Timeline for Is it safe to drink the water from the fountains found all over the older parts of Rome?
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| Dec 12, 2019 at 20:19 | history | edited | Mark Mayo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 11, 2019 at 20:47 | history | edited | Mark Mayo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 11, 2019 at 13:49 | comment | added | cbeleites | minor nitpick: the mountain sources are filtered by the rock the water passes. For the mineral springs, don't forget that some of them contain unpleasant amounts of minerals (where I am, many of the drinkable mineral springs have iron content that can cause stomach ache) or outright toxic minerals (we have arsenic in some mineral springs closeby - not much, the water is used for medical//spa treatment, but it is certainly not recommended to drink on a regular basis) | |
| S Dec 10, 2019 at 20:43 | history | suggested | FreeMan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 10, 2019 at 20:19 | comment | added | David Richerby | Europe is a big place. You'll never find drinking fountains like that in the UK, for example. I lived in Greece for two years and don't recall them there, either. | |
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| Dec 10, 2019 at 16:54 | comment | added | Willeke♦ | @SnopDoog, I am European (Dutch) and here you will only find button operated drinking water fountains and till recently not many of those. And that is also the case for more west European countries. | |
| Dec 10, 2019 at 15:39 | history | edited | Snop Doog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 10, 2019 at 14:52 | comment | added | Snop Doog | I think that the general rule is - if it looks usable, it probably is! Municipalities are usually fast to close down or shut the water to potentially hazardous such fountains/places. Even if they are part of the old architecture they are most likely looked after. As one of the users said - if it is not suitable for drinking, it will explicitly say so. | |
| Dec 10, 2019 at 14:49 | comment | added | Yaakov Ellis | Correct, I am not a native European. In all of the places I have lived, it is not uncommon to see metal drinking fountains inside buildings. But not normal to see stone fountains placed in random walls, many of them appearing to be custom made. In a city that is full of old things, as an outsider, it is hard to know if these are meant for practical use, or are just part of the "old city architecture" and are to be viewed but not touched. | |
| Dec 10, 2019 at 14:46 | history | answered | Snop Doog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |