Up in NW EUroLand where we live now , on maybe 2-3 days a year
( maximum ) it might taste/smell ever-so-slightly slightly over-chlorinated , otherwise it's fine - so using bottled water for drinking/cooking is entirely uncalled for ;
how good is the tapwater , where you live , in Oz ?

Apparently it's a lot cleaner than "all the other countries in the world" but in my neck of the woods it smells very very chloriney and other than brushing my teeth and boiling it I won't drink it unfiltered. BUT I am a major tart when it comes to water and if drinking water it has to be bottled.

Sure most people are fine with it.

I refuse to drink tap water,no matter where I am

Tastes of chlorine, so tend to drink filtered or bottled water, ok for everything else tho.

I'm sure chemically it's fine but in Perth I don't like the taste of it. I only drink sparkling mineral water anyway.

From my days in Sydney I remeber it being not that nice & I believe that in Adelaide it's disgusting.

Melbourne apparently has the best tap water in Australia. Adelaide I wouldn't go near, Sydney is ok I think but no idea about the other cities.

I dont really notice much difference in taste to be honest apart from it being horribly warm unlike the Scottish tap water which is freezing !!,since last year we bought a Kambrook water filter & chiller so we all use that,think it holds nearly 3L of water but we are having to fill it up 2/3times a day,come the summer its going to be an endless mission keeping it topped up! Only cost $79 & keeps the water lovely & chilled

Donna.

Not at all impressed with Adelaide water but I understand this varies quite considerably.

G

The water in Brisbane (city) is absolutely fine and clear and completely odourless. Well that's my experience anyway. I've also noticed you don't get that horrible looking scum when you accidentally leave your teabag in too long! - at least that's what used to happen in S.East of England (Essex).

Plus my hair goes a lot fluffier when I wash it now. That used to happen when I used to stay at my aunties farm in Wales when I was a young girlie!

Some strange observations I know - but probably an indication that the water is somewhat purer here than compared to certain parts of England (but not South Wales!).

The worst tasting / smelling water I've ever come across was in Florida. It smelt like my school swimming pool!

Netta

wouldnt touch sydney water for drinking

I've been drinking the tap water here for a very long time and I'm still alive!!!

Thats it mate, its bloody fine, all the bottle water is half the reason so many people need to go to the dentist

Tap water throughout Australia is safe to drink. Taste is another thing, and in summer it can be disgusting as it is hot. I use a Brita water filter jug for drinking water or cordial but use straight from tap for tea, coffee, cooking and washing.

Best water I ever had was in christchurch NZ in a suburb called Opawa. Had the water come from an underground (aretsian) well. Was like drinking pure spring water. Bloody marvellous!

Been on tank water for a few months now and wouldn't go back to tap water - tastes bloody awful once you're used to gettting it out of the tank.

We're on tank water as well, far nicer than the chorinated tap water.