is the tap water safe in patong?

[phuketruski]

i started drinking it today nuthing goes wrong yet.

[Kopitiam]

Even the thais do not drink from the tap. You make your own conclusion.

[Kopitiam]

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Edited October 19, 2015 by Kopitiam

[FBlue72]

Great way to lose a few pounds.

Answer: safe to bathe in ( although....) but absolutely not to drink.

[hansgruber]

Report back in 12 hours.

Edited October 19, 2015 by hansgruber

[LivinginKata]

Much depends on the source of the tap water. Many different ways that a hotel/guesthouse/rental get their water. Rule of thumb - don't drink tap water.

[Shot]

Report back in 12 hours.

If you're not dead.

[The Big Mango]

Well its been 5 hours now , maybe the OP doesn't have wifi or 3G from the bathroom.

Hehehe

[Shot]

Giardia symptoms won't show up for at least 7 days and up to 21+.

[bearpolar]

it was expected from his previous post, all of them seem overly negative about thais. He's angry because even the poorest thai can afford clean wanter.

[phuketrichard]

i use it for shower, brushing teeth, cleaning dishes an car

drinking?? NO way

20 lts is only 10 baht/bottle

[Rimmer]

Off topic flame removed

[patongphil]

i use it for shower, brushing teeth, cleaning dishes an car

drinking?? NO way

20 lts is only 10 baht/bottle

Why would you brush your teeth in something you wouldn't drink?

[LivinginKata]

i use it for shower, brushing teeth, cleaning dishes an car

drinking?? NO way

20 lts is only 10 baht/bottle

Why would you brush your teeth in something you wouldn't drink?

Cos I usually spit it out during/after brushing, then rinse with bottled water. I've always brushed my teeth with tap water no matter my geographic location, and I have been in some dubious African countries.

[PlastikbinLina]

I've been drinking out of the tap for the last 5 years and apart from losing nearly all my hair and half my teeth I'm okay. Go for it. It's cheaper than buying bottled tap water at the supermarkets

[oncearugge]

Water may be "safe" at the point it is injected to the main supply system ....................from that point on ?

Even in "developed" countries things go wrong!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/11789187/Infected-tap-water-in-Lancashire-must-be-boiled-authorities-say.html

[phuketrichard]

i use it for shower, brushing teeth, cleaning dishes an car

drinking?? NO way

20 lts is only 10 baht/bottle

Why would you brush your teeth in something you wouldn't drink?

Cos I usually spit it out during/after brushing, then rinse with bottled water. I've always brushed my teeth with tap water no matter my geographic location, and I have been in some dubious African countries.

As i

[phuketruski]

i use it for shower, brushing teeth, cleaning dishes an car

drinking?? NO way

20 lts is only 10 baht/bottle

Why would you brush your teeth in something you wouldn't drink?

Cos I usually spit it out during/after brushing, then rinse with bottled water. I've always brushed my teeth with tap water no matter my geographic location, and I have been in some dubious African countries.

As i

72 hours on and im fine .

family mart no longer doing 5 baht waters in bangla by the way ....

only big bottles of avian.

[bearpolar]

so why not leave bangla?

[schlog]

so why not leave bangla?

Chained inside Tiger ?

[NamKangMan]

If money is that tight, why don't you at least boil the water????