Can you drink tap water?!


Question: Can you drink tap water!?
I live in New Zealand and my sister told me that we are one of only three countries in the world that can drink tap water! Is this true!? If you answer, can you say which country you're from and yes/no!. ThankiesWww@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Yes and No Yes you can drink tap water but no not only three countries!.

Australia
America
NZ
England{Britain}
Japan
Korea
China in some provinces
and thats all i know
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I live in France (and have lived in Canada and England) and tap water in most developed countries is absolutely fine to drink!.!.!.Europe, Japan North America, Down Under
I have visited loads of countries (like Morrocco) where westerners arent used to the tapwater which has less filtering but the locals drink it & are fine !

BTW in some Canadian and US cities there are bottled waters sold that are in fact tap water from the city reserves!Www@FoodAQ@Com

i live in MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA (in the northern/midwestern part of the US), and yes, we can drink the water - although i've heard rumors about it having too much iron and other things that obviously aren't great for you!. i know in suburbs and rural areas of my state (as is the same, i'm sure, for many other places as well), the water is undrinkable, not because of contamination - but just because it's what i call "well water", which is literally disgusting!. so whenever i wind up in those areas i tend to buy bottled water by the caseload!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

You can drink tap water plenty of places!. Just certain areas are affected differently!. I live in the U!.S!. and when I lived in California, the water there wasn't so bad!. But then I moved to an area in Texas!. The water we have here has a lot of fluoride in it, which, over time, can turn your teeth brown!. Therefore, I don't drink it!. That, and I much prefer the taste of bottled water!.
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umm!.!.!.bull lol!.

you see!.!.!.people are soo paranoid that "tap water isnt filtered water"

BY LAW it MUST be filtered!. YES you can drink it, i drink it from a hoze outside!. Water is water!.

I live in the grand USAWww@FoodAQ@Com

The US you can!. However I am from the north east, and if I go down to florida and some places in north carolina the water tastes different and does not agree with my stomach!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I live in austalia, and in some places you cant drink the water!.
Where I live you can!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

actually, one of the source water here in Philippines was a tap waterWww@FoodAQ@Com

boiled water is always safer than tap water!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Singapore is safe!. i drink it all the timeWww@FoodAQ@Com

no!. i drink tap and live in the states!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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