A California man appears to believe there’s something wrong with the water at Disneyland. In a video posted to his TikTok, ‘fragtechmenace’ says he noticed the water from a faucet was “cloudy”.
In the video, he pours water into his empty cup and describes it as “cloudy”, continuing, “but if I shake it up, it becomes crystal clear. I don’t understand”. He says he asked Disneyland cast members, but they couldn’t help him.
@fragtechmenance Look at your water before you drink it. I had been drinking this water all day and at one point I kept it open and I looked inside it and noticed the color of it. Stay aware #disneyland#water
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Apparently still baffled, he returned to a separate faucet for “Round 2”. In this video taken at California Adventure Park, the water was clear: “Clear water this time. Hm”. Aside from the comments by park employees, there was no response from Disney Parks.
@fragtechmenance Round 2 California Adventure Park. Water came out clear. Yesterday I came to California side and it was clear. I’ll be going back to Disney side later today and I will see the results. #disneyland #califroniaadventure #water #cloudywater
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“Perfectly safe to drink”
As the comments pointed out, what this man is experiencing is common and harmless aeration of water. There is even an official page – “Why does my drinking water look cloudy sometimes?” – by the US Geological Survey explaining what’s happening. This explains that the perceived “cloudy” nature of the water this TikToker encounters is because there are tiny air bubbles in the water.
As shown in the video, shaking the water causes these bubbles to combine and rapidly rise to the top, pop, and disperse into the air, making the water clear.
The reasons for this are also simple. Water in pipes is under pressure, which causes air dissolved into the pressurized water to come out as the faucet is turned on the water returns to normal atmospheric pressure.
Water purity experts Aqua Cure underline that aerated water is not harmful in any way, describing it as “perfectly safe to drink”.
Fragtechmenace had this explained to him by multiple people in the comments, some of them wondering, “Bro never had tap water before is crazy” and wondering how he didn’t know about this before. Or, as one person snippily put it: “You know that thing you are filming with has a plethora of knowledge at your finger tips. Imagine a quick google search, it would most probably tell you that this is air in the water.”
All this said, tap water can become dangerously contaminated. The CDC has a guide to this, noting that “harmful germs and chemicals can get into tap water from many sources”, including agricultural runoff, leaks from landfills, heavy industry, and naturally occurring hazardous substances.
Their official advice is to monitor the water that comes from your taps and be vigilant if you suspect it’s adulterated. They also advise citizens to read the annual water quality report that water utilities must provide, sign up to get tap water alerts from your utility or local government, and, if there are official recommendations during drinking water advisories, then follow them to the letter.
