Is drinking tap water safe?!
But I'm told it's not really safe to be drinking.
Thanks for your help :)
Answers: I sometimes have a glass of tap water,
But I'm told it's not really safe to be drinking.
Thanks for your help :)
Generally it is nothing to brag about, with chlorine and several other toxic poisons which have been added to kill bacteria, city water is not so wonderful.
City water treatment plants do a pretty good job of killing the bacteria in the water, however, it is a good idea to filter the poisons out of the water when the city is finished with it. This can be done easily with carbon block filters.
if you are in the uk YES its fine
Depends where you live...in developing countries--NO!
Yes its completely safe although some prefer to filter the water to get rid of the impurities.
There are places in the world where one would be well-advised to stick to drinking bottled water, but not in the United States. If your municipal supply is tainted, your local health department will tell everyone what they need to do while they correct the problem. They'll put public service announcements on radio and t.v. All you have to do is follow their instructions until the problem is resolved.
Some bottled water is bottled right from the same source as your tap water. There is a report that most water bureaus put out annually that indicates the ppm for impurities.
If you are unsure, buy a water testing kit from the home depot for $20 and have your water tested
ye but depends where u live.....but its safer to drink filterd water because there could be stuff in the water that the filter will take out
it is fine to drink in UK
it should be completely safe to drink tap water. Unless there is contamination in the system, which the local authority must inform its customers off.
In most developed countries, yeah.
Now, if you were like out in the sticks in Mexico or some third world country, I wouldn't drink the water.
If you seriously think tap water is dangerous, some people might suggest you drinking bottled water. However, that could cost up to $1500/year.
My suggestion is to buy a water filter to hook up to your tap. It costs like $30, and your water will be super clean and tasty!
Life's too short to listen to those health do gooders and their brita filter purifiers and spring water. At least we have clean running water on tap, some people have no choice but to drink and wash from rivers and risk infection
Yes tap water is fine to drink even if it has not been filtered but you can buy filter systems that attach easily to your tap to filter the water.
Well it depends where in the world you are. If you are in the UK it is fine and perfect straight from the tap. Cheers ma dear!!!
No, I've observed that my cat would not drink it, but rather prefers rain water from a muddy puddle.
There's also the issue of trusting the water companies, have a look at this:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,3...
Um scientists say it is. But personally I don't trust it. It is not clean.
i usually drink boil water!!
i believe when its boiled up to 100 degree celcius
there wil b no germs left but the same time all
minerals will b gone too!!!
but i guess its safer tat way!!! : )
It should be
I have been hearing on the news, about all the people over the years that have been flushing old rx's down the toilet.
It has tainted our water supply, I am very weary of drinking tap water myself. ( and who knows what else over the years that have been flushed! YUK
Perfectly safe assuming you are in the U.K.
never killed anybody i know. i think it depends where you live though, north is better thn south, i read somewhere that water from london has more chemicals then the north.
tap water is safe to drink. if you have doubt then you can get a filter to put on your faucet or get one of those brita pitchers. if that doesn't float your boat you can just boil your water, let it cool then put it in a container and place in the fridge.