Is Tap Water safe to drink?

endacl · 21-01-2018 01:07AM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

No, we're all in favour of flour, especially when it's added to bread.

Makes sense. It’s not bread before you add it.

Dj Tom · 21-01-2018 01:13AM

It’s full of aluminum from the planes.

kneemos · 21-01-2018 01:30AM

Sleeper12 wrote: »

We also have a treatment plant where the water is treated, filtered and cleaned.

I wouldn't put down any other parts of the country as I wouldn't know about the quality.

Treatment plants eh. Dublin gets all the good stuff.

dxhound2005 · 21-01-2018 01:44AM

Dj Tom wrote: »

It’s full of aluminum from the planes.

You only get that stuff in America.

joeKel73 · 21-01-2018 03:30PM

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

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

Irish Water got wound up?...

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 21-01-2018 03:34PM

J o e wrote: »

Irish Water got wound up?...

No. Where have you been? Water charges are suspended. Irish Water still runs the system.

rgodard80a · 21-01-2018 03:44PM

Dj Tom wrote: »

It’s full of aluminum from the planes.

Yeah, they should avoid putting runway lights along Blessington reservoir.

joeKel73 · 21-01-2018 03:46PM

Elsa Nutritious Soccer wrote: »

J o e wrote: »

Irish Water got wound up?...

No. Where have you been? Water charges are suspended. Irish Water still runs the system.

I know, that's why I was questioning the above comment about Irish Water being would up.

RobertKK · 21-01-2018 05:00PM

appledrop wrote: »

In Dublin yes. I wouldn't touch it outside the capital though.

My relations from Dublin when they visit di get a glass and go to the tap to drink the water, and say they love the taste, it is tested but has nothing added.
If I am going somewhere I just fill my own water as it is as good as any bottled water.

Greentopia · 21-01-2018 05:01PM

Just avoid all these places pinned on the map and you'll be grand. :pac:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/state-being-taken-to-european-court-over-waste-water-1.2976507

Temptamperu · 21-01-2018 05:24PM

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

Thats shower water. Tap water is piped in directly theres no dead seagulls or rats in the pipes. tap water is super safe to drink if your worried get a brita filter.

Galwayguy35 · 21-01-2018 05:28PM

appledrop wrote: »

In Dublin yes. I wouldn't touch it outside the capital though.

If memory serves me correctly weren't the Dubs suggesting water from the Shannon be piped up there because the city might experience a shortage in the future?

What will you do if this happens?

Can't be drinking that dirty culchie water now can you?

whoopsadoodles · 21-01-2018 06:26PM

I'm in Dublin and my water tastes like bottled. Five minutes down the road it's not nice at all but it is drinkable.

Atoms for Peace · 21-01-2018 06:46PM

If those denizens of the pale start stealing water from the west I'm going to piss in the Shannon, that'll show them.☺️

dxhound2005 · 21-01-2018 07:21PM

It is traditional for visitors to the Shannon Pot to piss in it.

https://www.marblearchcavesgeopark.com/attraction/shannon-port/

Spanish Eyes · 21-01-2018 07:38PM

Dublin calling. Been drinking from the cold tap since Adam was a boy. Lovely stuff.

Funny that when we go abroad our first instinct is to buy bottled water. I always check the country I'm in to see if it is potable from the tap, and it usually is.

If not, then buy it.

tara73 · 21-01-2018 08:47PM

ok, so no dead rats in drinking water tanks, I'm relieved then..:)

but what's with the brown, sometimes black:eek: kettles from inside? what is it??

Water John · 21-01-2018 09:10PM

Black stain would be mainly related to high magnesium. Reddish would be high iron.

Scotty # · 21-01-2018 09:11PM

ChickenAustria wrote: »

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

The first thing you need to realise is that a lot of bottled water IS tap water.

Very good documentary on the subject here...

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72MCumz5lq4

Full movie here

Roger Hassenforder · 21-01-2018 09:28PM

Water John wrote: »

Black stain would be mainly related to high magnesium. Reddish would be high iron.

brown: manganese, esp in Cork

Water John · 22-01-2018 12:52AM

Sorry, should have written manganese.
You often get a high of Iron and Manganese, together. That may give you the variable colour. No harm in it.
The acidification of soils with sitka spruce plantations has heightened the problem, I think.

endacl · 22-01-2018 12:57AM

Water John wrote: »

Sorry, should have written manganese.
You often get a high of Iron and Manganese, together. That may give you the variable colour. No harm in it.
The acidification of soils with sitka spruce plantations has heightened the problem phenomenon, I think.

There...

Water John · 22-01-2018 01:00AM

I tend to be slightly loose with language. You aren't my son, by any chance. He's always correcting me.

Roger Hassenforder · 22-01-2018 01:14AM

Water John wrote: »

Sorry, should have written manganese.
You often get a high of Iron and Manganese, together. That may give you the variable colour. No harm in it.
The acidification of soils with sitka spruce plantations has heightened the problem phenomenon problematic phenomenon I think.

endacl wrote: »

There...

Now!

Sciprio · 22-01-2018 04:57PM

Well, I've not had any problem drinking it all the time. When i get up, with my dinner and even to make my tea out of it and i'm still alive all these years so far.

Bob Harris · 22-01-2018 05:28PM

J o e wrote: »

Irish Water got wound up?...

They pulled the plug on it.

Andy From Sligo · 07-02-2018 12:05AM

Tap water in South Sligo area is not safe to drink now - now got added additive of Cryptosporidium in it and looks like will have to boil the water for at least a couple of weeks :eek:

Bob Harris · 07-02-2018 08:20AM

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

Tap water in South Sligo area is not safe to drink now - now got added additive of Cryptosporidium in it and looks like will have to boil the water for at least a couple of weeks :eek:

Surely if they boiled the water for a couple of weeks it would be all evaporated?

Andy From Sligo · 07-02-2018 01:38PM

Bob Harris wrote: »

Surely if they boiled the water for a couple of weeks it would be all evaporated?

Exactly, and takes the crypto away with it, thus leaving it safe to drink

Mutant z · 07-02-2018 01:41PM

Well ours certainly is but im not sure about others it all depends on what source you get it from i guess.

Is Tap Water safe to drink?

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