Is Glasgow Tap Water Safe To Drink?

Yes, tap water is drinkable.

Tap Safe includes data from many publicly available sources, including the WHO (World Health Organization), CDC (Center for Disease Control), and user submitted databases, but unfortunately there's not enough data about Glasgow.

To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for United Kingdom, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.

There is a real concern about the quality of tap water in Glasgow. It seems that the contaminants and carcinogens that are present in tap water in the US and other countries have found their way into the supplies of our own municipal water systems. These contaminants, mostly antibiotics and anti-depressants, are known or probable human carcinogens. These findings are being investigated but as of yet, scientists cannot identify these chemicals as cancer causing agents.

The scientists who do research on these matters are concerned more with tap water safety, although they are not strictly limited to this area of concern. Some of them spend their time analyzing the results of investigations into cancer cases that were supposed to be closed due to the testing. There was one case in which a woman died from the results of a routine test that was done on her tap water. This story made national news.

The issue of tap water contamination is a huge one in the Un