Can 24 hour old water make you ill!?

[WellErrr]

I had a glass of water from the tap last night and put it next to my bed. Had a few sips. Just went upstairs now and saw it still there, so I brought it down and put it on the kitchen side. A few minutes later, I went to get my glass of water which I’d just made, and downed it in one, half a pint. It didn’t taste good at all and was warm, and I realised it was the old glass

Is this likely to make me ill???

I have a phobia of being sick. Which is why this may possibly be a bigger deal to me than most people.

Cant help with the phobia but I've drank many a vintage Eau de Tap and never been ill.

It's fine! I do it all the time

Surely all water is millions of years old, it just goes round and round again and again. You'll be absolutely fine

I do it all the time. It's fine!

My bedside water can be a lot more than 24 hours out the tap by the time I glug it in the small hours. Never been sick from it though.

Blimey I’ve drank days old water (probably older if It’s been left in a bottle) and been fine.

Water in bottles can be stored for a lot longer than 24hrs, you will be absolutely fine

I am a water management professional and you'll almost certainly be fine unless the glass was contaminated !!!

Thank you so so much! Why did it taste bad then? Just because it had been out in a warm room?

It'll be fine!! You have acid in your stomach to kill off bacteria. It just tasted weird because it was warm.

Thank you so much I’m feeling a bit better about it now! I know it’s daft.

It tastes funny because it absorbs some carbon dioxide from the air when left sat around - not enough to fizz! But it gives it a bit of a bleh taste.

You know water from the tap hasn't just sprung out of the earth right? It's not fresh either way

You'll be fine OP!

You know water from the tap hasn't just sprung out of the earth right?

We're not on the mains so ours actually has! Out of a spring 100m away, down a stream and into our taps. They charge $39 a bottle for raw spring water in LA - am missing a trick!

No, definitely not. Might've tasted odd because you gulped it down fast and because you're used to it being colder.

Also leaving water out evaporates some of the, (perfectly normal and 100% safe), chlorine that is added to tap water so it might taste a bit different when it's been out a while.

Ok overnight...!

It's fine! I drink days old maybe even a week old water sometimes if it's on my bedside table. Don't worry about it. It tasted bad because it wasn't what you were expecting, not because it was actually bad :)

Sometimes I accidentally drink water out of a glass my cat has drunk from. Ugh. I've not suffered from it though.

Two kinds of water drinkers here:

Magical fairy land @ProfessorofPerspective

and cat water @OhYouBadBadKitten

My dad once pointed out that water we drink ‘has been pissed out of a dinosaur’ you’ll be fine