Can you drink shower water?

[keira]

Today I swallowed some amount of water when I was taking a shower.. Is shower water safe?

[patois]

Generally your house's water is filtered and chemically treated before it enters your home. It doesn't matter if it's from a municipal source or from a well. That said, if the local water is hard, and is treated with a water softener, ion exchange of calcium for sodium would make the basic tap water slightly salty. If you were to drink that repeatedly on a regular basis it would be bad for your health. To much sodium can impact heart health. The same goes for municipal water that is hyper-chlorinated. City water is hyper-chlorinated due to delivery pipes being coated in biofilms. As a result, there are unhealthy levels of chlorine compounds in delivered water as well as other halogen like fluorine which can promote cancer over long periods of time. If you drink a small amount, it's not the end of the world, but if it's a regular habit over time it will negatively impact your health.

[HawkPerception]

Shower water comes from the same source of water your kitchen tap water comes from. If you live in a good area where your tap water is safe to drink, then it's fine. It might not have the best taste depending on how much chlorination your public water system goes through.

In my opinion, the best tasting water you can have is usually filtered water from the filtered containers. Just pour your tap water into that and leave it in the fridge until it's cold and you'll notice a pretty big change in its taste.

[bobalife]

LOL I don’t recommended it girl. The water in our homes has particular amount of good and bad water sources. You can make changes to it by having water specialists who can come to your home to test your water and tell you if you wanna make changes to the filter. Or you can also get your own filter for shower heads including sink water :)

[PBandJ_Nerd]

You can yes. But I wouldn't recommend it. Better to have fresh water through a filter. Like from your fridge or a water filter pitcher like this:

[PBandJ_Nerd]

I mean, with my water in the house you can pretty much drink any of it. Sink water, fridge water, hose water, and shower/bath water.

[Makeushiver]

In the U. S., yes. If I were traveling though I would definitely avoid drinking any water from taps. The people who live there have developed the capacity to resist the pathogens that often make less indigent countries tap water potable. I have gotten violently ill on at least 3 continents from accidentally tap water.
If you happened to get a little water in your mouth accidentally that is most likely harmless but don't use it as a regular beverage.
The main reason for the consumption of been and wine- and later spirits- was the result of industrial age pollution lack of potable water.

[MrOracle]

The water that comes out of the shower head has usually just traveled about 6 feet further down the same pipe that feeds the sink you brush your teeth in. It's fine, at least in 1st-world countries.

[molonski2]

Not if you live here , well not advised , but if in your location you can drink tap water as you can in Australia , then you can drink showerwater.

[sheikalana]

Shower water is tap water. If tap water in your area is not considered safe for consumption I would not advise you to drink it. If it was a one time thing is most likely not going to cause any harm to your health.

[Kaneki05]

I do it all the time. Mostly the only way I just drink actual water lmao. It's not any different to water you get from a tap to put in a kettle.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Its the same water that goes to your kitchen sink so it depends on if thats drinkable or not. In most cases tap water is filled with chlorine, ammonia, lead, fluorine, amd other toxic substances, so probably not unless you have a good filter.

[Cutegirl06]

It's the same water that comes out of your kitchen fawcett, so if you drink from the kitchen fawcett it's the same thing 🤣

[Fireguy17]

it's the same water as you drink, there isn't a difference, unless somehow you drank some of your own rinse water, then it had soap in it, but that won't hurt you either.

[DryGermanGuy]

Obviously it depends on the country or better even county, where the water in question is sourced from. Bangladesh is not Switzerland.

[CaptainOverthink]

That depends entierly on what country&/area you live in.

But usually I'd guess it's as safe as tapwater.

[FreyaRed]

If tap water is drinkable in your city and water heater isn't defective, you will be safe.

[KrakenAttackin]

Good grief... a generation who has never drank from a hose.

[on_my_knees]

With all the building codes today, like you have to have 4 nails in every roof shingle, I guess they forgot the one about not piping shit water into your house.

[AviatorTom]

It's the same water that comes out of the bathroom sink's faucet. It's safe.

[Apple1996]

Yess completely safe

[genericname85]

if your local tap water is ok to drink then shower water is ok to drink. if you can't drink your tap water, then best don't drink shower water.

[Drumlin2001]

In UK its probably not too bad. The water is clean, depends on how dirty shower head is.

[VV3ZZY123]

Nooooo you can get "microbial cysts" hahahhahaha jk I dunno. It depends where you live. But I would not.

[LiamJHayden]

In my house yes because I have a whole house purification system. I would not even cook using untreated tap water.

[LiamS95]

It usually comes from the same source as your tapped drinking water so if so yes.