Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted February 8 Subscriber Share Posted February 8 I don't drink tap water or rarely do and prefer boiling my water first (kettle) then bottling it or drink mineral water instead, it's just that I don't trust the way they filter whatever you drink. I will do a Tommy saying... Discuss. Edit: Just realised I ticked tap water as my choice but I meant mineral water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted February 8 Author Subscriber Share Posted February 8 I tried to edit and get rid of that above in the poll but can't, Mods/Admins, help rid of, please, Edit: Sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted February 8 Author Subscriber Share Posted February 8 Quote UK tap water If the kitchen sink tends to be your regular watering hole, you’re in safe hands. British tap water is said to be one of the best water supplies in the world, with a quality rating of 99.96% according to Discover Water. This quality is regularly monitored by the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) to ensure our water is both clean and safe to drink. During these regulations, the DWI search for things such as E.coli and other bacteria across reservoirs in the UK, access the full report here. Best UK regions for tap water While tap water across the UK is safe to drink, quality may differ by region. For example, a 2020 taste test from a survey by Tapp Water. Its findings revealed that the top 5 UK regions for water, based on participant's opinions, were: Scotland South West (Bristol) Yorkshire and the Humber (Leeds) Northern Ireland (Belfast) Wales (Cardiff) It also revealed the 5 worst places across the UK for tap water taste. Which all happened to be areas with ‘hard’ water, these were: East of England (Norwich) East Midlands (Leicester) South East (Southampton) Greater London (London) West Midlands (Birmingham) https://www.brita.co.uk/news-stories/dispenser/is-tap-water-safe-to-drink-uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted February 8 Administrator Share Posted February 8 39 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said: it's just that I don't trust the way they filter whatever you drink. What do you think they do to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted February 8 Author Subscriber Share Posted February 8 11 minutes ago, Stan said: What do you think they do to it? Wouldn't have a clue? I have never really touched tap water either here in the UK or anywhere else and always buy bottled water, our son & daughter use tap water up here and say there is nothing wrong with it but everybody have their own choices. I have heard people say "I would never touch tap water..." and when I asked them why they did not give me an answer, just that they wouldn't. Do you drink tap water or other ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,328 Posted February 8 Subscriber Share Posted February 8 I prefer beer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted February 8 Author Subscriber Share Posted February 8 2 minutes ago, nudge said: I prefer beer. I was waiting for that and thought Spike would be the first one to nominate the old amber nectar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Pyfish+ 2,773 Posted February 8 Subscriber Share Posted February 8 Always drink from the tap but I lived in Leeds where the water quality is excellent so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,619 Posted February 8 Moderator Share Posted February 8 Sparkling mineral water. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,328 Posted February 8 Subscriber Share Posted February 8 1 minute ago, Tommy said: Sparkling mineral water. Yeah, that's what I prefer too, in all seriousness. I used to drink tap water when I lived in some places where it's safe to do it, in some other places it is safe but tastes bad, in some places it is not safe at all, etc. So basically it depends on the location, but these days, I mostly stick to sparkling water. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted February 8 Administrator Share Posted February 8 1 hour ago, CaaC (John) said: Wouldn't have a clue? I have never really touched tap water either here in the UK or anywhere else and always buy bottled water, our son & daughter use tap water up here and say there is nothing wrong with it but everybody have their own choices. I have heard people say "I would never touch tap water..." and when I asked them why they did not give me an answer, just that they wouldn't. Do you drink tap water or other ? Yeah but what makes you not trust it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted February 8 Author Subscriber Share Posted February 8 1 hour ago, Stan said: Yeah but what makes you not trust it? There are a lot of things nowadays that the government deem as safe but a lot of the time they are just talking a load of shite, the best tap water I have ever tasted was when we were living with the wifes big sis here in Scotland, Gorebridge, way in the country, a farm. The water came straight from a spring and it was cold and just tasted beautiful as if you were drinking cold mineral water straight from the fridge, nowadays the tap water here in Edinburgh isn't to bad but I just don't like tap water. We live near the Seafield Waste Water Treatment Works and there has been a load of complaints about the smell coming from that direction depending on which way the wind blows and that kind of puts me off drinking tap water, if they can't get rid of a smell then they might not be able to get rid of any bugs that enter the water, I worked there too and there were gulls, crows, pigeons everywhere scavenging for whatever. Leith residents complain about stench from Edinburgh's Seafield Waste Water Treatment 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted February 8 Author Subscriber Share Posted February 8 Loads of these in our chiller, always have one beside me and when I hit the sack if I wake up thirsty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUFC 1,503 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Have been London a couple of times but was a day thing, each visit. People who've gone there from Manchester said the tap water in London is disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivore Chris 2,606 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 1 hour ago, Stan said: Yeah but what makes you not trust it? The NWO put drugs in it to kill us all slowly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted February 8 Administrator Share Posted February 8 19 minutes ago, MUFC said: Have been London a couple of times but was a day thing, each visit. People who've gone there from Manchester said the tap water in London is disgusting. Water tastes do differ from each region. We have very hard water in Bedford. Each time I go to Leicester it tastes totally different, think it's softer there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Blue 1,901 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Sparkling and filtered tap water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil 1,179 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 40 Bottles for less than £4 in Costco. I have piles of them in my garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,206 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 I've drunk tap water all my life and I only got cancer once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael 1,117 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 I've always drunk bottled mineral water as an adult. Although as a child we drunk filtered tap water or even tap water which we didn't filter. Most of my friends and family drink tap water, but I always buy mineral water, again because I don't fully trust the cleanliness of the tap water as it can get contaminated at times. Although the water is treated, on occasion rust can mix with the water or particles can be found in the water when works are being done on the water supplies. Moreover, our water is treated with Chlorine to kill the harmful bacteria and Limescale can also be found in our tap water. Potential substances in our tap water could also include lead, microplastics, drugs, synthetic hormones and harmful bacteria. For these reasons, I prefer to play safe and drink bottled mineral water. Although bottled mineral water does contain microplastics. So it's almost impossible to get extremely pure and clean water unless you drink your water from a natural spring every day. In my opinion, the best solution is to filter your bottled mineral water. That will at least make the water you drink quite pure and clean. Filtering the water will at the very least get rid of most of the microplastics in the bottled mineral water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted February 9 Author Subscriber Share Posted February 9 The wife likes drinking soda water too, lately it's been Schweppes but she still drinks more of the Elm Spring water. 26 minutes ago, Michael said: So it's almost impossible to get extremely pure and clean water unless you drink your water from a natural spring every day. As mentioned in my opening post, when we stayed with wifes sister on a farm the tap water came straight from an underground spring and it was always cold and tasted lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael 1,117 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 45 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said: The wife likes drinking soda water too, lately it's been Schweppes but she still drinks more of the Elm Spring water. As mentioned in my opening post, when we stayed with wifes sister on a farm the tap water came straight from an underground spring and it was always cold and tasted lovely. Yeah, nothing beats fresh spring water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,619 Posted February 9 Moderator Share Posted February 9 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11378739/How-glass-tap-water-drink-consumed-TEN-people-you.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Europeans have their drinking water held at ransom by Perrier and Pellegrino. They can't get safe water to their people but those companies can ship natural spring water world wide. I guess I was lucky to grow up with water tapped from the world's largest underground reservoir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/05/environmental-impact-of-bottled-water-up-to-3500-times-greater-than-tap-water https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jul/09/bottled-water-shipped-halfway-round--world-madness https://www.iema.net/resources/news/2006/02/22/bottled-water-is-killing-the-planet BTW tap water and mineral water aren't exclusive, the tap water in my hometown is mineral water. It just means the water has various salts and sulphurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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