Facts and myths about tap water
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Fact
YOU CAN DRINK TAP WATER WITHOUT BOILING IT FIRST
Water in Kraków taps is free from bacteria, so boiling it is not necessary. High temperature only kills microorganisms which have already been removed from tap water.
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Myth
HARD WATER MAY CAUSE FORMATION OF STONES TO FORM IN THE HUMAN BODY
Stones form in the human body mainly as a result of metabolic disorders, regardless of the hardness of water consumed. Stones in the human body are deposits of insoluble oxalates.
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Fact
Boiling water causes some of the minerals – in particular calcium and magnesium compounds – to precipitate in the form of a deposit (scale). This softens the water but also impoverishes its mineral composition. For this reason it is not recommended to boil water for drinking.
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Myth
CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS FORMED AS A RESULT OF CHLORINATION ARE DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY ACCUMULATE IN THE BODY (DUE TO LONG TERM DRINKING OF TAP WATER)
By-products of water disinfection do not accumulate in the human body, and moreover their concentration in water is strictly monitored and never exceeds permissible limits so they are completely safe.
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Fact
THE QUALITY OF WATER IN KRAKÓW TAPS IS THE SAME AS IN OTHER EU COUNTRIES
Water fsupplied by our company is of the same high quality as in other European cities because the quality requirements laid down in Polish regulations are as stringent as EU requirements, and some indicators must meet standards even more rigorous than those laid down by the EU laws.
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Fact
CHLORINE IN TAP WATER IS HARMFUL
Chlorine is a disinfectant which guarantees the microbiological safety of water. The doses of chlorine used in tap water have no harmful effects.
It was the water systems supplying water disinfected with chlorine that stopped devastating epidemics in the last century, thus extending the average life expectancy to a level unprecedented in human history.
