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water
Posted: Sat September 15, 2007 04:18 PM UTC

Is the water safe to drink or would u recommend buying bottle water or taking water purification tablets just in case?

rgraham

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Re: water
Posted: Sat September 15, 2007 05:40 PM UTC

What water? Where? Rivers? Hotels?

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Gerald_D

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Posted: Sun September 16, 2007 04:37 AM UTC

Oh, now I see you asked in the "Johannesburg" forum, so I presume you mean only in the city and that you are asking about "tap water" or water from a faucet.

Johannesburg has a high quality of tap/faucet water - similar to Europe standards. I am not aware of health problems about it and I happily drink it myself.

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Gerald_D

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Posted: Sun September 16, 2007 08:52 AM UTC

thank you for replying so quicklu

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rgraham

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Posted: Sun September 16, 2007 08:53 AM UTC

thank you for replying so quickly.

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rgraham

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Posted: Mon September 17, 2007 04:36 PM UTC

we all grew up drinking tap water- then when the BIG BUSINESS of bottled water hit us everyone started selling bottled water- MY advice- DRINK DRINK DRINK the water from the taps and hosepipes- its delicious free and healthy!!! ;)

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mandybee

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Re: water
Posted: Mon September 17, 2007 06:06 PM UTC

The environmentalists are starting a backlash against bottled water. Consider the plastics used for the bottle, label, inking and the fuel used to deliver it . . . . .
They are now pushing for good piped water as the environment-friendly option.

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