Asklemmy

In France tap water is drinkable and good almost anywhere, the exceptions being in some cities during drought or due to unusual pollution. I actually dislike most mineral bottled water because I find it tastes like something.

I used to live in Thailand, while the authorities say the water is good you'll likely get sick if you drink water straight from the tap. I used to buy my water from a filtering machine near my condo.

Your examples, yes, but I also dont know of any European country where you need to boil the water you drink.

Asian that’s moved to the U.K. here.

Back home, when I grew up I’ve never drank tap water. In my college days I was way too lazy and started just drinking it with a cheap filter. Surprisingly I survived for 5 years despite everyone around me telling me otherwise.

Now in the U.K. I’ve always drank straight from the tap. It’s surprisingly refreshing! And the boiled water taste I can’t really get used to again when I visit home.

The water in Iceland is safe to drink from the tap. Although if I recall correctly it’s pretty sulfuric due to the local hot springs.

I’ve visited a few countries around Europe and have always enjoyed sampling their local tap.

I drink tap water, but ours comes from our private well. We double filter it: sediment then carbon. Back in Costa Rica I also drank tap water, Costa Rica has one of the safest water.

Australian here, never met anyone who boils tap water before drinking it. Some people have filtered water taps installed but our tap water is usually pretty great, I drink probably 2-3 litres of it a day

Thai here, and nope I don't drink from tap. Usually I filter it first not boiling tho.

yep, i'll drink straight from the tap. i live in california, united states. it is even common to have drinking fountains in public spaces: special button activated taps that spurt cool tap water into the air for you to drink from.

US here - I could drink from the tap but I prefer to boil first anyway.

I'm from germany and I drink my tap water without cooking it first, straight from the tap.

NL here. Tap water here is a very well managed substance, and as a result, it's not only hella safe, but hella tasty as well.

UK, yes - but cold water only and even then the taste of tap water, though not indicative of anything dangerous, is weird enough for me to consider buying a purifier.

It used to be the case that Brits would have a separate hot water tank in which you were told not to drink out of that at all, but modern homes just have the water go through a boiler nowadays. Tom Scott has a good video on that.

After moving to the city I have to buy cannister water, because regular water is chlorated, not even ozonated, it tastes awful and not healthy.

I remember once after a long absence (1+ year) in my district, tap water literally felt sweet.

You'll be fine in Iceland.

Here in Austria(and some other places in Europe), tap water usually is better quality than bottled water. Even where it isnt, its chlorinated enough so there should be nothing in there to cause any sort of health issues. This seems to be the case everywhere in Europe in myexperience.

One thing about tap water in the USA is that, while you can drink it, water taste varies a lot.

For instance, in the Southwest USA, it is very common for bottled water to be sold in gallons. There are even small stores whose main purpose is to filter tap water to remove minerals.

You also have the use of non-potable "grey" water that is treated sewage water that gets used for irrigation. You'll usually see signs to not drink that water.