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Dave Fawthrop
 
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Default Safe to drink boiled water from hot tap?

On Fri, 05 May 2006 11:37:54 +0100, Owain
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|Dave Fawthrop wrote:
| The hot water from a *combi* boiler has not been stored and so is good for
| drinking. It sometimes looks milky, but this is only air and has no effect
| on portability.
|
|If the water is aerated can the water company be sued or fined for
|supplying adulterated merchandise, or for the inaccuracy of the water
|meter reading 1 litre of water when in fact it's less than a litre of
|water that has been supplied?

Air in water is an *advantage* it improves the taste slightly.
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