I should clarify, that it is physically possible to test for all the bacteria, but no one is going to bother, due to the expense and the pointlessness.

logos has grandiose visions of a germ free, crime free germany.

I just love when you fight about such nonsense. Yes, the water is perfect! Much better then the bottled "shit" you get in the US of A. and I don't need to lock my windows at night.

And yes all those bacterias inhabit your body 24/7, it's actually cleaned when you drink Munich tap water!

Personally, I don't drink the tap water anywhere in Europe. I would rather drink bottled & not risk being sick - or at least boil it first if you are able to.

There's no such thing as perfect water. Distilled, deionized water would taste like crap and not have some minerals that are actually good for you. And hell, a lot of the bottled water in the US is imported from Europe.

Importing bottled water, now that's something really stupid! People seem to have far too much money to spend on nonsense...

I said earlier that eople should bring their own water - well -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/s...es/4772373.stm

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Much better then the bottled "sh1t" you get in the US of A. and I don't need to lock my windows at night.
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sorry, not from the US.

and when i worked in germany on and off for about four years, i happened to notice imported bottled water everywhere. one of the companies that i worked at would bring it in crates. everyone drank about 3 bottles a day along with one bottle of juice. i agree, it was very stupid. the energy required to move all those bottles around and manage all those empty bottles (even assuming the bottles are recycled) was criminal. a complete waste of resources. even if the tap water was polluted, there are much more efficient and environmental ways of providing water to people. but the tap water is not polluted and falls somewhere between good and perfect, depending on who you believe.

i was the ONLY one in the office who would drink the tap water and it caused major gasps in the office. i just couldn't deal with all those bottles and the waste of it all. i was asked about it at least 30 times. "how could you drink that water" etc. "there's bottled water you know"...

What a great answer! :-) You did not realize yet that all this thread is "nonsense" right? This is so great about this board! Now am I prejudiced or don't you really have a clue? This is too easy! Don't let youself be manipulated that easy. You must have some (on/off) button hidden somewhere ;-) Just kidding...

huh? must be german humour or iwannabegerman humour.

You've never worked in Germany right? ;-)

I'm a tap water devotee, and yet I have been forced to drink bottled in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Spain recently. In each case, I was informed that the water was not potable...this was in restaurants and hotels.

Sometimes, lead pipes were the culprit (Belfast) sometimes a community water treatment scheme was having problems. I've noticed that at least one of the Paris apartments we're considering renting touts "completely renovated plumbing to avoid dangerous lead piping."

In Barcelona, one waiter only reluctantly served me a glass of tap water (after I mimed turning on faucets to make him understand) and he flat out refused to serve me a second glass, although we were ordering booze and lots of tapas. He said it would be dangerous for my stomach.

We'll be in Tuscany this July, and I'd like to at least know what to ask for - someone else asked whether it was termed "agua naturale" - how about an answer?

agua potabile?

Hey, didn't say I drink imported water (only rarely imported sparkling mineral water, but more often Poland Spring, because it's cheaper, and there certainly is a difference between tap water & sparkling mineral water). For normal drinking, I'll drink tap water anywhere it won't hurt me (except one place in Texas, where there's so much chlorine that it tastes like pool water, but that's an extreme exception).