Red Tap Water

Redrum · 1 May 2008 at 21:29

Have you not asked any of your neighbours to see if they have the same problem? That would tell you if its the supply or the actual pipes in your property, and would also give you more clout when complaining to the water company if it wasn't just you.

Drinking water is very good for you, but 4 liters a day does seem excessive. I assume you always get your drinking water from the kitchen tap, as the other taps probably run off a mouldy old tank somewhere in the building.

Gilly · 2 May 2008 at 14:07

There's a fair chance your health problems arise from drinking vastly excessive amounts of water, never mind contaminated water.

Pug · 2 May 2008 at 14:16

you cant have too much iron in your system, a healthy body will just not absorb it/excrete it - its pretty safe afaik

4L a day :shock:

thats not exactly healthy eaither, when you consider 2.5L is the RDA, more for excercise/hot weather... Thats including the water in food as well as drinks like tea/coffee.

seriously, switch to bottled water and drink less - more is not always healthier.

Glaucus · 2 May 2008 at 14:18

Pug said:
you cant have too much iron in your system, a healthy body will just not absorb it/excrete it - its pretty safe afaik

4L a day :shock:

thats not exactly healthy eaither, when you consider 2.5L is the RDA, more for excercise/hot weather... Thats including the water in food as well as drinks like tea/coffee.

seriously, switch to bottled water and drink less - more is not always healthier.

It's not RDA it's a minimum. Nothing wrong with 4litres a day.

Pug · 2 May 2008 at 14:22

AcidHell2 said:
It's not RDA it's a minimum. Nothing wrong with 4litres a day.

i use the term RDA loosely, but no, thats not a minimum - its a reccomended amount - the minimum would be MUCH less.

Aside from the fact that doesnt mean 2.5L of ACTUAL water, but would include water from foods, fruits and drinks such as tea/coffee.

As for the health aspects, i'm not a doctor (well, not an M.D. anyway, i'm the proper type

) drinking too much water can dilute salts in the blood, place excess strain on the kidneys and all manner of other issues.

seems others in theis thread would agree, also.

Glaucus · 2 May 2008 at 14:24

Pug said:
i use the term RDA loosely, but no, thats no a minimum - its a reccomended amount - the minimum would be MUCH less.

Aside from the fact that doesnt mean 2.5L of ACTUAL water, but would include water from foods, fruits and drinks such as tea/coffee.

If you feel thirsty you are dehydrated, if your urine is yellow you are dehydrated. Something like 80% of the population are chronically dehydrated.

People don't realise how much water they need.

Pug said:
As for the health aspects, i'm not a doctor (well, not an M.D. anyway, i'm the proper type ) drinking too much water can dilute salts in the blood, place excess strain on the kidneys and all manner of other issues.

No, it helps kidneys. Kidneys have problems with to little water and as such the slats can't desolve properly. The amount of water needed to dilute the salts, to a point the body would become damaged. Is something like 10litres in the space of 2 hours.

Gilly · 2 May 2008 at 14:26

Drinking 4 litres is massively excessive.

[edit]Thirst has nothing to do with dehydration.

Vixen · 2 May 2008 at 14:26

Pug said:
i use the term RDA loosely, but no, thats not a minimum - its a reccomended amount - the minimum would be MUCH less.

Aside from the fact that doesnt mean 2.5L of ACTUAL water, but would include water from foods, fruits and drinks such as tea/coffee.

As for the health aspects, i'm not a doctor (well, not an M.D. anyway, i'm the proper type ) drinking too much water can dilute salts in the blood, place excess strain on the kidneys and all manner of other issues.

seems others in theis thread would agree, also.

Drinking any less for more than a day makes me more ill. I think I'll trust the opinions of several doctors who know how much I need to drink over some guys who work in IT.

Glaucus · 2 May 2008 at 14:28

Gilly said:
Drinking 4 litres is massively excessive.

That all depends. On the temprature and what you do. But 4 litre is not excessive.

I regularly drink much more than that in the summer when doing manual labour outside.

Pug · 2 May 2008 at 14:29

AcidHell2 said:
stuff

not going to get into a slanging match in someone elses thread, but i have read from more than a few trusted sources (as opposed to heresay) that you CAN drink too much water, and it CAN have an impact on health. It depends on how much you weigh, how much excercise you do and how hot/humid it is.

You believe/have read differently. Lets leave it at that.

Pug · 2 May 2008 at 14:30

Vixen said:
Drinking any less for more than a day makes me more ill. I think I'll trust the opinions of several doctors who know how much I need to drink over some guys who work in IT.

who said i work in IT? :confused:

i did 5 years doing my PhD developing Cancer chemopreventives, before moving to and working in the city, FWIW.

Pug · 2 May 2008 at 14:32

AcidHell2 said:
That all depends. On the temprature and what you do. But 4 litre is not excessive.

I regularly drink much more than that in the summer when doing manual labour outside.

lol, of course you would, and should!

Manual labour outside in the summer is not the same as living in flat off, work ill with chronic lethargy, or whatever it was (no offence intended)

Glaucus · 2 May 2008 at 14:32

Can I really drink too much water?

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Drinking too much water can lead to a condition known as water intoxication. Water intoxication is most commonly seen in infants under the age of six months and sometimes in athletes. The kidneys of a healthy adult can process fifteen litres of water a day so you are unlikely to suffer from water intoxication, even if you drink a lot of water, as long as you drink it over time as opposed to drinking an enormous volume at one time.

And a simple hydration calculator
http://www.wateraid.org/uk/get_involved/drink_more_water/1415.asp

platypus · 2 May 2008 at 14:35

Vixen said:
Drinking any less for more than a day makes me more ill. I think I'll trust the opinions of several doctors who know how much I need to drink over some guys who work in IT.

Since you clearly don't need our opinion then why bother posting on a computing forum about something you should have had the common sense to do four years ago?

Glaucus · 2 May 2008 at 14:36

platypus said:
Since you clearly don't need our opinion then why bother posting on a computing forum about something you should have had the common sense to do four years ago?

How much to drink and the original post is not the same.

Pug · 2 May 2008 at 14:37

the salient bit from my point was she probably doesnt REQUIRE 4L a day, and so switching to (and storing) bottled water could be managed.

/moves on to let thread continue...

platypus · 2 May 2008 at 14:38

AcidHell2 said:
How much to drink and the original post is not the same.

I'm fairly sure they're related, but I take your point.

BigglesPiP · 2 May 2008 at 14:58

Iron oxide. Rusty pipes somewhere, sounds expensive to me.

2StepSteve · 2 May 2008 at 15:28

Cherryade on tap!