WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE....ALL THE BOARDS DID SHRINK
I have a couple of questions about tap water in Thailand and hopefully someone in the know has the answers.
#1 It is advised NOT to drink the tap water here in Thailand. Why is that? Bacteria? Chemical pollution? Both?
#2 If the tap water not drinkable, can it safely be used to wash food items that will be consumed?
How about in cooking?
Have discussed with friends and all seem to have differing opinions. Help!!
:cyclopsani:
Re: One man's experience ...
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Originally Posted by Smiles
I don't really think there's an abiding need to go as far as the above reply.
This has worked for me fine for since I've been coming to Thailand (i.e. 9 years now). I've had ocassional minor bouts of the runs (one long one of a week, and three or four 24 hr bouts ... none of which I would say for sure was the water. Frankly, I'd be somewhat more suspicous of food in unclean street stalls ):
- Drink only bottled water (cheap here!! 6 pack of 750 ml bottles of water around the corner, 20 baht). Also coffee and tea of course are from bottled.[/*:m:1hv1dms4]
- Brush teeth in tap water. Seems like a very minor risk (see 'the runs' above).[/*:m:1hv1dms4]
- Ice in bars and restaurants is NOT tap water, I have them in my drinks all the time.[/*:m:1hv1dms4]
- Wash dishes in tap water, also rinse them.[/*:m:1hv1dms4]
- Bathe in tap water ... obviously some is ingested, so ... (see 'the runs' above).[/*:m:1hv1dms4]
Up to you ... but as you can see from the above experience, getting a bit more easy-going on the water "problem" in Thailand has affected me hardly at all. Many may/will disagree with the above I'm sure.
Of course, none of the above holds true for those with compromised immune systems. Those folks have to quite a bit more careful, as they do at home.
Cheers ...
totally agree. Mirrors my approach
Re: WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE....ALL THE BOARDS DID SHRINK
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Originally Posted by sabaisabai
I have a couple of questions about tap water in Thailand and hopefully someone in the know has the answers.
#1 It is advised NOT to drink the tap water here in Thailand. Why is that? Bacteria? Chemical pollution? Both?
#2 If the tap water not drinkable, can it safely be used to wash food items that will be consumed?
How about in cooking?
Have discussed with friends and all seem to have differing opinions. Help!!
:cyclopsani:
This same question has been posted on the Gay Thailand message board by "daddydawg". The only answer so far is from the oracle Gaybutton who says:
"Even the water company says not to drink the tap water. I don't know why, but I go by that advice. I really don't want to find out the answer the hard way and bottled water is readily available and very cheap.
I use tap water for showering, brushing my teeth, washing dishes, and washing food items such as fruit. I have never had any problem, no matter where I am in Thailand.
I use only bottled water for cooking. The only exception I make is boiling eggs in tap water. Again, I have never had any kind of a problem."
Bottled water for cooking? We all know that no one is as well informed about things Thai as GB but surely cooking in bottled water is O.T.T.? Maybe I am wrong but I thought boiling the tap water during cooking will kill the bugs :dontknow:
Re: One man's experience ...
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Originally Posted by fattman
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Originally Posted by globalwanderer
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Originally Posted by Smiles
I don't really think there's an abiding need to go as far as the above reply.
This has worked for me fine for since I've been coming to Thailand (i.e. 9 years now). I've had ocassional minor bouts of the runs (one long one of a week, and three or four 24 hr bouts ... none of which I would say for sure was the water. Frankly, I'd be somewhat more suspicous of food in unclean street stalls ):
- Drink only bottled water (cheap here!! 6 pack of 750 ml bottles of water around the corner, 20 baht). Also coffee and tea of course are from bottled.[/*:m:217mr5gp]
- Brush teeth in tap water. Seems like a very minor risk (see 'the runs' above).[/*:m:217mr5gp]
- Ice in bars and restaurants is NOT tap water, I have them in my drinks all the time.[/*:m:217mr5gp]
- Wash dishes in tap water, also rinse them.[/*:m:217mr5gp]
- Bathe in tap water ... obviously some is ingested, so ... (see 'the runs' above).[/*:m:217mr5gp]
Up to you ... but as you can see from the above experience, getting a bit more easy-going on the water "problem" in Thailand has affected me hardly at all. Many may/will disagree with the above I'm sure.
Of course, none of the above holds true for those with compromised immune systems. Those folks have to quite a bit more careful, as they do at home.
Cheers ...
totally agree. Mirrors my approach
Me too.
My cats drink tap water, I have aquarium fish, and large fish in a pond, never had problems. For drinking we use a filter system attached to the main tap, we renew the filters annually, and we don't have very many problems with our stomachs (we live just outside Bangkok).
Oh pumpkin...I want to lick your pussy tap or no tap!! Are you game???
Re: One man's experience ...
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Originally Posted by fattman
My cats drink tap water, I have aquarium fish, and large fish in a pond, never had problems. For drinking we use a filter system attached to the main tap, we renew the filters annually, and we don't have very many problems with our stomachs (we live just outside Bangkok).
There a lot of controversy with water filters. Bacteria reproduces once ever 20 min by cell division. One becomes two, two, four, four becomes eight and after a year of this you got a colony of a few million. That one little bugger that got in the filter did it.