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Re:Re-using the heat in bathwater in Britain by alkonaut on Sunday October 30, 2022 @06:41PM (#33399743)
I just never reflected on the idea that cold tap water in summer is quite luxurious. I have that but I have no idea why tbh.
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Re:Re-using the heat in bathwater in Britain by refurb on Sunday October 30, 2022 @08:54PM (#33400775)
Indeed. Having living in SE Asia where you can drink the tap water, it’s rough getting a glass of water from the tap and it’s 25C.

There is no “cold” tap, just warm and hot taps.

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Re:Re-using the heat in bathwater in Britain by zarzavat on Sunday October 30, 2022 @11:59PM (#33401895)
> SE Asia where you can drink the tap water

A very verbose way of saying Singapore.

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Re:Re-using the heat in bathwater in Britain by seba_dos1 on Monday October 31, 2022 @01:04AM (#33402260)
Your way is more verbose, by two characters to be exact.
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Re:Re-using the heat in bathwater in Britain by refurb on Monday October 31, 2022 @01:21AM (#33402336)
You can drink it other countries! It's risky, but you can drink it!
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Re:Re-using the heat in bathwater in Britain by philliphaydon on Monday October 31, 2022 @02:35AM (#33402661)
Taiwan, Japan, Singapore. Only countries you can safely drink tap water in Asia AFAIK.
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Re:Re-using the heat in bathwater in Britain by refurb on Monday October 31, 2022 @03:08AM (#33402820)
Also South Korea, Brunei and Hong Kong (apparently).

But I have friends who rinse their mouth, brush with tap water in Vietnam and haven't gotten sick. It obviously varies a lot by which city (or even within the city), but the water is tested and obviously highly chlorinated (by smell).

I mean, I wouldn't drink it regularly because I don't think they look for non-biologic toxins like metals.

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Re:Re-using the heat in bathwater in Britain by philliphaydon on Monday October 31, 2022 @11:09AM (#33406866)
I've rinsed my mouth in most countries in SEA. But never drink it. In Taiwan you can drink tap water but vast majority of people boil it because apparently alot of the pipes in homes are old so they boil it first. Sometimes I'm lazy and don't want warm water so I just fill my bottle with tap water.
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