I too was an abstainer from aircraft potable water for I had seen the inside of the water tanks on a heavy maint visit but then I witnessed whats inside the pipes in the few countries I have lived where I drank the tap water...
The same old sludge or green growth.
Where i work the tanks have a chlorination treatment more than regularly almost adnausium.
With the water that is uploaded is usually filtered and/or chlorinated, I am starting to think the water from a fountain on board is better than what flows from a tap in say SYD,LHR, LAX or SIN....These cities may not be great examples of good drinking water but I wouldn't hesitate to drink the tap water...
80 Degrees C is whats required to kill almost all water born disease and the water boilers certainly are above that.
Last edited by Bolty McBolt; 4th November 2006 at 05:04.
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