Prayuth says tap water tastes just like bottled water, drinks it for cameras

[ClutchClark]

When I was fixing the water pipe a while back the inside of the pipe was coated with a BLACK slime. The water that comes out of the pipe quickly turns the tiles in the bathroom a nasty dark brown colour even though they are coloured tiles, so we have a need for plenty of vixol. It is not iron oxide but some black shit that is in the non drinkable tap water.

Black slime is wuite possibly from the presence of Manganese in your water. The bacteria that feed on it are what result in the black color.

Its unsightly but not harmful.

A flushing of the water main will clear it right up.

Cheers

[Artisi]

We found worms in our tap water. Extra protein?

Worms?

How large?

Tap water or well water?

City water is filtered.

It might well be filtered and drinkable as it leaves the water treatment plant, but by the time it gets to your tap you have no idea of what might have gained access to the supply system on its journey to you. The water supply/sewage systems / plumbing is an absolute disaster in Thailand.

Some folks don't quite understand that the unauthorized hookups to the water system and the breaks in the lines and poor seals allow infiltration.

Not forgetting the illegal pumping directly from the main supply that can result in creating a vacuum in the main resulting in ingress of sewage from leaking pipework and contaminated groundwater etc, but that's all ok if you are prepared to run the risk. Edited July 29, 2016 by Artisi

[joeyg]

Maybe in Bangkok city its OK.

But here in Chiang Mai, out in the villages, its not

I have 'city water' pumped from the village well to our house. Many months of the year is off as not enough in the well.

When it is running it changes in appearance and smell often. Sometime clear and clean, other times grey or tinted yellow with lots of black particles in it.

As another poster says, pipes are often cracked or not joined together properly, allowing soil dirt and run off water from the roads and ditches to enter it.

Out water meter blocked up. When taken apart to clean lots of smelly slime poured out onto the ground. I would never drink this water, it even stained out white clothes brown.

Telling everyone to drink the tap water as a blanket statement regardless of where they live seems a bit risky.

Sounds like high iron content.

Not dangerous to consume--just unpleasant.

Key words, "sounds like"...

Yes, obviously I am not able to provide a 100% assurance from a one sentence description and not having physically seen the water described.

Apologies if this is not satisfactory to you. ;-)

No apology needed. I really don't give a "FF" about what anyone says. Especially unfounded speculation and delusion which makes up the majority of the content.

[ClutchClark]

Key words, "sounds like"...

Yes, obviously I am not able to provide a 100% assurance from a one sentence description and not having physically seen the water described.

Apologies if this is not satisfactory to you. ;-)

No apology needed. I really don't give a "FF" about what anyone says. Especially unfounded speculation and delusion which makes up the majority of the content.

+1 for the use of "FF".

A personal favorite expression of my own for many years.

Cheers

Edited July 30, 2016 by ClutchClark

[ClutchClark]

It might well be filtered and drinkable as it leaves the water treatment plant, but by the time it gets to your tap you have no idea of what might have gained access to the supply system on its journey to you. The water supply/sewage systems / plumbing is an absolute disaster in Thailand.

Some folks don't quite understand that the unauthorized hookups to the water system and the breaks in the lines and poor seals allow infiltration.

Not forgetting the illegal pumping directly from the main supply that can result in creating a vacuum in the main resulting in ingress of sewage from leaking pipework and contaminated groundwater etc, but that's all ok if you are prepared to run the risk.

That must be quite a large volume illegal tap to draw down faster than the main supply.

Edited July 30, 2016 by ClutchClark

[Artisi]

It might well be filtered and drinkable as it leaves the water treatment plant, but by the time it gets to your tap you have no idea of what might have gained access to the supply system on its journey to you. The water supply/sewage systems / plumbing is an absolute disaster in Thailand.

Some folks don't quite understand that the unauthorized hookups to the water system and the breaks in the lines and poor seals allow infiltration.

Not forgetting the illegal pumping directly from the main supply that can result in creating a vacuum in the main resulting in ingress of sewage from leaking pipework and contaminated groundwater etc, but that's all ok if you are prepared to run the risk.

That must be quite a large volume illegal tap to draw down faster than the main supply.

Why do you think it's illegal to pump off the main supply, any real idea or comment or do you just think the authorities are just being difficult?

[Kwasaki]

When I was fixing the water pipe a while back the inside of the pipe was coated with a BLACK slime. The water that comes out of the pipe quickly turns the tiles in the bathroom a nasty dark brown colour even though they are coloured tiles, so we have a need for plenty of vixol. It is not iron oxide but some black shit that is in the non drinkable tap water.

Black slime is wuite possibly from the presence of Manganese in your water. The bacteria that feed on it are what result in the black color.

Its unsightly but not harmful.

A flushing of the water main will clear it right up.

Cheers

Our bathroom shower unit tiles have an orange cover build up, takes a lot of elbow grease to get off.

[craigt3365]

It might well be filtered and drinkable as it leaves the water treatment plant, but by the time it gets to your tap you have no idea of what might have gained access to the supply system on its journey to you. The water supply/sewage systems / plumbing is an absolute disaster in Thailand.

Some folks don't quite understand that the unauthorized hookups to the water system and the breaks in the lines and poor seals allow infiltration.

Not forgetting the illegal pumping directly from the main supply that can result in creating a vacuum in the main resulting in ingress of sewage from leaking pipework and contaminated groundwater etc, but that's all ok if you are prepared to run the risk.

That must be quite a large volume illegal tap to draw down faster than the main supply.

It's not unusual in places with intermittent water supply for some to use a pump to "suck" water into their supply tanks. Sometimes, they are called "The Thief" as you are actually taking water from others also. It is illegal.