Boiling Top Off Water

[McLovinBeast57]

Most people, myself included, don't boil top off water... But they still take sanitation very seriously. I still have no idea why?


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[Yooper]

Most people, myself included, don't boil top off water... But they still take sanitation very seriously. I still have no idea why?


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Maybe those that boil top-off water have chlorine in their water so they have to get rid of it before using? Otherwise, I have no idea why anybody would boil top-off water.

 

[McLovinBeast57]

Is there a reason why we don't? I mean we make sure everything is sanitized but then we just fill it up with tap water... Idk just seems strange to me haha


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[Yooper]

Is there a reason why we don't? I mean we make sure everything is sanitized but then we just fill it up with tap water... Idk just seems strange to me haha


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Well, my tap water is safe enough that I even DRINK it!

I give it to my grandkids, even. Nobody has died or gotten sick yet.

 

[deBrouwer]

Drinking it versus putting a bunch of sugars in it, leaving it for a month at room temperature, then drinking it are totally different. Lots of living things are in your tap water (heck, just look at your report from your water company).

I read somewhere that most infections were from people rinsing their equipment with unboiled water post-sanitizing. (Don't know if that's true.) Topping off with water straight from the tap would be even worse than just rinsing.

 

[RobInOre]

The tap water from my well is my secret ingredient. I can't stand to drink it out of the tap but after the yeast cleans it up, mmmm good.