Tell us more about your invaluable experience with tap water in Poland, please.
As I said, in some places it tastes like sh*t, but it is safe to drink.
In general, I would recomend bottled water in Poland.
Tap Water quality in Poland
As I said, in some places it tastes like sh*t, but it is safe to drink.
In general, I would recomend bottled water in Poland.
No, I expected you to tell us directly where and how you found out.
As I said, in some places it tastes like sh*t, but it is safe to drink.
it seems you are shunning the answer.
I meant - did you visit a few dozen places in Poland and tried tap water there so you are able to say it tastes like sh.t? Or did you read about it in the forum long ago and repeat thoughtlessly?
I meant - did you visit a few dozen places in Poland and tried tap water there
I didn't like the taste of the water in Krakow or in Bialystok.
But as I said, it is safe to drink.
Why in the hell is this such a big deal for you?
Coz you sounded as if you had ventured on a tap water check expedition all over Poland and examined the quality of water in a few dozen cities and towns and then published the results of your quest in Medical Journal. :)
Coz you sounded as if you had ventured on a tap water check expedition all over Poland
Well I didn't.
As I said, Polish tap water is perfectly safe to drink, but in some places it tastes like s**t.
Tap water in Poland used to be terribly awful some time ago. But its quality has improved immensly in the last two decades.
Still, it doesn't taste particularly good except for some places. The best water I've ever drunk was in Italy (Lignano Sabbiadoro).
Still, it doesn't taste particularly good except for some places. The best water I've ever drunk was in Italy (Lignano Sabbiadoro).
One other very important issue related to this topic is air quality... This is a huge issue in Poland in the heating months (so Sept to May). Generally, the first thing that you ntice you when arriving in Poland from the West is the choking/smelly air - generally, the southern half of the country is much worse... Kraków and Śląsk are the worst. This is due to people heating their homes with very poor fuel (coal derivatives) and using old style furnaces, because gas and electricity are very expensive - even more expensive than in the West without compensating for the differences in income...
This is the next huge issue the country needs to address instead of pretending it is OK to do nothing. Estimates say between 30,000 to 50,000 people die each year due to the air pollution - so half a million a decade! Compare that to road fatalities of about 2,800/yr... ;-(((
This is the next huge issue the country needs to address instead of pretending it is OK to do nothing. Estimates say between 30,000 to 50,000 people die each year due to the air pollution - so half a million a decade! Compare that to road fatalities of about 2,800/yr... ;-(((
Tap water in Poland used to be terribly awful some time ago
Strangely enough, the one place I was warned most not to drink tap water (by Poles) was Warsaw.
Yet I found the tap water there OK.
Mind you, we all know that Poles are terible hypochondriacs..... ;-)
Heard of a dude who grew up during the Communist Era in a really polluted area, his body got so used to infected water,
the first drink of unpolluted water he ever drank was what finally killed him!
the first drink of unpolluted water he ever drank was what finally killed him!
Heard of a dude who grew up during the Communist Era in a really polluted area,
Yes, I read about the guy. But there were two of them, in fact:
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Crazy stories, huh? Poor guy!
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Wow, I had no idea that a few water supply stations in Poland use local freshwater mussels to monitor the quality of water. They immediately close their shells when water is contaminated and the alarm signal is sent to the headquarters. Funny.
Wow, I had no idea that a few water supply stations in Poland use local freshwater mussels to monitor the quality of water. They immediately close their shells when water is contaminated and the alarm signal is sent to the headquarters. Funny.
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25 Oct 2020 #44
@Alltimegreat1
I personally would not trust tap water anywhere even if I knew the source. It would be best to ensure good quality water is available for drinking and cooking. My wife always bought bottled water for drinking which is an add on cost that got me aggregated every time I thought about it.
So what I did is, I installed a water softener in the main water supply to the house, cartridge filter before the softener, for solids retention and a uv lamp after the softener for disinfection purposes. I get excellent, soft water quality for drinking and cooking and have eliminated all problems hardness causes to home appliances and water piping.... This cost about 4000 pln and I have to absorb the cost of regenerant and cost of effluent during resin regeneration, which falls within budget of course. I also use KCl for regeneration rather than NaCl which adds potassium to the family's diet... You may want to consider same. There is a net gain and payback within two to three years I'd you buy bottled water regularly. If you leave n an apartment building you can install a suitable filter in the kitchen tap.
I personally would not trust tap water anywhere even if I knew the source. It would be best to ensure good quality water is available for drinking and cooking. My wife always bought bottled water for drinking which is an add on cost that got me aggregated every time I thought about it.
So what I did is, I installed a water softener in the main water supply to the house, cartridge filter before the softener, for solids retention and a uv lamp after the softener for disinfection purposes. I get excellent, soft water quality for drinking and cooking and have eliminated all problems hardness causes to home appliances and water piping.... This cost about 4000 pln and I have to absorb the cost of regenerant and cost of effluent during resin regeneration, which falls within budget of course. I also use KCl for regeneration rather than NaCl which adds potassium to the family's diet... You may want to consider same. There is a net gain and payback within two to three years I'd you buy bottled water regularly. If you leave n an apartment building you can install a suitable filter in the kitchen tap.