is non-potable water usually marked? may have just drank some dodgy stuff

you'll find out in a few hours. good luck!

I suggest liquor shots to sterilize your gut.

It's probably fine though. People are just paranoid. Drinking fountain and hose are all on the same line.

No problema. Just ask the poor folks in Flint.

Municipal water dept superintendent here.

You're most likely fine. It would be highly unusual that the spigot you used wouldn't be potable. Unless it's from a dodgy private business offering the foot washing service or something.

The risk of having the public, just like yourself, drink such water sources (obviously kids come to mind especially) necessitates that these sources be potable safe.

If this were a municipality operated water spigot, I would absolutely think they'd have it labeled as non-potable. Which is very different than grey water, btw. In fact in the classic definition, you probably wouldn't wanna be rinsing yourself off with any kind of stored grey water as it has the potential to get skunky very quickly.

And even non-potable municipal reuse water is disinfected for safety.

preprunner wrote:

Municipal water dept superintendent here.

You're most likely fine. It would be highly unusual that the spigot you used wouldn't be potable. Unless it's from a dodgy private business offering the foot washing service or something.

The risk of having the public, just like yourself, drink such water sources (obviously kids come to mind especially) necessitates that these sources be potable safe.

If this were a municipality operated water spigot, I would absolutely think they'd have it labeled as non-potable. Which is very different than grey water, btw. In fact in the classic definition, you probably wouldn't wanna be rinsing yourself off with any kind of stored grey water as it has the potential to get skunky very quickly.

And even non-potable municipal reuse water is disinfected for safety.

Thanks for providing a knowledgable answer. What about the fact he drank from a hose? Aren't those supposedly petri dishes for crap to grow inside?

sub_3_is_the_goal wrote:

I was running on the beach and stopped to drink some water from a hose next to the showers where people clean the sand off their feet. Some guy yelled at me and said I shouldn't drink that because it's likely "gray water." There were no signs or anything indicating that the water wasn't potable. The water tasted fine to me and didn't smell. Did I screw up or is this guy out to lunch?

the kindness of strangers is a powerful educational tool.

preprunner wrote:

Municipal water dept superintendent here.

You're most likely fine. It would be highly unusual that the spigot you used wouldn't be potable. Unless it's from a dodgy private business offering the foot washing service or something.

The risk of having the public, just like yourself, drink such water sources (obviously kids come to mind especially) necessitates that these sources be potable safe.

If this were a municipality operated water spigot, I would absolutely think they'd have it labeled as non-potable. Which is very different than grey water, btw. In fact in the classic definition, you probably wouldn't wanna be rinsing yourself off with any kind of stored grey water as it has the potential to get skunky very quickly.

And even non-potable municipal reuse water is disinfected for safety.

Thanks. No ill effects so far. This was on a private beach where they have showers and hoses to rinse off every 100-200 yards or so. I did let the water run for a minute, both to clean out any crap but also to get it cold.

sub_3_is_the_goal wrote:

Thanks. No ill effects so far. This was on a private beach where they have showers and hoses to rinse off every 100-200 yards or so. I did let the water run for a minute, both to clean out any crap but also to get it cold.

no runs make it a good run