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« on: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 10:42:12 »

Looking at this piece it seems neither is particularly safer than the other. I’ve been filtering my tap water for years, but it’s a bit alarming that the regulations governing bottled water aren’t as stringent as tap.

https://news.sky.com/story/should-we-be-worried-about-our-drinking-water-13270874

This, obviously, doesn’t concern Wobbly Bob.
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« Reply #1 on: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 11:07:55 »

I've started using filters again the last year.
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« Reply #2 on: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 11:49:15 »

Hope the water in beer is filtered to a high standard Cheesy
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« Reply #3 on: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 12:04:36 »

Been using water filters since early 90’s
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« Reply #4 on: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 12:05:19 »

I drink almost entirely water and use it from the tap with a filter. I have some of those water swab testers for key chemicals and have tested the pre and post-filtered water, and it noticeably reduces the amount of them all.
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« Reply #5 on: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 12:10:38 »

I drink filtered water in Bedford, but that is more to do with the fact that we have hard water around here which scales the kettle badly etc if you don't.
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« Reply #6 on: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 12:17:26 »

https://www.facebook.com/groups/houtbay/permalink/2881959241976681/?

This is from a page I follow because that’s where I’ll be Friday morning, again. You see water pollution is not just confined to the U.K.
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« Reply #7 on: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 13:49:29 »

Tap water down here in Kent tastes revolting. Bottled for me,wouldn't trust any SE water to be honest
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« Reply #8 on: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 14:38:45 »

Tap, no filter. Delicious Mendip juice. Where I grew up water was hard as shit but didn't stop me, love it.

When I lived in London I was working in pubs and restaurants non stop so meant I rarely needed to turn on the tap, just pull the pump.  Pint

I didn't trust the tap water in Bristol when I was working there, but that was more working in a building where they couldn't even get the drains for the mens bogs to drain so I didn't trust the plumbing.
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« Reply #9 on: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 14:41:39 »

I’m interested in how anyone who smokes worries about drinking tap water!
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« Reply #10 on: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 15:31:44 »

I drink it straight from the tap
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« Reply #11 on: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 15:55:20 »

I drink it straight from the tap
Doesn’t that make your neck ache?
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« Reply #12 on: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 15:58:17 »

Doesn’t that make your neck ache?

not with one of those flexible tap jobbies
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« Reply #13 on: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 16:11:25 »

not with one of those flexible tap jobbies

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« Reply #14 on: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 17:55:41 »

Tap mainly. Other than people living in metropolis areas where water recycling is much higher or they have incredibly had water {the type where they put bouncers on the taps} then a lot of people have bought into the fad of bottled water. In the UK. Driven sometimes by American ''warning'' memes and other places where some regulations barely exist.

UK water is largely safe to drink from the tap. You could even drink treated effluent water, some of you possibly do anyway and it's considered safer than some potable water. It's up to an individual's preference if they like the taste of ''council pop'', which will differ from region to region.

I used to drink water that came from a bore hole and was UV filtered, tested monthly for salinity and other potential irregularities as well as reporting for mineral levels. It was often rated much much higher than any bottled water - yet several people wouldn't drink it. I feel this was pure stigma because it was an owners own supply, and wasn't dressed up like a whore and put into bottles with shiny packaging by the Coca-Cola Company.

Hey ho bit like the misinformation with Bovaer currently - people will make an opinion based on ignoring any convenient facts. I notice a lot of the bodybuilding community have said they won't drink milk with bovaer in...yet I bet all that meat/protein they consume has it in too. Always find it strange when people make a stance like this - yet they gladly will inject steroids and take unsafe amounts of Viagra {not for a hardon} to maintain their workout routine and brazenly talk about it like it's a really healthy part of their lifestyle  Doh
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