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That isn't true: http://www.lenntech.com/processes/disinfection/regulation-eu/eu-water-disinfection-regulation.htm http://www.lenntech.com/processes/disinfecti

That isn't true: http://www.lenntech.com/processes/disinfection/regulation-eu/eu-water-disinfection-regulation.htm http://www.lenntech.com/processes/disinfection/regulation-eu... While some countries moved away from permanent chlorination, it is still widely used, either as a permanent (all the way to the faucet) or punctual (just in the treatment facility) water disinfection solution. The UK, for example, uses permanent chlorination. So depending where you live, maybe its time to find all tap water gross.

kuschku 9y ago
Oh, that's interesting. Everywhere I've been – be it Austria, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands – I’ve never seen chlorinated water.
- ams6110 9y ago
  What do they use for disinfection? Pretty sure I'm right in saying they don't flouridate the water either.
  - ucaetano 9y ago
    They can use UV light, ozone, or even chlorine, but they remove the chlorine before pumping the water into the system. The downside is that it requires a highly precise tuning and maintenance of the water systems to avoid any contamination downstream. Most countries don't seem to have the discipline to do so (US for example). But they do fluoridate the water, depending on the country and region. Water fluoridation's positive impact is small when the population frequently brushes their teeth with fluoridated toothpaste, and both fluoridation and chlorination don't have any negative impacts on health.
- ucaetano 9y ago
  Actually they use it, the deal is that you just don't notice. Chlorinated water is used in Germany depending on the city and source. Cities using aquifers for drinking water, like Berlin, usually require less disinfectants as the original water carries little to no organisms. They might still use chlorine for emergency disinfections. But usually the levels are very low and hard to notice. http://www.evoqua.com/en/brands/Wallace_and_Tiernan/Pages/beelitzhof.aspx http://www.evoqua.com/en/brands/Wallace_and_Tiernan/Pages/be... Cities that don't have good aquifers usually resort to rivers and lakes, requiring heavier disinfection both at the treatment and on the way to the homes, so they need to add higher levels of chlorine.
  - kuschku 9y ago
    Ah okay. All cities I've ever lived in, or ever been to, have used aquifers for their drinking water, and have never fluoritdated or chlorinated their water due to that. We currently use UV desinfection where I live. Yeah, if you use rivers and lakes I could understand it, but I never actually knew places would do that.

kuschku 9y ago

Oh, that's interesting. Everywhere I've been – be it Austria, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands – I’ve never seen chlorinated water.

ams6110 9y ago
What do they use for disinfection? Pretty sure I'm right in saying they don't flouridate the water either.
- ucaetano 9y ago
  They can use UV light, ozone, or even chlorine, but they remove the chlorine before pumping the water into the system. The downside is that it requires a highly precise tuning and maintenance of the water systems to avoid any contamination downstream. Most countries don't seem to have the discipline to do so (US for example). But they do fluoridate the water, depending on the country and region. Water fluoridation's positive impact is small when the population frequently brushes their teeth with fluoridated toothpaste, and both fluoridation and chlorination don't have any negative impacts on health.
ucaetano 9y ago
Actually they use it, the deal is that you just don't notice. Chlorinated water is used in Germany depending on the city and source. Cities using aquifers for drinking water, like Berlin, usually require less disinfectants as the original water carries little to no organisms. They might still use chlorine for emergency disinfections. But usually the levels are very low and hard to notice. http://www.evoqua.com/en/brands/Wallace_and_Tiernan/Pages/beelitzhof.aspx http://www.evoqua.com/en/brands/Wallace_and_Tiernan/Pages/be... Cities that don't have good aquifers usually resort to rivers and lakes, requiring heavier disinfection both at the treatment and on the way to the homes, so they need to add higher levels of chlorine.
- kuschku 9y ago
  Ah okay. All cities I've ever lived in, or ever been to, have used aquifers for their drinking water, and have never fluoritdated or chlorinated their water due to that. We currently use UV desinfection where I live. Yeah, if you use rivers and lakes I could understand it, but I never actually knew places would do that.