Is Tap Water safe to drink?

ChickenAustria · 19-01-2018 04:54PM #1

Since im still pretty new to Ireland: Is Tab Water save to drink or should i go with bottleted water instead?

?Cee?view · 19-01-2018 05:00PM

ChickenAustria wrote: »

Since im still pretty new to Ireland: Is Tab Water save to drink or should i go with bottleted water instead?

Tap water in Galway is perfectly safe.

beardybrewer · 19-01-2018 05:05PM

I don't think Tab water was ever safe to drink.

ChickenAustria · 19-01-2018 05:15PM

Yeah, i guess drinking it once wont kill me, i just ran out of bottled water today

19-01-2018 05:17PM

The chlorine will do you good.

Doctors room ghost · 19-01-2018 05:17PM

ChickenAustria wrote: »

Yeah, i guess drinking it once wont kill me, i just ran out of bottled water today

Pure finest I’m near 40 years drinking it.sup away

Doltanian · 19-01-2018 05:18PM

The cryptosporidium helps to strengthen your immune system, after a few weeks of diarrhoea you will get used to it.

Whereisgalway · 19-01-2018 05:58PM

Doltanian wrote: »

The cryptosporidium helps to strengthen your immune system, after a few weeks of diarrhoea you will get used to it.

Have u a link for this? :-)

JohnCleary · 19-01-2018 06:08PM

Doltanian wrote: »

The cryptosporidium helps to strengthen your immune system, after a few weeks of diarrhoea you will get used to it.

Great way to lose weight, in fairness

Zzippy · 19-01-2018 11:36PM

As long as you're not in the Dail bar, make sure to settle your tab once in a while. If you are, it's safe as houses, they'll never come looking for it...

biko · 20-01-2018 11:55AM

Don't drink water, fishes **** in it.

McMurphy · 20-01-2018 11:59AM

Don't worry OP, Irish Water got wound up, no tabs to run up, so drink away.

PARlance · 20-01-2018 12:00PM

Anytime there's a tab in Ireland, it can be dangerous.

JupiterKid · 20-01-2018 12:08PM

Personally, given what happened in Galway a few years back, I’d be very very wary of supping tap water there...

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/water/irish-water-crisis/cryptosporidium-outbreak-cost-19m-34875224.html

Water John · 20-01-2018 12:10PM

Poor OP must be very perplexed. All tap water in Ireland is classified as, potable, that is drinkable. We do have occasional breakdowns but its generally good.
I wish it was better and didn't rely on chlorine so much.
If anyone presents to their doctor or A & E with gastro problems, the first item looked at is water supply.

millie35 · 20-01-2018 12:13PM

Don't forget the fluoride.

Wanderer78 · 20-01-2018 12:16PM

millie35 wrote:

Don't forget the fluoride.

....and the chem trails, Jesus don't forget them!

Shenshen · 20-01-2018 12:29PM

They'll be sure to let you know when there's a boil notice. Usually only a few days after it was issued.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 20-01-2018 12:34PM

Of course it's safe to drink. I never drink bottled water, there's no need. Tap water generally is absolutely fine.

tara73 · 20-01-2018 12:42PM

I would be wary drinking it. Not living in Ireland anymore and I don't know if things changed but when I lived there a few years ago, kettles were always deeply brown from the inside...the final straw for me was when my colleague just straigth out said to me: you shouldn't drink tap water, there could be a dead rat in it..:eek::eek::D
and she wasn't just stupidly joking, she had a point. there are often water tanks on the roof so who says they are all sealed from above...

from then on I bought the big 2 litre water bottles from tesco...:P

kneemos · 20-01-2018 12:50PM

tara73 wrote: »

I would be wary drinking it. Not living in Ireland anymore and I don't know if things changed but when I lived there a few years ago, kettles were always deeply brown from the inside...the final straw for me was when my colleague just straigth out said to me: you shouldn't drink tap water, there could be a dead rat in it..:eek::eek::D
and she wasn't just stupidly joking, she had a point. there are often water tanks on the roof so who says they are all sealed from above...

from then on I bought the big 2 litre water bottles from tesco...:P

Tanks are for toilets and bathroom taps,that's why you shouldn't drink from a toilet rap. Everything else comes from the mains.

An interesting point,Chlorine doesn't smell unless there's fecal matter in the water. Stronger the smell,dirtier the water.

JJJJNR · 20-01-2018 01:23PM

you can check here if your area is affected by any water supply issues.

http://www.epa.ie/water/dw/ral/

corner of hells · 20-01-2018 01:34PM

tara73 wrote: »

I would be wary drinking it. Not living in Ireland anymore and I don't know if things changed but when I lived there a few years ago, kettles were always deeply brown from the inside...the final straw for me was when my colleague just straigth out said to me: you shouldn't drink tap water, there could be a dead rat in it..:eek::eek::D
and she wasn't just stupidly joking, she had a point. there are often water tanks on the roof so who says they are all sealed from above...

from then on I bought the big 2 litre water bottles from tesco...:P

Erm , your colleague doesn't sound the sharpest.

Bunny Colvin · 20-01-2018 01:37PM

Elsa Nutritious Soccer wrote: »

Of course it's safe to drink. I never drink bottled water, there's no need. Tap water generally is absolutely fine.

I've always drank it and it's never done me any harm.

I work with some guys that won't even use it for tea or coffee after it's boiled. They'll fill the kettle with bottled water.

4068ac1elhodqr · 20-01-2018 01:40PM

5-way water filters readily available, for about the cost (per gallon) of a spoonful of two of high street coffee.
Massive difference to taste i.e. no chlorine.

demanufactured · 20-01-2018 01:54PM

ChickenAustria wrote: »

Since im still pretty new to Ireland: Is Tab Water save to drink or should i go with bottleted water instead?

Drink away boss, sure it idnt want a dem ****hole countries yer in hei.

The_Valeyard · 20-01-2018 01:55PM

its grand.

RobertKK · 20-01-2018 02:24PM

I have natural spring water on tap as it is from a ground well and tested. You couldn’t get better water to drink.
People on public supply get what they pay for...

WoollyRedHat · 20-01-2018 02:45PM

Bunny Colvin wrote: »

I've always drank it and it's never done me any harm.

I work with some guys that won't even use it for tea or coffee after it's boiled. They'll fill the kettle with bottled water.

Bottled water in to the kettle.. christ. Meanwhile our oceans continue to be polluted with non-degradable plastic which goes back into our water supply. Which tap water drinkers then consume. Ah the circle of life.

Maybe if people actually considered their purchases and their own consumption, our planet might not suffer so much malaise.

endacl · 20-01-2018 02:49PM

Haven't read the thread. Any flouridiots on yet?

Water John · 20-01-2018 03:06PM

If you want to get rid of chlorine and chloroamines, (the chlorine smelly ones) just get a jug with a carbon or charcoal filter.
Tap water is often better than bottled water.

Lets stick with some facts, not some halfarsed stories.

Is Tap Water safe to drink?

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