Is the (entire) city of Paris supplied with hard water or soft water?

Question

Including Quartier Latin?

Answer 1

Ok... Of course soft water, what do you think? You think we are 300 years late? It s just , though it s not toxic, it doesnt taste good. We drink bottled water.

Answer 2

The French always drink bottled water. They have been doing that for years. So the water supply in Paris is the bad one, I think hard water.

Answer 3

Paris has hard water. Just to confirm that the hardness or softness of a water does not reflect upon its cleanliness or safety. Hard water is simply water with a high mineral content and this is what you see deposited within kettles, shower heads, etc.

The water can be softened (removal of calcium and magnesium)  using a water softener.  There is however no health reason to soften water for cooking.

I work for a Paris based water treatment company that handles industrial and municipal water projects (we don't do domestic softeners I'm afraid!!). The web site below does however contain some texts explaining basic water treatment concepts including softening:

http://www.veoliawaterst.com

Hope this helps, OurManInParis

Answer 4

The water is hard. But basic chemistry will tell you that filters have no effect on the hardness of water.

I always drink tap water. Drinking bottled water is a fashion or snob thing. I have friends who are water engineers and I have

visited the water engineering works near Paris. The filtration process the water goes through there is far stronger than you can get from a hand-filter. It also goes through a lot of other processing and is entirely safe to drink.

Some people find it tastes mildly chlorinated. Personally I find bottled water tastes of the plastic bottle.

Answer 5

Hi, French from Paris, water tastes good here... And it never made me sick.

Water in Paris is one of the best in France.

Answer 6

hard water

Answer 7

Looking at the inside of my kettle, I'd say hard water!

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We have a water filter, but the kettle still gets silted up. My sister in law has a filter and a softener, which seems to work well but makes the water taste a bit funny.