Drinking water from the toilet taps

[Pob13]

We have booked a community centre for my son's birthday party. They have a kitchen however do not allow access to it (no idea why). So any drinking water must be retrieved from the toilet sinks. Which to me just seems a bit grim and unhygenic.
Does anyone know of any legalities around this?

Just take bottled water? It's pennies in Aldi

I wouldn't drink the water from a toilet tap. Take some bottles of water with.

We will probably do this anyway, I just wondered if there were any rules around the subject.

That's odd, normally you're hiring the facilities too

In a domestic property the kitchen cold tap is the drinking water tap, as its first off the incoming main. As the water company will not know the internal plumbing layout they usually advise not to drink from any other tap (as it may be supplied indirectly via a header tank). I would expect that in a commercial set it up it would be the same.

I think it depends on the water source and if it is potable. If it’s mains water , assuming the toilets are clean, should be fine. If it’s coming from a header tank in the attack, it’s not drinking water.

You can ask which or just bring in bottles.

Header tanks are less used these days so if it’s a newish building it’s less likely to be an issue.

Thanks all

It's not rules as such. It's just that these taps are often supplied from a tank on the roof or somewhere which may not be safe for drinking from. It doesn't get treated like mains water. I have heard of dead animals being found in them but not sure how common that is.

There aren't 'legalities' as such - in the UK the water is very clean and safe to drink. I guess your only question would be - Is it mains fed or tank fed? If mains, it's no different to what is coming out of the tap in their kitchen.

Hhm. Familiar with the mysterious case of Elisa Lam at the Cecil Hôtel?

Was she the girl they found in the tank and couldn't work out how she got in there or if it was a murder or an accident.

I mean far more likely to be a squirrel than a tourist- - if it’s a modern building it might all be mains fed anyway. But I’d just ask kids to bring a water bottle and then bring a few big bottles to top up if needed

Yep, that's her.

Years ago the headteacher at my children's school banned drinks being brought in to school after reading books were damaged in school bags. Unfortunately no other drinking facilities were provided except the taps in the toilets that children were sticking their mouths round to drink from.
After the environmental health dept at the local council became involved the school had to provide bottled drinking water and paper cups.

I just had a combi boiler installed and the plumber has told me that because the water comes from the mains now and not a tank both bathroom and kitchen water taps are safe for drinking.

so it will depend on the boiler system feeding the building.

to be honest I would just call the community centre and ask them and if not safe ask them how you can access drinking water during your use of the venue.

Depends on the water tank to be honest. We just had a survey done on our 15 year house and the surveyor explained to me that the mains water feeds the kitchen and bathrooms, so it’s the same.

But for a venue like this I’d take bottles anyway.

If he's bit annoyed tbh and question why I can't use the kitchen there