Can I drink the tap water?

How good is the tap water in Leixlip, Ireland ?


1 people said I drink filtered tap water.

All in all, 0% of folks here drink from the tap.



How good is the tap water in all of Ireland?


158 people said I drink filtered tap water, 345 people said I love the tap water here, 124 people said The tap water is not safe to drink.

All in all, 55% of folks here drink from the tap.

Answers in Leixlip vs. Ireland

Not enough comparable data yet to rank Leixlip within Ireland, its continent, or globally.

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  1. Dublin (56%)

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  1. Dublin (56%)

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Is Irish tap water safe to drink ?? : r/AskIreland   - May 29, 2024 ... ... tap water and Ireland has broken eu regulations about tap water. From personal experience I live in Leixlip in Kildare and a pipe bursts ...

This person refers to the taste of Ireland's tap water. I thought we had ...   - Aug 14, 2021 ... When I was in Ireland, the tap water tasted like straight up pool water. ... It comes from the Leixlip and stinks of chlorine. South city water ...

Tap Water quality in your area : r/ireland   - Jul 23, 2025 ... water in most of south dublin is great. any supply connected to ballymore eustace plant is great, leixlip not as much. not sure about vartry ...

Do you drink water from the tap? : r/ireland   - Mar 11, 2022 ... Leixlip has let us down multiple times in recent years. Very slow to announce when the water is not safe for drinking, so I, like many ...

The Boil Water Notice for customers supplied by the Leixlip Water ...   - Leixlip BWN Update 25 Oct | Irish Water ... Responsible for delivering clean, safe and reliable national public drinking water, and wastewater services for ...

Do you drink tap water? : r/AskIreland   - Jun 17, 2023 ... Saying that my BIL was involved in the Job they did on the Leixlip ... Some bottled water is actually just tap water. Oddly enough in Ireland ...

Bottled water in large quantities - why? : r/CasualIreland   - Jun 5, 2024 ... Leixlip gets cut if corporations need water for processing etc. ... Because a lot of the tap water in Ireland tastes crap. Either really ...

Should I not trust my Dublin tap water? : r/AskIreland   - May 15, 2025 ... Ireland Tap Water Chemicals. Irish tap water typically contains chemicals used for purification, such as chlorine, which is added to remove ...

Tap water weird taste : r/Dublin   - Jan 20, 2021 ... North Side and Lucan / Clondalkin get Liffey water from Leixlip, it has a little amount of lime in it which I am not a fan of.

Ireland fails to meet EU pledge on safe drinking water : r/ireland   - Jan 25, 2024 ... 179 votes, 88 comments. Ireland was taken to court by the European Commission for allegedly failing to ensure that THMs in drinking water ...

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