Water quality

[Mr_Grump]

Given that the festival has declared a war on plastic bottles, what is the quality of the water like on site?

Having to live with awful tasting tap water in this part of West Yorkshire we've got used to drinking bottled water and were planning on bringing our own bottles this year.

If the water on site is as natural as out of a well then I'll leave the bottles at home and use the stand-pipes on site.

[stardustjunkie]

The water is fine. Apparently it gets tested frequently throughout the festival and is likely to be safer to drink than the water in your taps at home.

[tilt]

Use them, it wont kill you.

[sedra]

The water is fine - they have their own underground reservoirs now and a well established pipe system - have never known the water to go off yet - unlike other Festivals. Bring a water carrier to fill up and take to your tent/ van for cooking etc. and just fill up a re-useable bottle. Water Aid booths also offer re-fills

[brightyoungthing]

It can taste a little 'chemicaly' in my experience, but it's 100% safe. I believe this is put in to kill any potential nasties that could otherwise ruin your festival. Please do correct me if I'm wrong, though!

[balti-pie]

It's a hundred times nicer than the hard chalky rubbish we get in my bit of East Sussex. One of the best things about going elsewhere in the country is being able to happily drink tap water!

[stardustjunkie]

It's a hundred times nicer than the hard chalky rubbish we get in my bit of East Sussex. One of the best things about going elsewhere in the country is being able to happily drink tap water!

[brightyoungthing]

Camden water turns my draining board white!! What is with that?! Can't be healthy, right? Urgh!

[johnmcga]

Camden water turns my draining board white!! What is with that?! Can't be healthy, right? Urgh!

[brightyoungthing]

Limescale, innit? I've been drinking it for 33 years, not done me any harm. Ahem.

[balti-pie]

That's surprising to read. I live in East Sussex and I love water. Can't get enough of it

Edited June 23, 2014 by balti-pie

[JGP]

Do the Water Aid stalls only fill up the metal water bottles or do they do it for anyone?

I read somewhere that their water is better quality than the stuff in the taps, I'm not particularly fussy but if I'm closer to a Water Aid stall then why not?

[JohnEW]

I think we will be filling up any water container you bring us (within reason!). The reason the booths have been introduced is to encourage more people to refill bottles rather than buying new plastic bottles. The water, however, will be the same as anywhere on the site.

[Loutag]

I'm planning on taking one of this little robinsons squashed capsules. They have 20 shots of juice. Just in case the water tastes odd!!

[mrfunk]

Just take squash ;-)

[Miss Jane Marple]

On the main site the water is fine. One year at campervan east it tasted chemically so we just used it for washing and used the taps in the festival area for drinking.

[verrymerry]

The water is perfik

[artl]

water ? water ? who drinks water ?

[frostypaw]

MUCH better in the last few years - it used to be very chemically and I always bought water for tea, last year used the tap

Try it