Work place drinking water provison?

[W123bob]

My work place has recently stopped providing bottled water, advice was, bring your own or use the tap. However there is no designated drinking water tap, two kitchens, mixer tap only in both locations. Whats the law on this?

[Mr Pointy]

Have you heard of Google?

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3004/regu...

[natterjak]

You joined a car forum to ask that?

[Prohibiting]

What’s wrong with turning on the cold side only on the mixer tap?

[Tom8]

There are toilet bowls aren't there?

[cookie1600]

W123bob said:

My work place has recently stopped providing bottled water

Was it Buxton, Fiji, Evian, Highland Spring or Perrier?

Powerfully built Directors will need to understand this first...

[98elise]

Prohibiting said:

What s wrong with turning on the cold side only on the mixer tap?

This. Nothing wrong with a mixer tap supplying drinking water. I doubt there are many UK kitchens with seperate taps these days.

Just ask them to confirm the cold side is potable (drinking) water.

[Liamjrhodes]

Do people really not drink out of taps?

[ARH]

Where I once worked they provided very nice glass bottles of water for meetings, visitors were very impressed that they provided such expensive looking bottles of water and they often commented on how nice it tasted. The canteen staff just filled them from the tap in the kitchen.

On the plus side they did provide OK tea and coffee as well.

[Buzz84]

cookie1600 said:

W123bob said:

My work place has recently stopped providing bottled water

Was it Buxton, Fiji, Evian, Highland Spring or Perrier?

Powerfully built Directors will need to understand this first...

[Arrivalist]

Give your head a wobble, Bob.

[Sporky]

Liamjrhodes said:

Do people really not drink out of taps?

I usually use a glass.

[Arrivalist]

Sporky said:

Liamjrhodes said:

Do people really not drink out of taps?

I usually use a glass.

Fire hoses for the powerfully built.

[Sporky]

The true master simply absorbs the moisture directly from the air. Drinking is a waste of precious time.

[natterjak]

Sporky said:

The true master simply absorbs the moisture directly from the air. Drinking is a waste of precious time.

Only if your employer provides air at the correct humidity in the workplace. If not, report them to the police with help from Bob

[cookie1600]

TBH I think the OP is missing an opportunity here, to come into work with one of those comically oversized drinking bottles of water. The staff in the restroom/canteen/communal area will respect and admire your prowess in H20 consumption

[StevieBee]

W123bob said:

My work place has recently stopped providing bottled water, advice was, bring your own or use the tap.

Good. Sounds like your employer is of sound mind and judgement.

[Mobile Chicane]

Depends what the source is.

From the mains, or from a tank on the roof with dead pigeons in.

I would definitely be taking this up with HR / building management, for clarification.

[98elise]

Mobile Chicane said:

Depends what the source is.

From the mains, or from a tank on the roof with dead pigeons in.

I would definitely be taking this up with HR / building management, for clarification.

In a kitchen it will almost certainly be drinking water. I've managed loads of office/commercial buildings and I can't remember one where the kitchen didn't have drinking water.

[RammyMP]

cookie1600 said:

TBH I think the OP is missing an opportunity here, to come into work with one of those comically oversized drinking bottles of water. The staff in the restroom/canteen/communal area will respect and admire your prowess in H20 consumption

A lad that I work with comes to work with a 3 litre water bottle so he knows he’s drank 3 litres a day. He thinks I’m a thick when I tell him just fill a 1 litre bottle three times. The bloody thing sits on his desk looking like a gunpowder barrel!