Drinking Tap Water Abroad, how safe is it? - Corsa Sport - for Vauxhall and Opel Corsa B, Corsa C and Corsa D

Not logged in [Login - Register]

You Are Not Registered Or Not Logged In

Corsa Sport » Message Board » Off Day » Drinking Tap Water Abroad, how safe is it?

New Topic

New Poll

<< 1 2 3 >>

Subscribe | Add to Favourites

You are not logged in and may not post or reply to messages. Please log in or create a new account or mail us about fixing an existing one - register@corsasport.co.uk

There are also many more features available when you are logged in such as private messages, buddy list, location services, post search and more.

daymoon

Premium Member

Registered: 1st Aug 08
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
User status: Offline

11th Jun 11 at 13:34

Never had such problems over few times I went to Benalmadena..

Wouldn't rule out food.

I had a bug where i was vilently sick after drinkin/eating anything.

Sam

Moderator
Premium Member

Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
User status: Offline

11th Jun 11 at 13:39

I went to Benalmadena once years ago.

I think I always drank bottled water when I was out there and I was OK.

I say, go for bottled water.

Dave

Member

Registered: 26th Feb 01
Location: Lancs
User status: Offline

11th Jun 11 at 14:11

Yeah, there is a reason all the shops and hotels have stacks and stacks of bottled water.
It'll be safe enough for brushing your teeth and making brews but I wouldn't be drinking large quantities of the stuff, especially when the bottled is so cheap.

Ben G

Member

Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
User status: Offline

11th Jun 11 at 21:52

why the fuck would anyone drink tap water in foreign countries when it's a well known fact that it will more than likely give you the shits?

sounded like you didn't bother reading anything before you went out there.

i've had ice in my drinks and brushed my teeth with tap water but never drank it.

bottled water is cheap aswell out there.

Steve

Premium Member

Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
User status: Offline

11th Jun 11 at 22:04

quote:
Originally posted by mwg

quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
Will give u a stomach ache in spain. Different chemicals over there to clean it etc.

I think it must be the chemicals rather than minerals because at a place I go to in Spain theres a natural spring that we go and fill loads of bottles up from for our drinking water. Never been ill off it and it tastes really nice too.

full of cow piss

Ben G

Member

Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
User status: Offline

11th Jun 11 at 22:10

makes you turn ginger i heard

deano87

Member

Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
User status: Offline

11th Jun 11 at 22:48

We drink the tap water when in the French alps. It's as pure as anything though. Not one bit of limescale in the kettle. Mind you where we go we're a short drive from the Evian Spa

CorsAsh

Member

Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
User status: Offline

12th Jun 11 at 18:13

I drink the tap water all the time in England.

Hammer

Member

Registered: 11th Feb 04
User status: Offline

12th Jun 11 at 18:21

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
i've had ice in my drinks and brushed my teeth with tap water but never drank it.

bottled water is cheap aswell out there.

Why chance even ice cubes or brushing teeth?

Bottled water is cheap like ou say so just use that for your teeth and tell them to hold the ice in the pubs.

Eck

Premium Member

Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
User status: Offline

12th Jun 11 at 18:50

quote:
Originally posted by Hammer

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
i've had ice in my drinks and brushed my teeth with tap water but never drank it.

bottled water is cheap aswell out there.

Why chance even ice cubes or brushing teeth?

Bottled water is cheap like ou say so just use that for your teeth and tell them to hold the ice in the pubs.

That. For the sake of the Euro it'll cost for the bottle to clean your teeth with

fazza

Member

Registered: 7th Feb 08
Location: Plymouth
User status: Offline

12th Jun 11 at 18:50

I lived in Murcia(Spain) for about 6 months and drank the tap water there without any problems

N16K

Member

Registered: 4th Oct 04
Location: Belfast, NI Drives: Corsa D SRi, Tuned Cooper S, B
User status: Offline

12th Jun 11 at 18:56

Lived on the Costa Del Sol for abit, never drank the water, only used it when cleaning my teeth, still used bottled water to rinse! Bottled water is dirt cheap just got back from the Costa, 6.5 Litres branded water "Nestle" for less than a Euro.

[Edited on 12-06-2011 by N16K]

adiohead

Member

Registered: 28th Sep 01
User status: Offline

13th Jun 11 at 08:24

Look up:

Dientamoeba fragilis
and
Blastocystis hominis

Sam

Moderator
Premium Member

Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
User status: Offline

13th Jun 11 at 08:29

quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
I drink the tap water all the time in England.

And in Germany?

Ben G

Member

Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
User status: Offline

13th Jun 11 at 09:54

quote:
Originally posted by Eck

quote:
Originally posted by Hammer

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
i've had ice in my drinks and brushed my teeth with tap water but never drank it.

bottled water is cheap aswell out there.

Why chance even ice cubes or brushing teeth?

Bottled water is cheap like ou say so just use that for your teeth and tell them to hold the ice in the pubs.

That. For the sake of the Euro it'll cost for the bottle to clean your teeth with

I usually do buy bottles but if i get there at 4am the last thing on my mind is getting water to brush my teeth.

Eck

Premium Member

Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
User status: Offline

13th Jun 11 at 10:02

Well, if you're baked then that's what happens

That's why you buy a couple to keep in the fridge

pow

Premium Member

Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
User status: Offline

13th Jun 11 at 10:57

Bottled water is subsided over there for a reason

adiohead

Member

Registered: 28th Sep 01
User status: Offline

13th Jun 11 at 10:58

I think I have Blastocystis hominis from Egypt.

It's meant to be an absolute fucker to get rid of.

FML

Eck

Premium Member

Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
User status: Offline

13th Jun 11 at 11:01

You're just falling to bits, aren't you Adi

adiohead

Member

Registered: 28th Sep 01
User status: Offline

13th Jun 11 at 11:23

quote:
Originally posted by Eck
You're just falling to bits, aren't you Adi

There's something wrong with me, for sure. It's just difficult to get diagnosed properly on the shitty NHS.

So I'm paying private to find out and should know in a month or so.

mattk

Member

Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
User status: Offline

13th Jun 11 at 14:01

i dont chance the water abroad, best sticking to beer

Eck

Premium Member

Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
User status: Offline

13th Jun 11 at 18:58

Matt, I don't think we've ever met but we'd get along so well

ENB

Member

Registered: 24th Apr 06
User status: Offline

14th Jun 11 at 13:19

Drank the tap water in France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Austria and Greece and never had a problem.

adiohead

Member

Registered: 28th Sep 01
User status: Offline

14th Jun 11 at 13:28

most people don't know they have parasites

ENB

Member

Registered: 24th Apr 06
User status: Offline

14th Jun 11 at 13:46

Knew you'd say that

Well, live and let live, not doing me any harm.

<< 1 2 3 >>

New Topic

New Poll

Corsa Sport » Message Board » Off Day » Drinking Tap Water Abroad, how safe is it?

22 database queries in 0.0121620 seconds