I’ve been skiing here for more than 11 years. The water from the toilets is tap water always fill my water bottle (today also !) and seems like they put these everywhere to push people to spend in bars and restaurants.
These stickers are all over the resort in Adelboden and in Lenk. When confronted staff said quality problems (wrong there would be a notice on alert Swiss and on the commune website and for sure won’t affect the other side of the mountain so it’s not a temporarily local problem) and then when given more arguments they stayed silent (which means everything).
I find this disgusting and wonder if this is even legal ?
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swissguynextdoor
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cant be legal I would think
They’re probably just not checking whether the water in the pipes that are used for the sink or toilet is good for consumption as well.
So I totally get the argument of “quality problems” and would believe that it’s correct.
even tho the ground water is drinkable in switzerland, the pipes from the building could be old af.
where i work there is no sign but they tell everyone to not drink the water from the tap because of old pipes, there are free bottled water dispensers everywhere. and people actualy got sick from drinking it.
just dont get mad at them if u end up with diarrhea, maybe its a trick or maybe they try to protect you.
Hmmm for me if is said not for drink, I won’t drink it. If I have money for ski, I’ve money to buy water as well
It’s legally required, if the water is not from a checked spring, to mark the tap as “non drinking water” tap. A lot of places collect rain water in toilets, which is fine to flush waste but not to drink.
Might be fine water, might be not. But certainly no scam.
Pros:
– If anything happen to that american tourist who went sick after drinking the water, you can always say that it was indicated not to drink
– If anything happens on the water supply you already have the stickers applied
– Those who know better will drink anyways
Cons:
– ?
This plus dynamic pricing is making Adelboden a no go zone. Shame because it is beautiful.
Good for transit 😉
There are no Alert Swiss or communal warnings for localized problems. Maybe the place has old lead piping in the toilets? Or the water is legally not guaranteed to be always drinking water (e.g. they use melted snow which could include dog pee, etc.).
If you want to escalate: Check the communal waterworks regulations on the commune website and ask the commune and the waterworks whether the drinking water in their commune is contaminated and/or whether the water piping / installation in that establishment is up to code.
Most likely no scam.
Mostly these signs are installed when no regular samples are taken. This is often the case for alpine huts that have a small source instead of being on the normal water supply.
But nothing is stopping you from drinking, if you are so sure there is no quality problem…
Not sure if you’re being sarcastic?
This is standard in all of the high elevation restaurants. They probably don’t get their water from the commune at 2000 müM, do they? So they have their own water supply systems, which they probably do not run to the same standards and controls as the communes down in the valley.
These ‘no drinking water’ stickers probably are also more of a legal measure, to avoid lawsuits in the case of problems. They do not mean that the water is not drinkable, just that they do not take the responsibility for it. So you not getting sick despite drinking the water doesn’t mean shit.
Gotta be shitting me, I cannot stress enough how much I hate these disgustingly greedy restaurant owners, it’s a disgrace how they pull the good name of Switzerland through the dirt to make a buck. Someone please sue these scam artists to the ground, enough is enough!!
Don’t eat yellow snow
I wouldnt really drink water from a public toilet or whatever. Even if the water is drinkable.
I dont think its forbidden to bring a bottle of water with you to skiing
Some of those buildings are 50 years old and not regularly checked/maintained for tap water quality, it actually makes sense to redirect guests to dedicated places such as bars and restaurants. The resort is welcoming hundreds of thousands of guests every year, this is a safety first move.
i mean most villages added those signs to their public water fountains in recent years as well. it’s just because they don’t want to do the legally required checks to make sure its drinkable
I don’t know where the picture was taken, but some mountain stations (Bergstation) are not connected to the normal tap water, but rather to some makeshift fountain that not always offers drinking water quality as there is no filtration (same as some Alps). If it is the the valley station (Talstation), that would be weird, as they are connected to the tap system.