Gegsy Brown

can you drink the tap water in perth? can someone please end this debate i say no oh says yes.

Siren & Brian

Yes

Kingseat

Yes! Most people we know however, use neverfail and have coolers at home!

KJCherokee

You can drink tap water anywhere is Australia - whether you will like the taste is a different matter.

ABCDiamond

Out of genuine interest, on what basis do you say no ?

northernbird

Of course you can. I have a built in water filter in my benchtop though. I had a water filter in the UK and here is no different.

Elmo2552

You can but it tastes disgusting! Bit like drinking a swimming pool!!

ABCDiamond

You're only supposed to drink a glass at a time, not 40,000 litres

I think that some parts of Perth have more groundwater content, which affects the taste, than others. However, it seems that all Perth water is safe, so it comes down to taste for individual locations.

mohogony

ITs not a third world city. l bet if the water is tested it would be heaps cleaner then the UK as Perth has far less pollution.

mark213

its better than brisbane water which tastes of mud.

Amazulu

You can but it does not taste good. A fridge with a water dispenser sorts this out.

asprilla

nothing wrong with mud.

Dorothy

No. Everyone I have ever met who drank Perth water died. Instantly. Don't do it!

iamthecreaturefromuranus

Have you ever actually been to the UK?

DeadVim

Ours doesn't, it tastes of a mixture of rain, roof, gutter, tank and pipes.

Maybe some leaf in there too if we have been tardy.

And it's not done me any harm ... yet