ali Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Lol tap water is fine - that's what I drink although I do keep it in the fridge to cool it down Us too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJT Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 We found the tap water here had a very chemical taste when we first got here. We have a filter on our fridge and store water in the fridge, you can never get cold water from the water tap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyS Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 water aint great here. i have a mains supply filter on the feed to the fridge, which also has a filter built in. under sink filter to the tap in the kitchen for filling the kettle ) i also know a uk plumber if anyone needs any jobs doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibbs Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 We have a filter on our fridge and store water in the fridge, you can never get cold water from the water tap. Yup, just get a fridge with a water dispenser/filter/ice maker. Solves all the problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossmoyne Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Although you can drink it straight from the tap here, most people I know either have a filter tap at the sink, a water filter machine of some sort, or just the old trusty Brita filter jug in the fridge. We always filtered tap water in the UK and just carried on doing the same when we moved here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolac34 Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Yep, Brita filter in the fridge for us - although we've only just got around to changing the filter after a year... So clearly can't be that bothered about the taste! We also have refilled bottles of water that are filled straight from the tap that we take out and about with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancelot1937 Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 I'd guess that it all depends where you live and the source of the water and treatment needed to make it usable. Maybe I've been lucky but I've never needed to consider bottled or filtered water. I detest London but on the occasions when I've had to go to meetings there I thought that the water was horrible but I still drank it form the tap. Maybe the whisky that I drink has made me immune from problems drinking tap water!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EvelynCale Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Well, I suggesxt filtering or boiling tap water before drinking it. As you know, better safe than sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chardy Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) The water is fine in metro areas and towns but better chilled. If out in the sticks like when we camped near Denmark last week where the drinking water was from rainwater tanks and the tap water was brown, its best to boil first ! Edited March 7, 2014 by Chardy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verystormy Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Well, I suggesxt filtering or boiling tap water before drinking it. As you know, better safe than sorry There is no need in the UK or Australia to boil or filter water for drinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutnudger Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Never boiled or filtered water here. Tastes just fine from the tap or chilled in the fridge. If i lived off a rainwater tank, then yes would boil it, but from the mains supply, no need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candygirl Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 As we have lived in Spain for the last 8.5 years and had to drink bottled water we now cannot drink the tap water here so are buying bottled water from Woolies. Costing me a fortune and not happy to keep carrying heavy bottles around. As people have said, the water is OK, but often comes out of the tape warm so you will need to chill it in the fridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxan Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 I don't drink tap water either not buying bottled water. I drink filtered water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annjean Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 We have filtered water through a tap at the sink and chilled filtered water through the fridge, there is a different taste if it is not filtered and sometimes it is quite strong and I will not drink it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 I'm not sure whether or not the water tastes differently in Woodvale to everywhere else but we've been drinking tap water for two weeks now and we think it's fine. All we've been doing is filling plastic bottles up then putting them in the fridge, no probs......so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikkis2000 Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 It can vary suburb to suburb @Keefo. When we first moved into our rental in Ellenbrook the tap water was gross but they seem to have done something to make it better. We still filter it though. My husband runs a water delivery company and he takes the water from various hydrants around the place. He says it always tastes a bit different depending where he's drawing from. It's all the same Water Corp water though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verystormy Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 My wife likes filtered. I cant taste any difference. We do freeze bottles of water though in summer - great to take on car journeys or even to bed on a hot night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOL Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) We only drank water filtered through reverse osmosis and then remineralised again. Somehow the water was terrible to our (Duth/European) standards. Unnecessary? Maybe, but as we drank 2.5 liters a day each and barely anything else we found it important to taste well and be healthy (both are open for debate obviously). Edited January 12, 2015 by FOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfie Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 We have a filter thing by the tap on the kitchen sink. I use that for drinking and cooking but I also filter it through the britta filter jug. Its nothing like Dwr Cymru even doing all that. Theres nothing better than Welsh water its piped out to most areas of the UK, its because of all the rain we have there in the hills/mountains which then filters it on the way to the reservoirs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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