What is your tap water like

seriously, can you drink your tap water? I read an account of a friend travelling
through Russia, on occasion, his tap water was various pastel shades, mostly peach.

Yes, and it doesn't even taste of chlorine 🙂

It's just as good as the bottled stuff, and it doesn't taste of plastic either.

Originally posted by Kewpie
It's just as good as the bottled stuff, and it doesn't taste of plastic either.

Originally posted by Ponderable
Yes, and it doesn't even taste of chlorine 🙂

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
very good, is your water soft or hard, meaning does it have a low or high mineral content?

Originally posted by Ponderable
It's hard water (a lot of CaSO4), so mineral rich, Sodium is low however which counts as good.

Total mineral content is about 280 mg/l which under us friends relates to 0.28 g/kg or 280 ppm.

Most of this is by Ca then Mg then K then Na.
Anions: SO4, co3, sum of halogens.

Heavy metals at or below level of detection (exception iron, which is no problem). Nitrate low to very low (<0.1 mg/l) organics very low, halogenated oragnisc at or below level of detection.

Originally posted by Ponderable
Total mineral content is about 280 mg/l which under us friends relates to 0.28 g/kg or 280 ppm.

Most of this is by Ca then Mg then K then Na.
Anions: SO4, co3, sum of halogens.

Heavy metals at or below level of detection (exception iron, which is no problem). Nitrate low to very low (<0.1 mg/l) organics very low, halogenated oragnisc at or below level of detection.

Our water authority is very proud of its water quality, no chlorine taste, no chemical taste although it's very lightly fluoridated. It helps that our fast-flowing river's catchment area is unpopulated either by humans or animals, as it is dense forest on steep mountain slopes. No metal content, and no filter or softening chemicals needed. Water is very soft with little or no mineral content of any kind, and a high level of dissolved oxygen. Very noticeable difference if you pour a glass and leave it for an hour.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
excellent, my tap water ranges from about 24ppm to about 36 ppm, its very soft 🙂 I
am not sure which minerals or heavy metals etc make up this

Originally posted by Ponderable
Probably no heavy metals at all 🙂 Your local water authority should have and provide information. But you can estimate something from the geographical position.

Originally posted by Kewpie
Our water authority is very proud of its water quality, no chlorine taste, no chemical taste although it's very lightly fluoridated. It helps that our fast-flowing river's catchment area is unpopulated either by humans or animals, as it is dense forest on steep mountain slopes. No metal content, and no filter or softening chemicals needed. Water is very so ...[text shortened]... of dissolved oxygen. Very noticeable difference if you pour a glass and leave it for an hour.

Ours is wet and drinkable. Since we (Canadians) had the fiasco of the Walkerton "issue" they, the powers that be, have been very vigilant concerning our water supply.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Ours is wet and drinkable. Since we (Canadians) had the fiasco of the Walkerton "issue" they, the powers that be, have been very vigilant concerning our water supply.