Quote:
Originally posted by sapiens
I have been drinking water from the bathroom tap since I was a little kid. I would even drink from the spigot on the side of the house. I've never heard of separate water for different faucets in the house anywhere that I have lived.
|
Let me clarify.
In a typical house or apartment block there is a cistern. This is a large tank that stores water locally for the building or home. In houses, these are usually in the attic. Think of it as a little "local resevoir."
The kitchen taps are fed directly off the mains, and are therefore filtered and sometimes have additives. This is a good thing, though I still filter this water. The rusting and broken pipes still let in bacteria, spores, mercury, contaminents etc. Filtering kitchen tap water is personal preference though.
Usually the hot & cold water taps, outside of the kitchen, are fed by the cistern. Now whilst the cistern tends to be fed off the same mains supply, it often is full of dirt itself. My mate once found a dead pidgeon in his cistern. You would not want to be drinking water from a pond with a dead animal floating in it, would you?
The fact that the original poster says the water "tastes mildewy" is a good enough reason to me to avoid drinking it!
Why on Earth would you? Just grab a bottle of water from the kitchen tap, or even better, a small jug with an inbuilt filter.
Just my 2c's worth...
Mr Mephisto