Tap Water

[darren]

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i thought that was true of most houses tap water.
And yes ur probably right.

could be that your kitchen tap comes straight of the mains whereas your bathroom tap comes from a tank in the loft, thus could be home to dead animals/creatures?

[DSCOMAN]

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I did buys gallons of Perrier in 80's....I don't drink milk tea or coffee so Water and pop was my drink.....The flavours were lemon , or lime...then they said it contained nitrates or some such!! - didnt buy it after that.
Volvic is my tipple of choice now....I can tell the difference between bottled waters and tap water...and it HAS to be cold.!!

[zabadak]

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You are advised not to drink the tap water in Lanzarote - not because it is polluted but it has lots of volcanic-related minerals in it and we are not used to it...

[Mulletino]

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Ive always noticed drinking tap water from the kitchen is much nicer than tap water from the bathroom.

Could be that your kitchen tap comes straight of the mains whereas your bathroom tap comes from a tank in the loft, thus could be home to dead animals/creatures?

[Arran]

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Perrier water was served in British restaurants during the 1970s and became an upper-middle class household staple by the mid 1980s but it wasn't really a competitor to tap water because it was sparkling and flavoured versions were also available.

I'm intrigued to know at what point in time did common folk start buying bottles of still water, and more importantly, why?

[Richard1978]

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Perrier water became popular in the 1980s.

I don't remember still bottled water coming in before the second half of the 1990s.

I can remember someone being surprised I drank tap water on it's own.

[Arran]

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When did bottled water first start to become popular in Britain? I'm sure that shops did not sell it in the 1960s but several kids at my primary school used to drink it in the 1990s in preference to tap water. I thought it was a waste of money and a chemistry teacher made claims that bottled water contains all sorts of dissolved crud from the ground where it emerges from. Buxton Spring comes out of a tap in the middle of a railway yard in Derbyshire.

[amethyst]

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Ive always noticed drinking tap water from the kitchen is much nicer than tap water from the bathroom.

I wouldnt touch the bathroom water

[darren]

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Ive always noticed drinking tap water from the kitchen is much nicer than tap water from the bathroom.

[Asher D]

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mine tastes like copper.

"go to gaol"

[xmark1234]

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Yea i remember that mate use to buy bottle water if you drank there tap water u be on loo all holiday and yea been there dun that never drank it again lol

ive heard horror stories of people going on holiday and drinking the water and getting all sorts of infections.

it was always a reason id never go abroad.

you see mamy programmes talking about hotels with horrible drinking water tap water.

ive drank some that really hurt my throat.

[darren]

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ive heard horror stories of people going on holiday and drinking the water and getting all sorts of infections.

it was always a reason id never go abroad.

you see mamy programmes talking about hotels with horrible drinking water tap water.

ive drank some that really hurt my throat.

[Trickyvee]

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I'm sure tap water in European countries is fine now but I do remember a couple of trips to the Balearics in the early 90's when the tap water tasted horrible. I drank bottled water and I could certainly tell if tap water ice cubes made their way into a drink.

[xmark1234]

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Lol thats a quote not heard for long time you not heard that at all mate my grandad use to say it to me was so happy then saw it was water lol

Havent heard that before

[amethyst]

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We used to call it Council Pop too lol. Maybe it's a northern saying? I live in Spain and you will know the famous saying " Don't drink the water " It always amuses me when I see all the Brit ex-pats leaving the local supermarket with a trolley full of expensive un-necessary bottled water ( which as we all know is usually tap water anyway ). If the Spaniards can drink it so can we. I lived in the jungle in a small village in the Philippines for some months where the only water supply was a half-pipe that collected rain water and ran down a mountain to a stand pipe. There was a sock over the end of the tap to stop bugs and insects. I did have " the runs " for a while, but after that no problem lol. Tap water in the UK is among the best in the world believe me !!

I know when we went to Fuerteventura `1997 the reps said dont drink from taps well if Brits ate salads from restaurants how do they wash it