NYC Tap Water

For everyone coming to new york.
Stop drinking bottled water. You’re going to spend so much money on everything else here so seriously, enjoy good tap water for once. Welcome to NYC.

You grow up thinking bottled water is for chumps… and then you leave town. And suddenly water from the faucet tastes horrible! Travel far enough, and it might even KILL you! And forget about the bricks they try to pass off as bagels everywhere else in this godforsaken world!
But seriously, if you live in Manhattan you can save so much money not buying bottled water. Money you should be spending on rent. Or you know, everything else.

I generally don’t complain about NYC Tap Water at all. I liked in the Bronx for many years and drank tap water all the time no complaints. Recently, I bought one of those Brita Water Filters so at least I will be drinkin that from now on. One other thing though in Queens where I live now, there was a note down near the front door that someone on the 2^nd Floor called 311 to complain the water tasted very oily and some other kind of nasty. It was said the water was tested to be drinkable, able to cook with and use. Like I said I personally didn’t notice this but now I am a bit cautious. There are many other harmful things to worry about in NY though.

They should really sell this stuff in bottles!!!
Talk about a way to make up for the lack of state revenue from taxing Wall St Bonuses!
«NYC Finest!»

youre kidding, right?

I absolutely love NY tap water. It tastes great, it gives us our amazing pizza and bagels, and it rocks my socks when I drink it. I don’t understand people who use Britas or buy Evian in NYC. As for the boroughs, I can vouch for Brooklyn and Queens water too… YUM!

«Good For Kids: Hell Yes»
That’s my additional tip on this business.
Although quality may vary outside NYC borough, tap water in Manhattan is actually pretty damn good. And yes — it’s the reason the bagels are so damn good here. Pizza is good here for a different reason, though — the cheese and that delicious grease.

Sure, brown water flows from the tap at times but it’s not the fault of the water, it’s the pipes! If you leave the tap on for long enough for the water to get cold, the water in NYC is truly great tap water!

Are you serious? It is actually brownish in some areas and tastes like metal. Perhaps these reviews are for Brita filters.

This alone is why NYC pizza is the BEST on the planet. If you don’t like NYC tap water, you weren’t born here and we understand.
This stuff makes your Brita filter its BITCH!!!

I’ve lived many places.
I’ve drank many gallons of water in my day.
I’ll say that living in NYC this is the only time I haven’t sprinted to the drug store to get a Britta.
In a 20 – 20 story, they note the obvious: «Many scientists have run tests like that and have consistently found that tap water is as good for you as bottled waters that cost 500 times more.»
If you’re going to spend a 500% premium on something, let it at least be coffee… or in lieu of San Jose water. That ish has more «flavor» than, yep, you guessed it:

«So fresh and so clean”-Outkast
(Andre and Big Boi were definitely talking about nyc tap water)
I’ve lived on other cities and didn’t dare drink from the tap even with a Brita filter unless it was a dire situation. Not even being dramatic, that’s how grimy it was. I bought bottled water the majority of my time living in Philly, and anywhere else that I’ve been tasted like rust so I just avoided it completely.
WHY IS THIS ONLY THE THIRD REVIEW OF NYC TAP WATER? COME ON PEOPLE!

Ha ha! This is great. Yep, the water is fantastic. Who knew! Now I really hope those ancient (ok not like Roman ancient) waterways hold up and are truly clean and keep delivering.

Let’s take a moment and appreciate this. I grew up with this water, naively believing that a glass of water from the sink is supposed to taste like the best nothing you’ve ever drank, going down smoothly and leaving only a refreshed, hydrated feeling.
Then I left. I drank water in the Midwest. I lived with Iowa irrigation water for four years. It tasted like metal, like licking a pipe. It was thin — I didn’t even know water had texture! The only reason I could find to drink more was to avoid the inevitable aftertaste.
Now I’m back, and I will never take another glass of water for granted again. Cheers.