water doesn’t like being pure and will literally corrode you to melt itself impure.

What’s likely happening is that you have some minerals in your water that you’re not particularly used to. Could be nothing, could be pipes corroding (galvanized connected to copper pipes, for instance), could be a poor supply.

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