Post #3436025
2026-06-20 00:47 UTC
I’ve always been told the water from the hot water tap isn’t safe to drink due to bacterial and mineral buildup in the water heater. Not that I can drink my tap water where I live anyway (America!) but even when I lived with delicous well water I never drank the hot tap water.
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@bridgeburner@lemmy.world 2026-06-20 07:13
Well yeah, but if u put it into a kettle and boil it, it should be fine, cos boiling kills the bacteria.
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@emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-06-20 04:46
That’s crazy, I’ve never heard that. I know our hot water heaters are kept high enough that bacteria can’t grow, and every source I’ve found says the other risk is lead contamination, and we don’t have any lead pipes in our house, so I’m going to assume this is an old outdated rule. Plus for the bacteria concern, it’s being boiled again anyway.