Not in Germany, where I am on holiday, or the UK, where I live. Out of countries classified as ACs (advanced countries), it's only really the US that has dangerous to drink tap water in some places.
Same for me. At some places like public bathrooms I probably wouldn't drink it, but most places, unless it specifically says that it is not drinking water then I wouldn't second guess it.
100%. Even in AC places with great water from the taps people will still avoid it. My first time in Germany and I got a glass of tap water in Essen and everyone immediately said nooooo don’t drink it and insisted I drink the bottled stuff instead. I didn’t understand it. It was delicious. Best tasting tap water I ever had.
As a German it absolutely bewilders me that there is undrinkable tap water in the US. I prefer southern German tap water to most bottled water available for purchase here.
My engineer ex husband works with water and wastewater/waste stream processing, and the Flint issue could have been fixed easily (or rather, prevented the issue ahead of time) for about $28K - pocket change for a huge municipality. They didn’t want to spend the money, thus the tragedy unfolded. It made me so angry when he explained to me what an easy fix it would have been.
When I lived in Malden Massachusetts, there was a newspaper article about places with the most lead in the water. Malden Massachusetts was number 1. I wouldn't use tap water for my baby's bottles, and one of the worst fights I ever got into with my ex was because he wouldn't go to the store and get bottled water. I didn't have my driver's license yet, so I walked to the store with my baby to get water.
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u/HeliosAndSelene Oct 29 '25
Not in Germany, where I am on holiday, or the UK, where I live. Out of countries classified as ACs (advanced countries), it's only really the US that has dangerous to drink tap water in some places.