Why you should NEVER use water from the HOT tap for drinking or cooking

Is it safe to cook with hot water from the tap?

It is generally NOT safe to cook with Hot water taken directly from your hot tap in your kitchen.

People often use their kitchen hot tap for cooking, and in rare cases drinking. There is a simple reason why you must NEVER do this! Please discover why and share this with any friends or family who you know is currently using hot water tap for their cooking or drinking.

Hot water dissolved solid levels

The cold water enters the water boiler and thenis heated by contact with the heating elements. Under heat and pressure, there is a transfer of metals from the heating elements and other components of the boiler. The extent of the transfer clearly depends on a number of factors , which include:

• pH of the water - the more acidic the water is, the more likelihood of sufficient aggressiveness to corrode metal from the boiler
• Chlorine level - chlorine is an aggressive and corrosive chemical used to kill bacteria. When exposed to new pipes, chlorine has a strong corrosive affect. The more chlorine in your water, the larger the separation between your cold and hot water TDS .
• Fluoride level - Hydrofluorosilicic acid is used by some authorities to treat humans, not the water. This acid is used in industry to extract lead from brass. Many home plumbing fittings are made using brass, which usually contains around 4% lead. Lead levels are usually elevated in water fluoridated areas for this reason. people use reverse osmosis systems for fluoride reduction.