by Lucky Lucan » Sun Jun 26, 2016 11:01 pm
RobW wrote:I'm sure the tap water is perfectly safe to drink, but why the fuck would you? It stinks of chlorine.
How much are those big blue containers anyway - I don't even know they are so cheap - a dollar?
As for cooking, you could use ditch water as long as it boils for a while.
I haven't heard of any Cambodian who isn't desperately poor choosing to drink tap water. I don't even drink it unfiltered in Edinburgh or London cos it tastes like a swimming pool.
In the Highlands, now that's quite a different matter. It tastes magnificent straight from the river, sometimes the colour of Coca Cola it's so full of peat.
This. I've known and still know plenty of locals who are far from being well-off, but none of them drink water straight from the mains. They usually boil it and then cool it. Many of the capital's inhabitants come from the provinces, where the water supply can be a lot less reliable, so they take the same precautions in town. Older people who have lived in the capital all their lives will remember when the water supply was sporadic and contaminated, so they are careful too.
Back home the water comes straight from reservoirs in the hills, it's treated but it tastes amazing.
[quote="RobW"]I'm sure the tap water is perfectly safe to drink, but why the fuck would you? It stinks of chlorine.
How much are those big blue containers anyway - I don't even know they are so cheap - a dollar?
As for cooking, you could use ditch water as long as it boils for a while.
I haven't heard of any Cambodian who isn't desperately poor choosing to drink tap water. I don't even drink it unfiltered in Edinburgh or London cos it tastes like a swimming pool.
In the Highlands, now that's quite a different matter. It tastes magnificent straight from the river, sometimes the colour of Coca Cola it's so full of peat.[/quote]
This. I've known and still know plenty of locals who are far from being well-off, but none of them drink water straight from the mains. They usually boil it and then cool it. Many of the capital's inhabitants come from the provinces, where the water supply can be a lot less reliable, so they take the same precautions in town. Older people who have lived in the capital all their lives will remember when the water supply was sporadic and contaminated, so they are careful too.
Back home the water comes straight from reservoirs in the hills, it's treated but it tastes amazing.