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Re:Gigantic heat caverns in Mustikkamaa have now been filled... by Torkel on Friday November 10, 2023 @11:42AM (#38221019)
Sibling comments are on to this too, but I think an important detail here is that the water in lakes, river and ground in the nordics is so clean that the extra cleaning needed to make it "tap water" isn't really as big of a deal as it might be in other parts of the world.
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Re:Gigantic heat caverns in Mustikkamaa have now been filled... by kwhitefoot on Friday November 10, 2023 @12:34PM (#38221788)
The little town I live in (about 40 km south of Oslo) is supplied from a lake in the granite hills. They filter out the bugs and precipitate the solids with a little aluminium sulphate and that's it. It's above all the agriculture so no chlorine is needed and there is no chalk so no problems with deposits on the insides of kettles and water heaters.
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Re:Gigantic heat caverns in Mustikkamaa have now been filled... by ahartmetz on Friday November 10, 2023 @08:08PM (#38226566)
Does it taste good?

My favorite so far has been Vienna - I would describe it as similar to Evian.

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Re:Gigantic heat caverns in Mustikkamaa have now been filled... by kwhitefoot on Sunday November 19, 2023 @01:04PM (#38335589)
It has been crowned best water in the country. Yes it tastes good, I'm quite happy to put it in my Laphroiag.
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Re:Gigantic heat caverns in Mustikkamaa have now been filled... by euroderf on Friday November 10, 2023 @04:08PM (#38224561)
Finland has a small number of lakes that are basically dead from pollution from pulp & paper plants. The rest are quite clean. Helsinki's tap water comes from Päijänne, the large lake that basically runs from Lahti northward to Jyväskylä.
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