What do you think about drinking tap water? 💦

Here in India, never make the mistake of drinking tap water. Although the water _is_ purified before coming into houses, it still becomes contaminated from all the pipes and containers. Every house has a water filter for drinking water.

In the south of England water can be fairly ‘hard’ (meaning it contains more limestone I believe), but it’s completely safe!! Water elsewhere in the U.K. is softer, which means that soap will get more bubbly and stuff. I feel very grateful to live somewhere where tap water is safe to drink. Loving seeing your content while here in the U.K.!

Here in Scotland, the tap water is actually awesome and it tastes so good…sounds weird but I love it XD

In the EU, tap water is actually more "pure" than bottled water because of the regulations

Me , a person who lives in Mexico: no. We tried it once and my whole family was bedridden and vomiting. Lots of toilet trips- I'll stick to buying it 😭

in Germany tapwater is really clean! I used to not like the taste of it but these days I've come to enjoy it a lot.

I'm British and have drunk tap water straight from the tap my whole life. It's not something I even think about. Now as an adult I know that's a privilege many people all over the world don't have.

Here in India, almost every household has a water filter and we also use earthen pots to store filtered water. Earthen pots are natural water coolers which are not so effective in summer 😂.

German here, the tab water is definitely safe to drink. May taste weird sometimes, but that doesn't really matter. I guess it's also safe in the UK and most, if not all of Europe.

I'm from finland and it is extremely safe. Generally where-ever in skandinavia you are it is really safe and really tasty :)

Its definitely safe to drink! Sometimes though it can have a taste; minerals might get in from pipes or the water's source. So filtered water is good too! Personally I have one on my kitchen faucet for drinking/cooking, because my water can taste metallic.

From Denmark: Yup, I always drink the tap water here. Denmark has a LOT of very clean underground water so there’s no danger in drinking the tap water (unless you’re specifically told not to, of course). It actually takes less than an hour to drive from where I live, to the town where most of our bottled water comes from. So fun fact! If you live in that town, you’d be drinking water bottle grade water straight from the tap.

Different places in the UK have different tasting tap water! I live in South London and the water tastes cloroxy 🤢 - I always use the Brita filter at home and it's much better (and cheaper and better for the environment). Definitely go to Harrogate Yorkshire for the best tasting tap water though 👌

Here in the Philippines we have big mineral water containers and whenever it's empty employees take it and deliver it back to us full again

Here in Lancashire, England, tap water tastes refreshing and good for hot days. But in winter we drink boiled water from the kettle.

As a Brit, I have drank pretty much exclusively tap water my entire life. I've only seen water filter jugs in shops for the past 5 years or so (maybe less) it's definitely something that's come across from America.

I live in Finland, and you could probably drink water straight from the lake or a mud puddle next to it and be fine😬 However, one time time, I went to Spain on a holiday, and my family was told that we can't drink tap water....well, I was a kid and I was scared to even use the shower.😭

I think it really depends on location. I grew up in Arkansas and the tap was always really good. Me and my sister moved to Tulsa and found out that not all taps are equal. Some company "accidentally" dumped toxic chemicals into the water and some people died from it. We were sick and wondering why. After that, we never went without a filter. 😭

Here in southern Ontario, the tap water is pretty clean so I used to drink from it all the time. We got a new fridge with a water dispenser so I mainly drink from that now, but I'm still fine with tap water (though I also need to trust that the sink's faucet is cleaned regularly) I'll drink tap water over bottled water any day, though. Bottled water always tastes weird, no matter the brand.

Yes it’s okay to drink tap water in the uk mainly in Scotland

You need to try pigs in blankets and Yorkshire puddings with gravy while your in England! Especially because it’s near Xmas!

FYI: Brita filters mostly only filter the “taste” out. Read the fine print on their packaging/labels. I suggest splurging on the ZERO water system it gives you the cleanest tasting water! 🤍🦋

New Mexico where I lived had extremely hard water. My parents had a reverse osmosis system installed that we used for cooking, drinking, pet water/fish tanks. In the 80's there were actual "water stores" with trough sinks & hoses. Bring your own gallon or 5 gallon containers & fill up, 25 cents a gallon. I'm in NC now & use a Pur water pitcher.

It kinda depends of the place where the water comes. But even though the teachers where we live praise our tap water and how thankful we should be for good and clean tap water we still filter up at home and buy a ton of water bottles

A general rule of thumb for me, when you’re travelling internationally, is to drink bottled or filtered water rather than their local tap water. Only because I think your body isn’t accustomed to the location and isn’t used to everything, especially the water. Once had a friend who got extremely sick after drinking tap water in another country. Better safe than sorry.

After living in New Zealand I drank tap water all the time, it tasted so clean and pure! Since moving back to Ireland, tap water just doesn’t have the same clean taste so I’ve switched to Brita Filters.

I’m a Welsh water gal for seven years and loving it! That being said, I’ve grown up drinking tap water wherever I’ve lived so never really bothered me.

We have some of the best water in Mexico at Monterrey, Nuevo León, and I still have a fixed filter in my sink. You can drink directly from the mountain lakes and rivers but once it goes through the plumbing system it has several impurities in it.

In the uk and in Holland it's oke to drink tabwater, cause it's super clean! But whenever we travle to other European countries from the Netherlands it's recommended to not drink from the tab due to a differences in ph and water hardness (calcium)

The tap water here can vary between fine to boil order, so we had to get a reverse osmosis system put in to make sure it's safe. Before then we would use pitcher filters or bottled water.

We live in the southern part of the States and almost everyone has wells, so our water is really clean and full of minerals. It definitely tastes better than bottled water too.

Answer: depends where you live. Here where I am yes it's safe.

I live in the Uk but my family boils the water first and leaves it to cool in a jug before we drink it. I think it's generally safe to drink tap water in the Uk, but I personally dislike the taste now (probably cause i'm used to how it tastes boiled 😅)

It depends on where you live, in Germany tap water has more regulations that bottled water. Also those filters have to be exchanged super regularly otherwise they just add a possible breeding ground for bacteria and fungi

Here in Switzerland pretty much nobody worries about drinking tap water. I even remember my hometown being proud that our tap water came fresh from a spring from the nearest mountain.

I’m in Canada, we can drink water out of any tap in our house. Our small town also just switched our water over to a whole new system, so it’s even better now! Haha

I live in the uk and I am a student in London. I feel like the city where I am from the tap water tastes nice so its fine but in London I don't like it so I have a Brita filter jug

I live in Austria, we have some of the best tap water there is. It varies a little bit depending where you live and what your pipes are like but I think filtering it would just make it taste flat like bottled water.

in singapore it’s safe to drink straight from the tap! the water here is filtered so you can even drink from your toilet tap (only if you keep its clean otherwise please don’t)

The water at my house has the same acidity level as black coffee 🤢 I have a friend who lives up north (northern Ontario) and their tap water is high in iron but entirely safe. My iron deficiency was absolutely decimated within a couple days of staying over there lol

i am sooo earlyyy yayay !!! where i live you cant drink tap water unless its filtered

i live in germany and i only drink tab water. here its definitely safe and i really like the taste of it.

I live in Houston. The tap water is probably “fine” most of the time, but they treat it with chlorine and I swear I can taste it. I use a filter pitcher for my pets and myself. I don’t stress about using tap for coffee and cooking, though.

The UK has some of the best tap water in the world

I think your grandpa is a very wise man! Here in the US it is “safe” to drink tap water-as in you will not become immediately ill. However; there are so many pollutants and contaminants in it that are not good for you and drinking it daily over the course of years/decades can contribute to long term chronic illnesses. I agree wholeheartedly with your philosophy of not being a psycho lol but just being mindful of the things you put in your body everyday, like water and that delicious looking homemade bread! 🍞☺️

Safe to drink cold tap water in the UK. Just don’t drink it from the hot one. Watch Tom Scott’s video on tap water for more information. 😊

In Malaysia, we boiled the water from the tap water in the kettle first. But nowadays, a water filter dispenser that can control temperature is a thing now.

despite knowing its fairly safe in the US and we’re super lucky and fortunate to have access to it compared to other parts of the world- the taste gets to me 😭 i just prefer filtered water

I think it’s fine, but I HATE the taste. It’s awful 🤢

Here in the UK the tap water is safe and it’s delicious but I still filter-ish my water. I drink water that’s been boiled in the kettle

Singaporean here!! Its completely safe to drink tap water here!! I sometimes do that but rarely, i prefer filtered/boiled water

I prefer tap water when I'm home, because there's floride added, which makes your teeth stronger. However, if I'm going somewhere unfamiliar I usually filter my water, just in case!

I live in michigan, after the whole flint water crisis a lot of people started to pay more attention to whats in their tap water. While where I live it’s technically *okay* to drink its still very rusty and tastes foul, we tend to just stick to drinking water we’ve bought in my house

Here in the Philippines. It depends on the source of water. Before, every household have there own tungga tungga or there own source of water so by that everyone was sure that you're tap water where safe. But nowadays we have to pay a certain source of water or water company, so we weren't sure if it's safe or not that's why we have filters for drinking or buy the mineral or distilled ones.

Tap water in the UK has essential minerals that disappear when you filter it, our water is from the water table & is treated, not sure if its a similar system in america but here it's safe, in some cases it's more beneficial drinking tap water than it is certain bottled waters (which is taken from the same springs as our tap water btw) due to pH levels (lots of videos on youtube testing this theory). My water bill in Yorkshire is expensive but worth every penny coz my tap water tastes unreal & id choose it over any bottled/filtered water in the world.

I filter and boil the tap water I drink

My country doesn’t have the cleanest of water so same we had the same thing with the filters.

South African here, and the tap water is pretty decent to drink. Depends on your region, but mostly safe.

Your grandpa👴 is very wise, intelligent, and definitely cares for teaching you this GOD bless him 🙏💪💯🤗

In the states I only drink bottled or filtered water. But in Mexico my grandmothers town has the best damn water ever. Like it tastes so good and it’s super clean, people from more rural areas come just to get it

I live in Greece, water is very clean here and plenty typically comes from springs. unless you live in a remote village or an island most places have A+ quolity water here.

In the states there is a website that lists the amount of contamination in tap water samples that are regularly taken from cities across the country. Usually there is some amount of lead or other contaminants in tap water that is a "safe" level. Personally I'd rather filter my water if possible.

In the UK tap water is safe to drink everywhere, as far as I know. But we do have some places that have harder or softer water which can affect the taste quite a bit

In Australian our water is perfectly safe to drink from most locations. Some remote places you need to boil it first but that information is well spread if you visit those locations (you’ll probably be fine if you don’t but better safe then sorry) but a lot of us still have filters (PuraTap systems) for the taste. A lot of us have rain water tanks and if you ever drink from those you wanna make sure it’s filtered

In Switzerland Tap water is completely drinkable and tastes good. Especially in the mountains you have easy access to mineral water fresh form the source or our many lakes and rivers. In every restaurant you can ask for a pitcher of water for free instead of paying for bottled water (expensive).

In the Uk, (used to live there for 8 years), the water is all filtered. It has this weird taste in the back of my throat, somehow still thirsty but at the same time not but other than that it’s normal. I’m now in a different country without filtered water, I have a pitcher filter but we don’t usually drink it.

For me, it's acceptable if it's used in cooking or has been boiled. Heck, even ice made from tap water is okay. But I can never drink it straight from the faucet. It tastes weird and it's just really unsettling overall. Idk. It's probably psychological at this point. 😅

Here in Finland, and most of scandinavia, tapwater is very safe to drink, and tastes pure. You can drink it straight from the tap, without even thinking about it

Costa Rican here! Where I live its completely safe to drink tap water, you probably could drink hose water 😂 BUT! In hotels and resorts is pretty much advised to buy bottled water, not beacsue the water is dirty but because the filtering is not as through as it is in other places.

In the US, depends on where you live. I prefer filtered for peace of mind since my family lives near a sewage treatment facility, but I can imagine the same is felt by those who use well water.

UK tap water is super safe in the UK, and it tastes delicious!! I personally think we have some of the best water in the world. You can go online in the area you are staying and see what additives etc they add to their water in that area xxx

Scottish tap water is some top tier goodness - that stuff definitely does not need to be filtered unless you have new water pipes.

I had a friend who lived out in the boondocks and her faucet water came from a water well system. Let me tell you……that was some of the best doggone water I’ve ever tasted. Tasted like hydration and clear skin lol. The only place where you could drink from the BATHROOM sink and it taste amazing! ✨✨

Those charcoal filters work pretty well! The one time, in Ireland, the tap started pumping out brown water. Yikes.

Morocco here, I grow up drinking tap water, it's cleaner than the water they buy actually it's not a thing buying water, unless you are really thirsty however some places have clean tap water but it tastes awful I couldn't drink it. We have a thing we call "gola" in our dialect, is a heritage that still to this day used to store water and cool it, my mom also claim it purifies it too but I don't know about that, it's made of natural cooked clay.

Hey, it’s Singapore, you can pretty much say it’s safe to do so. At one point we were laughed at for being able to drink our own waste water, now it’s a treatment method used in several countries. That was 20 years ago when we first started using NEWater.

In my area, no. They recently messed up filtering out the water, they said something about opening a wrong valve and now the water has wayyyy too many different chemicals in it.

Here in Australia we have fresh tap water, tastes actually better than the bottled water from the shops

Regulations for tap water is actually higher than regulations for bottled water in Denmark 😊 so unless someone REALLY dislikes the taste of the water in their area (= newcomers - locals obviously grew up with the taste) they’ll drink tap water

The UK tap water is already filtered and safe to drink, and depending on where you live you can just go to the grocery store and buy a big pack of water bottles for £5 or less :)

I would say it depends what tap water I'm drinking. I live in Wales and I'm perfectly happy to drink the tap water here but whenever I go to England, I try to avoid it as much as possible. It just makes my stomach hurt and I feel terrible

I'm from Switzerland and almost every one drinks water straight out of drinking tap but still my Asian grandma insist us to drink filtered water. Well now my family drinks filtered water whenever she comes to visit 😂

I'd only drink filtered water if the water in my area isn't soft. As in, it tastes like lime scale from the local rocks it flows through. We've had contaminated water in the UK before, but the warning went out quick in the effected area. Nothing like flint, took a week to replace the effected filter that let through a parasite but we just boiled our water and stored it in jugs in the fridge in the mean time.

We one of those water dispenser things where you take a gallon of water and thank put it on the top and the water comes out nice and fresh and clean. And you can refill the gallons at some grocery stores so it's environmentally friendly as well👌🏻

As a kid, we had a fridge without the water dispenser so we had to use tap water but coming from a Filipino family we used the filter pitcher before getting a better fridge.

in oregon, tap water is very normal to drink, its clean and tastes better than filtered or bottled water

In Singapore, you can drink water straight from the tap is it is very clean!! It doesn’t taste weird

we're not encourage to drink tap water in the Philippines (as you know), so we do use the BRITA water filter like you do. we've been using it for years. no one's gotten ill yet 😂

Up in Michigan, unless your in Flint or a few other minor places, the tap water is very good. But sometimes you will get contaminate from pipes. Like tiny bits of dirt that just sink to the bottom of the cup. But that had never discouraged me. I was taught to drink tap water at a young age and i never thought anything of it.

I live in a Canadian big city, we have really good water filtration and fluoridate water, so I drink the tap water no problem, except at work since it’s an older building and I’m worried about the condition of the pipes. Growing up though I grew up on a farm with well water, and while that actual water in the aquifers was good by the time it got to the surface it was exceptionally hard and full of iron (stained everything red) and sulphur (you could literally light the end of the garden hose on fire and have water coming out of it at the same time) so we would have to send it through a water softener to take out most of the hardness and the iron and then through a still to make distilled water to drink.

I really like the water filter container like you got. I believe they work well. I cant drink alot of bottled water theres sodium something I cant drink it makes my tongue burn and swell up.

For me that live in Indonesia, The Tap water that is running to my sink, is basically water that get pumped using a water pump littrelly idk from where (probably underground) and it's safe we use it for washing the dish. But we still dong drink that

Here in the Netherlands it's totally safe to drink from the tap, it actually surprised me learning that's not always the same in other country's

Tap water usual has chlorine in it which doesn’t do any harm except it just has a funky taste. Their were a couple incidents in the United States where people had methane in their water which is toxic. Preferably I drink the water that comes from my fridge since it has a filter and it doesn’t have any chlorine in the water.

Here from Toronto Ontario Canada, yes I drink tap water, but other areas in Ontario where my friends live an hour or more away from the city, they filter their water. Just depends where you live and your taste buds.

It depends where you live. In the Arctic, there are cancer causing chemicals in our tap water from generations of spilled chemicals and dumped waste. Being in an isolated location there was nowhere to put trash and waste. We have a lagoon where there are rusty barrels that people used to put their waste in, then they just threw the rusty bins into the water...

In Singapore, the water is considered very safe and clean, so yes we can drink tap water, but my family still boils it for safety.

I live in the US, I would never drink tap water when I lived in town limits and had town water, everyone used to say I was weird and picky. I live not far from Baltimore and Baltimore has an issue with lead, so after what has happened with Flint Michigan, I feel like I dodged a bullet. Now, I live out of town limits and have well water with a filtration and conditioning system, but I still rarely drink the water, probably out of habit, I usually go to a natural spring near my house for drinking water, my grandparents have been getting their drinking water out of the spring for over 50 years and it tastes better than most bottled water

I'm from New York City and generally the tap water is okay to drink, but you should always be careful because it's not guaranteed across all neighborhoods. Especially in some parts of Manhattan where the water pipes are literally made of wood and from 200 years ago