How's your tapwater?

[swee'pea99]

Ars is 'ard - well'ard. We're used to it tho', and use it straight from the tap, no problem. I even bottle it and put the bottles in the fridge.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

My water supply from Loch Katrine is fine for my palate but my cat won't touch it and insists on drinking from a rain-filled bucket in the garden.

When my brother visits from Surrey he always remarks how good the water is and how this is the only place he can get a decent cup of tea not ruined by poor water.

Having said that, I have friends 2 miles away who will only drink or cook with bottled water.

 

[snorri]

My tapwater from a loch up in the hills is excellent for all purposes and needs no additional filtering.
I've never needed to buy bottled water but have one 2L bottle supplied by Scottish Water for emergencies, I see the Best Before date is 1/07/08.

 

[Dirk]

Ours is fine - straight off Exmoor.
Our friends from up country always remark at how good it is.
No need for bottled water here.

 

[Archie_tect]

Ours comes from Keilder so filtered sheep wee flavoured with the occasional drowned midge and slightly fishy.... nothing finer.

It used to be passed by the Borough Engineer...

 

[Jimidh]

Ours comes from reservoir straight off the hills less than a mile away - no issues

 

[mudsticks]

Private borehole.

Water filtered through 25 m of Old Devonian Red Sandstone.

Take for granted how good it tastes, until having to drink the townie stuff.

 

[the_mikey]

I checked the Bristol Water website, it says our water is 253 mg/l of CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate) , which is very hard, I can vouch for this, you only need to boil a kettle a couple of time for very noticeable flakes of calcium carbonate to materialise, think of my poor washing machine!

 

[swee'pea99]

Private borehole.

La di dah

 

[presta]

I recall that the water at Dent Hostel used to be so peat-stained that it looked like tea.

 

[Beebo]

Our tapwater is so good 7 people have already drunk it before it gets to us.

8 for me, I’m about 8 miles down river from you

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

8 for me, I’m about 8 miles down river from you

Ah, but you're closer to the Crossness sewage works so it's fresher for you.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

My water supply from Loch Katrine is fine for my palate but my cat won't touch it and insists on drinking from a rain-filled bucket

Cats are weird though, mine has fresh water put in a bowl but eschews that in favour of either that little bit of standing water that is always in the bath plug area, or the green, algae stained bird bath outside.

 

[vickster]

My cat won’t drink out of a bowl, only a glass. He’s ok with tap though (especially if it’s an uncovered glass by the bed )

 

[Milzy]

People poor chemicals and oil down their drains & I always wonder if it's really that safe to drink. Then I wonder if the bottled spring water might be just as bad as tap water. Unless you test kit the water before every glass you'll never know what you're putting inside your body.