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Drinking water in the uk

Discussion in 'Life in the UK' started by court95, May 28, 2018.

  1. court95
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    so hopefully we will get a yes to the spouse visa. One thing we was talking about was water?

    When I lived in the Philippines if it want from a purified station or from a bottle i couldn’t drink it.

    But in the uk the water is treated would the best way for to get her used to water just small doses until her body is used to it?
  2. Jim
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    Jim Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    When my wife came to live with me she drank the water but if you are not sure, just let her drink small amounts at first.
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  3. graham59
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    graham59 Banned

    I don't think anybody from the Phils has been poisoned by our extremely high quality British tap-water yet, have they ?

    Probably the last thing they need worry about.
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  4. Dave_E
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    Dave_E Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    London 'could drink treated sewage' - >> link <<

    Stick with Real Ale. :like:
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  5. bigmac
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    bigmac Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    you only ever rent beer.
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  6. court95
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    court95 Active Member

    Your right but if I can avoid my wife getting sick and ease her into it.
  7. graham59
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    Why on earth would she get sick ? What do you base this on ?
  8. court95
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    Due to the chemicals that we use to treat the water that keeps it clean, her immune system isn’t used to it...

    Just like if we would go some place out of the uk, you drink bottled water. Since there water is treated different.
  9. graham59
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    There maybe differences in the (good) bacteria in the gut, between the two countries, which will adjust naturally with time, but nothing to be concerned about, and something that the many millions of 'world-travellers' cope with every day.
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  10. graham59
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    Sorry, but with all due respect, mostly paranoid nonsense.

    Give your immune system something to do. You'll be the stronger for it.
  11. court95
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    Far from paranoid, I rather be prepared and have an answer to it.
  12. graham59
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    I have been on these forums since 2005, and have never seen a post where a Filipina was 'upset' by our British water.

    ... But as they say in the Phils 'up to you sir'.
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  13. court95
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    Once again like I said that’s why I was asking, I won’t know until I ask...
  14. Markham
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    You obviously weren't living in Davao where tap water is perfectly drinkable and I did so for several years.

    If you want to give your wife expensively treated bottled water, that's up to you but she's most unlikely to suffer any ill effects from standard tap water. If you live in a hard water area - as we do here in Malta - you might wish to invest in a Maxtra filter jug, as we do, to remove most of the dissolved minerals which will fur-up your kettle and ruin what would otherwise be a decent cup of tea. Malta treats its domestic water supply using the same methods as in the UK which I, my wife and our children consume from the tap with no ill effects whatsoever.
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  15. court95
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    Right let’s get this straight, I simple asked if any one had suffered getting a little ill from it.

    Simple yes or no or if people have taken precautions to ease into it....
  16. Drunken Max
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    Drunken Max Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    It depends where you live. London uses recycled water whereas in the North for example the water is sourced from natural resources. As Markham says, a filter jug is a good idea also, maybe even as a placebo.
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    Sorry but when the water comes out of the tap there are no chemicals in it apart from natural minerals which are meant to be there and which will not cause anyone any harm.

    Scottish water is even softer to the point of having almost no mineral content.

    One of my customers was a Scottish water board back in the late 1990s and I was brought in by a friend of mine to work on an application that used the Oracle database which was used to store the test results, you have no idea how thorough the quality control is on all water supplies in the UK.

    Mistakes happen but they are almost always caught by the testing regime.

    Bottled water in supermarkets infuriates me, how an entire population can be duped into buying, at extortionate prices, the same thing they get out of their taps is beyond me.

    edit: the water in Manila is mostly potable as well but people still buy water supplies for cooking and drinking, and its probably even softer than Scottish water, and if you didn't know water that is devoid of mineral content is not very good for you, amongst other things it is implicated in heart disease.
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  18. bigmac
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    tap water is treated with chloramine--to make it safer to drink.
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  19. Sanders
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    My wife has been here since 2011 and still questions the UK tap water. In fact she did so this very morning. This is despite the fact that I drink it every day. LOL . :lol:
  20. court95
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    Haha oh dear

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