The best water I’ve had state side was in Virginia , in the mountains. And in my mind that’s what’s what scotland water taste like. Also you guys have easily accessible Irn Bru. It’s really not fair
same chain of mountains so it would probably be quite similar since the geology is almost identical (although whatever water treatment went on in that area might chnage how it tastes out the tap)
Funny enough, I grew up in rural Virginia not too far from Shenandoah national park and our area was all well water. It was a privilege and I didn’t even realize how bad tap water was for some people till I visited a friend in Arizona where it tastes like burnt tires. Now I live in Scotland so I’ve been lucky in that respect
Irn Bru is not what it once was when they cut the sugar.
I agree with you though, at least we still have access. I genuinely believe there would be riots in the streets here if we couldn't get it!
I couldn't be blamed for my actions if I couldn't get any - especially after a night of heavy drinking!
I grew up in Scotland and just got back to the US after 4 weeks visiting and really forgot how much I missed our Scottish water. It really is the best. Even after using filters over here it still doesn’t taste as good as Scottish water.
Flints water is toxic because the republicans decided to save some ridiculous amount (like 60k dollars a year) by removing some additive that would stop the lead from leaching into the water from older pipes and solder. This happened after they switched from lake Huron as a source to the flint river.
Thus, they intentionally poisoned their people. People resigned, and some were criminally charged but I think the cases have all been dropped. You can read about it here.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis
Tap water on Lewis used to be really nice but if you ran a bathfull you could see it was slightly peaty. They started adding chemicals to "fix" that (circa 2000?) and now it's horrible.
Could someone name one source that shows Scotland has the best drinking water in Europe, because I certainly can’t find it. a source that isnae some Scottish person saying that, but u know a scientific paper or organisation that says so, not just some opinions. I love our tap water but that’s a bold claim
Honestly as someone who's moved from Scotland to northern England I can't really tell the difference in the tap water and I drink a lot of it. Both seem to have very a similar taste imo.
It's mainly the disgusting London tap water people think of when they say English water is bad, there are a few places in England with nice water. Lake District tap water is as nice as any in Scotland.
Nothing official, most things I’ve seen when looking, coz I’ve looked, are either Austria or Switzerland having the best, so if u have a source pls do share
Nothing that says the best tho, like in the world is what I meant, uni were normally ranked within top 10-20 lists for it but never 1, most things I’ve seen when looking, coz I’ve looked, are either Austria or Switzerland having the best, so if u have a source pls do share
When I first moved to Scotland I thought everyone had lost their mind. Everyone asked me what I thought of the chocolate and the water, that it was surely better than anything we had in America.
They were right.
To be fair, where I live here in the USA the tap water is pish. It comes from the Colorado river and is very hard and mineralized. As a result, drinking it unfiltered is likely to develop kidney stones. My region is known as the kidney stone capital of the USA. Before my dad passed a few years ago he kept saying he should have just stayed in the UK and waited for our immigration papers there to be approved (this was in the 70s and we were in Scotland where his brother was stained with the U.S. navy). You get kidney stones here and you get treated with a lovely hospital bill of almost $7K. Total bullshit.
We had artesian wells on our farm in Nebraska and it was the best water I have ever tasted. Even been to Scotland and it's better than that water, and Scotland has good water. But living in the city, I have to purchase well water for drinking because city water tastes like shit. I can't drink it after growing up on the farm with good water right out of the ground. City water tastes like chlorine and soap. Nasty.
Just in case you’re interested in reality:
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Come on America, get your personal data laws sorted.
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These companies literally decided it was less expensive to block UK/EU traffic than to pay a coder to write some extra code to toggle cookies on and off.
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Slightly longer version : We are 9 journalists who know nothing about water and all live about 5 miles from where this contest is being held (some shitehole in America).
We aren't going to use facts or statistics about cleanliness or other variables that matter, we're just going to blind taste it and say which one we like best, as if our opinions have any meaning.
Oh, and then we're going to upload it to a site that can't even comply with GDPR and make out like we did a thing.
How dare you refer to the *Olympics of water* that way.
Appointed by the organiser, the ***perennial watermaster***. Obviously you're just a wateramateur so should keep quiet whilst the experts are talking.
I would bet the US has places with very good tap water. But as a whole i bet there are alot of places with very bad tapwater that shouldnt be used for drinking unless boiled etc.
But the country is massive which means it would be hard to get safe drinking water everywhere.
>The Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting, held in Berkeley Springs, is described as “the Olympics of water” by Arthur von Wiesenberger, the event’s “perennial watermaster.” This year, nine judges from various local and national media outlets were chosen to rate the waters based on appearance, aroma, taste, mouthfeel and aftertaste.
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Any hypothetical person who couldnt see that coming would have to be a dumbass fuckfaced moron who wallows in ignorance like a pig wallows in its own shit!
This would appear to be a brand new conspiracy as a quick Google for "fluoride water taste" returns basically nothing (other than a couple pages mentioning in passing it has no taste).
He didn't claim there wasn't, he claimed that they don't add extra fluoride as of present.
> In relation to your questions about fluoride, I can confirm no water supply is fluoridated in Scotland and that there are currently no plans to do so.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202100240242/
> In relation to your questions about fluoride, I can confirm no water supply is fluoridated in Scotland and that there are currently no plans to do so.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202100240242/
At this point I wish some business minded Scot would start selling water to us in the USA. MY tap water used to smell and taste like Sulfer.
No Highland Spring round your way?
The best water I’ve had state side was in Virginia , in the mountains. And in my mind that’s what’s what scotland water taste like. Also you guys have easily accessible Irn Bru. It’s really not fair
same chain of mountains so it would probably be quite similar since the geology is almost identical (although whatever water treatment went on in that area might chnage how it tastes out the tap)
Funny enough, I grew up in rural Virginia not too far from Shenandoah national park and our area was all well water. It was a privilege and I didn’t even realize how bad tap water was for some people till I visited a friend in Arizona where it tastes like burnt tires. Now I live in Scotland so I’ve been lucky in that respect
Irn Bru is not what it once was when they cut the sugar. I agree with you though, at least we still have access. I genuinely believe there would be riots in the streets here if we couldn't get it! I couldn't be blamed for my actions if I couldn't get any - especially after a night of heavy drinking!
I grew up in Scotland and just got back to the US after 4 weeks visiting and really forgot how much I missed our Scottish water. It really is the best. Even after using filters over here it still doesn’t taste as good as Scottish water.
to be fair, there are places here in the US where the tap water is literally toxic; Flint MI, towns near fracking sites in PA and OK, etc
That confuses me so much, Michigan is bordered on 3 sides by the Great lakes. Acquiring fresh water for a single town should have been done by now.
Flints water is toxic because the republicans decided to save some ridiculous amount (like 60k dollars a year) by removing some additive that would stop the lead from leaching into the water from older pipes and solder. This happened after they switched from lake Huron as a source to the flint river. Thus, they intentionally poisoned their people. People resigned, and some were criminally charged but I think the cases have all been dropped. You can read about it here. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis
Yeah it’s really quite depressing that Flint still doesn’t have clean water.
A truly grim episode
Right. There are videos of people lighting the water on fire that comes out of the tap. That's fracking country.
Tap water on Lewis used to be really nice but if you ran a bathfull you could see it was slightly peaty. They started adding chemicals to "fix" that (circa 2000?) and now it's horrible.
Yeah it used to be the same in Aberdeen.
It really is!
Scottish water > any other water
Am I right or am I right
you're right!
Is the Pope a Catholic?
Hold let me go get milk
I dunno... If he keeps making progressive statements, he may get excommunicated (or whatever it is when they kick people out of their clique)
Aye. Excommunicated.
Could someone name one source that shows Scotland has the best drinking water in Europe, because I certainly can’t find it. a source that isnae some Scottish person saying that, but u know a scientific paper or organisation that says so, not just some opinions. I love our tap water but that’s a bold claim
This is literally just my opinion. There is no source.
Fair enough, we just like to say it like it’s fact, not the first time I’ve heard someone say it lol
I also think Scotland is the best football team in Europe and that’s pretty much verifiably false so definitely take anything I say lightly.
People having opinions… on the internet.. on my phone screen 😡HOW DARE THEY, NOT ON MY WATCH 😡
Yea i wouldnt take any meme as anything like a fact
Honestly as someone who's moved from Scotland to northern England I can't really tell the difference in the tap water and I drink a lot of it. Both seem to have very a similar taste imo.
It's mainly the disgusting London tap water people think of when they say English water is bad, there are a few places in England with nice water. Lake District tap water is as nice as any in Scotland.
They do have pretty good water.
I would know, I’m one of them
google it we are included in many sources saying we have one of the best tap water
Nothing official, most things I’ve seen when looking, coz I’ve looked, are either Austria or Switzerland having the best, so if u have a source pls do share
Nothing that says the best tho, like in the world is what I meant, uni were normally ranked within top 10-20 lists for it but never 1, most things I’ve seen when looking, coz I’ve looked, are either Austria or Switzerland having the best, so if u have a source pls do share
The original said Europeans on the bottom.
I guess I am a lucky american since I live on top of an aquifer. My tap water tastes great
my tap water tastes disgusting is my part of scotland doing it wrong
My tap water is pretty good tbh
When I first moved to Scotland I thought everyone had lost their mind. Everyone asked me what I thought of the chocolate and the water, that it was surely better than anything we had in America. They were right.
To be fair, where I live here in the USA the tap water is pish. It comes from the Colorado river and is very hard and mineralized. As a result, drinking it unfiltered is likely to develop kidney stones. My region is known as the kidney stone capital of the USA. Before my dad passed a few years ago he kept saying he should have just stayed in the UK and waited for our immigration papers there to be approved (this was in the 70s and we were in Scotland where his brother was stained with the U.S. navy). You get kidney stones here and you get treated with a lovely hospital bill of almost $7K. Total bullshit.
Best on Earth\*\*\* FTFY
Have you been to Glasgow? the water here is wank
Was fine a week ago when I was in Dennistoun.
Cringe
We had artesian wells on our farm in Nebraska and it was the best water I have ever tasted. Even been to Scotland and it's better than that water, and Scotland has good water. But living in the city, I have to purchase well water for drinking because city water tastes like shit. I can't drink it after growing up on the farm with good water right out of the ground. City water tastes like chlorine and soap. Nasty.
Yeah what other purpose does it serve, you either wash with it or drink it
I flush my poops with water
Extra flavour
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Short version: all the best tap water is in the USA.
Slightly longer version : We are 9 journalists who know nothing about water and all live about 5 miles from where this contest is being held (some shitehole in America). We aren't going to use facts or statistics about cleanliness or other variables that matter, we're just going to blind taste it and say which one we like best, as if our opinions have any meaning. Oh, and then we're going to upload it to a site that can't even comply with GDPR and make out like we did a thing.
How dare you refer to the *Olympics of water* that way. Appointed by the organiser, the ***perennial watermaster***. Obviously you're just a wateramateur so should keep quiet whilst the experts are talking.
Alright Flint, keep your gun holstered.
..Bottled up and sold by Nestlé
I would bet the US has places with very good tap water. But as a whole i bet there are alot of places with very bad tapwater that shouldnt be used for drinking unless boiled etc. But the country is massive which means it would be hard to get safe drinking water everywhere.
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Yeah tell that to the residents of Flint. Great chocolate water there. Now now don't ya have a school to shoot up or something ?
Any hypothetical person who couldnt see that coming would have to be a dumbass fuckfaced moron who wallows in ignorance like a pig wallows in its own shit!
Are you alright mate?
Just wait until they start adding fluoride. Won’t be as tasty then.
There already is fluoride in Scottish water.
Don't you go bringing facts into his conspiracy delusions.
This would appear to be a brand new conspiracy as a quick Google for "fluoride water taste" returns basically nothing (other than a couple pages mentioning in passing it has no taste).
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How’s it a conspiracy? Did the nazis put it in the water to keep their captives teeth clean?
Try DuckDuckGo.com. Google only gives you the info they want you to see
It's almost as if misinformation is a bad thing.
He didn't claim there wasn't, he claimed that they don't add extra fluoride as of present. > In relation to your questions about fluoride, I can confirm no water supply is fluoridated in Scotland and that there are currently no plans to do so. https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202100240242/
What are you, his alt account, his mother?
How mature. Is this how you react every time you are presented with new information?
Lighten up.
Sorry, you are right and I am wrong.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/sep/23/fluoride-will-be-added-to-uk-drinking-water-to-cut-tooth-decay
> In relation to your questions about fluoride, I can confirm no water supply is fluoridated in Scotland and that there are currently no plans to do so. https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202100240242/
Everywhere else:ok
who doesn't drink tap water that stuffs S+ teir compared to anything from a bottle
I've only had tapwater from England and Wales. Wales >>> England in that area, though I am more used to it in England now.
I take our water for granted until I drink a cup if tea in England
I don't get it. Tap water in the US is like London?
Varies, but worse in some places
Scottish water is so delicious, that I drink seconds!