Originally Posted by Schumius
i am just wondering, is the water in the states or canada portable, like, right out of the faucet or windmill?
What do you mean by "portable" - if you put it in a bottle, you can carry it!
Or do you mean is it OK to drink? If so the answer is ... most of the time, probably yes, it is OK to drink. Occasionally it is not. In the Manitoba prairies, and into western Ontario a bit, there is a problem with ecoli in the water. It killed off almost an entire town before they finally tracked it down to the well which provided water for the whole town. Now and then they'll send out warnings to avoid drinking the water in this town or that town because ecoli has been found. Unfortunately if you are just cycling through and you get water from the back of a building, you'll likely never know about the warning until it's too late. But probably 90% of the time, up here in Canada anyway, it'll be OK.