Good to know ~

The tap water here is generally safe for drinking, but some older pipes can be a problem.  Sometimes when the chlorine taste is too strong, I will just let the water sit for a bit before drinking.

I prefer using distilled water, if for making tea.

I have a very memorable experience on the taste of tap water.  The tap water in Panama tasted like (or smelled like, I can't remember which) rainforest water.  I drank it anyway, because the concierge said it was safe.  And I was fine.  ^_^

Jmat:  That was quite an experience you had.  Strangely, I think I drank bottled for most part of my China trip, although it is not my habit to drink bottled water.  But then when I got to Hong Kong and Macau, I drank from the tap.  :P

Mackenzie:  I had never drank well water.  How does it taste?

I just drink tap water.

I was sick while travelling in China, and one time I woke up painfully thirsty. I knew that you couldn't drink tap water in China, so I desperately went through all my bags and the entire hotel room looking for a trace of drinkable water (I had plenty of used bottles, but they were all empty). Eventually, I found a kettle behind some bed sheets in the cupboard. I boiled some water, poured it straight into an empty bottle, ran it under a tap for about fifteen seconds before drinking it all in one gulp. I burned my throat, but at that point I didn't really care.

Afterwards, I boiled more water in the kettle. I then poured the boiling water into the remaining plastic drink bottles I had. Needless to say, plastic and boiling water don't mix well...

I drink tap water though I like the taste of purified water. Our water is very drinkable. I will still drink my father's well water when at his home but he has a purifing system on his well.

I haven't tried tap water before, it's not really clean in where I live :/ So I usually drink bottled/mineral water.