Drinking water

[denwyn]

Am i right in thinking they store all the drinking water in a large storage tank for Glastonbury, i seem to remember Michael Eavis having some new tank built. If this is so how safe is it to drink,bit paranoid about this as i have been caught out with food poisoning at festivals before,and don't but any while there,prefering to cook own. Do they give out any bottled water, or do you have to buy it

[Pads]

You have to buy bottled water but they do say all the tap water there is drinkable on the site!

[minkitzka]

The water from the taps can taste a bit bleachy at certain times of day, I'm sure no nasties could survive in it... it never used to taste so chlorinated a few years back. You can even taste it in teas from the stalls sometimes

[pezzypops]

they wouldn't risk their license by having anything other than the cleanest water. its tested several times a day too.

[lofichic]

The water on site is probably cleaner than the stuff we drink at home, it's tested regularly each day. You've got nothing to worry about!

Edited June 4, 2009 by lofichic

[pie_and_a_pint]

There are stalls selling bottle water (£1.50 for a 1.5 litre bottle) but the stuff from the taps is absolutely fine.

[denwyn]

You have to buy bottled water but they do say all the tap water there is drinkable on the site!

[Moonlight]

Seriously, you'll be fine with the drinking water from the taps. It is tested a lot and so it is perfectly clean and safe.

[paulo999]

The tap water is better for the environment too.

It comes from a reservoir just seven miles away, which will almost certainly be less water-miles than bottled stuff.

[mandb]

The water from the taps at Pennards last year tasted very chemical. I prefer bottled water.

[Mmmm Beer]

Who the f#ck wants to drink water????????????

[Pads]

Who the f#ck wants to drink water????????????

[johnmcga]

Just another vote for the tap water quality here. I drink it all weekend (well, in between significant quantities of alcohol) and never had any problems at all. It's more environmentally friendly (and cheaper!).

[denwyn]

The tap water is better for the environment too.

It comes from a reservoir just seven miles away, which will almost certainly be less water-miles than bottled stuff.

[chief_scrutter]

I am not botherd on the enviroment issues at all.

[pie_and_a_pint]

that's not really a glasto attitude at all. it's actually quite pissed me off

[denwyn]

Not entirely unexpected from Denwyn, I'm afraid... first he won't eat the food, then he won't drink the water... Are you bringing your own grass to camp on too, mate??

[chief_scrutter]

fine if you don't want to get into a conversation over it, but allow me to rebut:

people travelling in cars to Glastonbury

[denwyn]

fine if you don't want to get into a conversation over it, but allow me to rebut:

re travelling in cars: have you noticed how much this is discouraged? i'm not holier than thou on this - i'd prob drive if i had a car (obv making sure i'd fill up all the spaces) but still your "f**k it what's the point" is really quite terrible.

you got one thing right

who the f**k is "they"? it's everyone's responsibility.

sorry if i'm trying to irk you into a debate about this, but i'm quite passionate about this (as you might be able to tell from my language). i'm not a hippy or anything, work for a huge corporate firm, and am definately not the greenest person on the planet. but your attitude of leaving it up to someone else as the whole thing is futile really gets me. futile it may be, but that's no reason to not even f**king well try. who knows, if everyone DID try, it might not be futile! now there's a thought!

i've blown this out of proportion, sorry bout that. i'm extrapolating a lot from your throwaway comment. you only wanted to know about water, and for that you'll be fine. i've got no problem at all with you drinking bottled water, and your reasons for avoiding tap water are valid, and there's an environmentally friendly alternative (glasto bottled water sold everywhere - pretty cheap too, think it's £1 for 1 litre)

i'd avoid the green fields if i were you, you won't be interested. also don't go speak to michael eavis bout this, don't think he'd be a big fan.

[scaryclaireyfairy]

sheesh, i'm no spring chicken but even my elderly dad recycles and stuff.

[r0cky]

Not really the right place for a discussion on the environment, probably best for wibble.

But governments could do far more to help the environment. What really angers me is they bang on about the environment when it suits their agenda, and can use it as a partial smoke screen to do what they want to do anyway.

Things like modern products, generally designed to last as short as possible, companies go out of their way to engineer weaknesses into them (I know as I have engineer friends who make sure that products fail quickly). Thankfully some good things, like the EU, are forcing long guarantees on consumer products. If we had kettles, washing machines, hoovers etc. that lasted as long as old fashioned ones did; that would make a big different to the environment. I'd like to buy something to last for a good long while. Ever tried to get anything modern fixed? Nigh on impossible, the solution is most often to throw the whole thing away a buy a new one.

Still using my grand father's toaster, it's outlived all my other ones.

I do take a few cheeky bottles of water with me to Glastonbury, nice to have a little water in the tent that isn't as chlorinated.