Drinking Tap Water?

I only use bottled water while in India, as their tap water isn't as good as ours.

British tap water quality is just great.
 
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Tap water is fine although be wary of upstairs taps if you have a tank in the loft feeding them as supposedly it will be full of dead insects and all manner of contaminants.
 
HangTime said:
Tap water is fine although be wary of upstairs taps if you have a tank in the loft feeding them as supposedly it will be full of dead insects and all manner of contaminants.
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Most are sealed these days with proper removable lids, just a case of ensuring its on properly
 
When I lived slightly further up north in Burnley the tap water was much nicer than here in Manchester. I don't drink it much unless it is mixed with cordial. But I imagine it is fine to drink, I don't hate it so much that I buy bottled water. At work we have water coolers so I use those which is like bottled water.
 
Agent_Smith357 said:
Bottled water should be illegal for the environmental and societal damage it causes.

Oh and you're not supposed to refill the bottles because various chemicals leech from the plastic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A
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BPA exhibits hormone-like properties at high dosage levels that raise concern about its suitability in consumer products and food containers where exposure is orders of magnitude lower.

lol! What about baby bottles? Ban them too?
 
craptakular said:
This, I work for a water company, some of the responses so far have made me alarmed. Our tap what is best in the world.

It passes like 99.96% of DWI/ofwat compliance tests. Bottled water idn't anywhere near the same standard, its all marketing gimmicks.

Taste varies throughout the country depending on the source of raw water, but "good" taste depends where you were born and what you are used too, it is very subject and challenging for us to improve.

Some people like cl2 taste and smell others don't. etc.
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I saw a poster advertising working for a water company some years ago, with the intended message being that water supply was an interesting area to work in. Unfortunately, the slogan they'd chosen could also be interpreted in a rather different way - "It's more than just H2O". That amused me.

Maybe water companies should start selling their tapwater in bottles with some deceptive descriptions and a 1000% increase in price. Then they could use the profits to supply piped water free of charge to people who don't fall for the bottled water baloney.

I buy cheap bottled water for situations where I would otherwise buy a bottle or can of Coke or something like that. It's probably tap water anyway. Actually, I hope it's tap water. As you say, the required standards for tap water are considerably higher.
 
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