On Sat, 06 May 2006 08:16:10 +0200 someone who may be Mxsmanic
wrote this:-

Germs, yes, but there might be other inorganic substances in the water
that wouldn't be good for you, such as very high levels of iron from
the plumbing.

Where do you think these very high levels of iron will come from? I
doubt if many houses have galvanised iron water tanks these days, or
for at least a decade. New work since the late 1960s has involved
plastic tanks.

Possibly metals or minerals dissolved in the water that you probably
don't want to ingest.

Other than the mains supply, where do these metals or minerals come
from?



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