no it doesn’t lol
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kurap1ka@lemmy.world 10 months agoWas there, several times, all corners. Sorry to tell you, but your tap water smells like chlorine.
mojo@lemm.ee 10 months ago
kurap1ka@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It does, but you might not notice it since you’re exposed to the smell/taste all the time. But go abroad to Europe or some other place that doesn’t use chlorine for drinkwater treatment and you’d be surprised when you get back how noticeable it is.
nodrod@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’d say it’s hit or miss on tap water. Depends where you live and how the utilities company handles their water purification. Take Flint, MI for example.
EhList@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That isn’t true everywhere but absolutely is true in some locales.
qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Grew up on rural well water. Tastes great, a bit hard. Now I drink Hetch Hetchy’s finest. Tastes pretty good. (My grandma’s water was another story.)
We have one federal government, yes, but painting all of the US with the same brush is naive at best.
pascal@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Same, I’m used to Swiss tap water (I know, sounds like cheating) and the water in America always smells like bleach. You have to get used to it, it’s probably because of the added fluorine. It’s still safe to drink. Can’t say the same in other countries around the world. Even in Germany and Italy, that’s Europe, you should avoid drinking from the tap.
embit@feddit.de 10 months ago
It’s quite safe to drink from the tap in Germany.
pascal@lemm.ee 10 months ago
In houses, yes. But public fountains I’ve found in Germany have often the sign Kein Drinkwasser on them. Meanwhile in Switzerland, almost every public fountain is 100% safe to drink.
Things maybe have changed in the recent years, I see you’re on a German instance and I guess you’re German, so I trust your statement more than mine as a foreigner.
Gold_Tea@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’ve lived in several states and visited over 20. LA has the worst tap water, but most places are pretty good. Larger cities tend to taste worse than medium cities and rural places.