Thread: Tap Water.

Do people drink it here in Thailand.

The Metropolitan Waterworks Authority will tell you otherwise but don't drink tap water. Thais avoid it so when in Rome . . .

I think most of it is potable, provided you boil it first, or use puritabs.
Drinking water is so cheap, it’s not worth the hassle or risk of drinking tap water.

Last place I stayed, the water was brown, despite only a short run from pump to house. Just poor maintenance by a lazy Thai owner.

Probably best to be avoided but then I imagine most people brush their teeth and shower in the same water without issue.

I drink my tap water now after years of drinking bottled water. It tastes good and the system is new here so not any more worried about drinking it than bottled water which smells of plastic.

yeah used to be 100% bottled but these days its all tap.

Don't drink tap water but I brush my teeth & shower with it obviously.

Cook with it if im boiling pasta or rice or something that's going to boil.

Everything else is filtered through a reverse osmosis kit.

my body's a temple. Only the finest spring water is consumed and bathed in, in this household


https://www.delboysonlineshop.com/pr...-spring-water/

We don't have government piped water so we have a pretty good well which does for washing and so on. We buy drinking water from a local guy who invested in a deep bore a while back and it's good.
We also collect rain water.
I wouldn't drink tap water in hotels and the like though she does.

Originally Posted by Dillinger

my body's a temple

Ancient and in ruins?

My bad...

Narrow at the top and wide at the bottom??

'looks at redundant weight bench from prone position on sofa'

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Probably best to be avoided but then I imagine most people brush their teeth and shower in the same water without issue.

Shower, yes - but brush teeth with bottled water. It is one of those blind spots for people. They go on holiday, are fanatic about what they eat and drink, then brush with tap water.

We do not cook with tap water. Even fill the kettle with bottled water.

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Shower, yes - but brush teeth with bottled water. It is one of those blind spots for people. They go on holiday, are fanatic about what they eat and drink, then brush with tap water.

We do not cook with tap water. Even fill the kettle with bottled water.

Ice in your drinks can also be a disaster. I remember enjoying a bottle of vodka with a mate in Bucharest years ago. we knew the vodka was good but ordered some ice to go with it. Sick as dogs within hours.

Originally Posted by nidhogg

but brush teeth with bottled water.

I used to do this but gave up as its a pain in the ass.

I think it comes down to level of exposure. A couple mouthfuls spat out while brushing teeth VS ingesting several liters per day, every day.

Here in Mandalay I even brush my teeth with filtered water- the water is stored in a filthy tank on the roof- full of mozzies and gawd knows what other nasties. Don't even risk boiling food in the local bilge. Most expats do the same,too.

Eau ..NO

as WC Fields said never drink water Fish make love in it

Originally Posted by david44

Eau ..NO

as WC Fields said never drink water Fish make love in it

Drop of citrus sorts that out David.

Long time ago I realised my cats never touched the bowl of tap water I put for them. Even in the UK my dads cat simply won't. They'll go outside to find a puddle or dew or similar.

They can probably smell the chlorine/flouride a lot stronger than us. Showering is ok, brushing teeth and rinsing is ok I think, as the toothpaste can kill any bacteria.

Cats do have 9 lives though Pat.

^Yep, makes it expensive when they get terminally ill