Is this drinking water?
"Acqua non potabile", "eau non potable" and "Kein Trinkwasser" all mean the water is not for drinking. Type part of what the sign says to find it in 39 languages.
The checker answers "drinking water" only for a whole phrase it knows. Anything else is treated as not drinking water.
Drinking water or not, in 39 languages
| Language | Not drinking water | Drinking water |
|---|---|---|
| English | not drinking water, non-potable water | drinking water, potable water |
| German | Kein Trinkwasser | Trinkwasser |
| French | eau non potable | eau potable |
| Italian | acqua non potabile | acqua potabile |
| Spanish | agua no potable | agua potable |
| Catalan | aigua no potable | aigua potable |
| Portuguese | água não potável | água potável |
| Dutch | geen drinkwater | drinkwater |
| Luxembourgish | keen Drénkwaasser | Drénkwaasser |
| Finnish | vesi ei juomakelpoista | juomakelpoista vettä |
| Swedish | ej dricksvatten | dricksvatten |
| Norwegian | ikke drikkevann | drikkevann |
| Danish | ikke drikkevand | drikkevand |
| Icelandic | óhæft drykkjarvatn | drykkjarvatn |
| Faroese | ikki drekkandi vatn | drekkivatn |
| Estonian | joomiseks kõlbmatu vesi | joogivesi |
| Latvian | nav dzeramais ūdens | dzeramais ūdens |
| Lithuanian | draudžiama gerti vandenį | geriamasis vanduo |
| Polish | woda niezdatna do picia | woda pitna |
| Czech | nepitná voda | pitná voda |
| Slovak | nepitná voda | pitná voda |
| Hungarian | nem ivóvíz | ivóvíz |
| Slovenian | voda ni pitna | pitna voda |
| Croatian | voda nije za piće | pitka voda |
| Bosnian | nepitka voda | pitka voda |
| Serbian (Latin) | voda nije za piće | voda za piće |
| Serbian (Cyrillic) | вода није за пиће | вода за пиће |
| Macedonian | водата не е за пиење | вода за пиење |
| Albanian | ujë jo i pijshëm | ujë i pijshëm |
| Bulgarian | непитейна вода | питейна вода |
| Romanian | apă nepotabilă | apă potabilă |
| Greek | μη πόσιμο νερό | πόσιμο νερό |
| Turkish | içilmeyen su | içilebilir su |
| Georgian | არასასმელი წყალი | სასმელი წყალი |
| Ukrainian | непридатна для пиття вода | питна вода |
| Belarusian | непрыдатная для піцця вада | пітная вада |
| Russian | непитьевая вода | питьевая вода |
| Maltese | ilma mhux tajjeb għax-xorb | ilma tax-xorb |
| Irish | uisce nach bhfuil le hól | uisce inólta |
The symbols
🚱 A tap over a glass, crossed out in a red circle, is ISO 7010 sign P005, "Not drinking water". 🚰 The same tap and glass on a green square, E015, is "Drinking water".
No sign at all
A tap or fountain without a sign can still be on a supply nobody tests. The tap water map shows, country by country, how safe the water at home is, and each country's page explains why a public tap can be different. In the Fontavio app, people confirm the drinking water points they found working and leave notes on them.
Frequently asked questions
What does "acqua non potabile" mean?
It is Italian for "not drinking water". "acqua potabile" means drinking water.
What does "eau non potable" mean?
It is French for "not drinking water". "eau potable" means drinking water.
What does "Kein Trinkwasser" mean?
It is German for "not drinking water". "Trinkwasser" on its own means drinking water.
What does "agua no potable" mean?
It is Spanish for "not drinking water". "agua potable" means drinking water.
What does the sign for non-drinking water look like?
A tap over a glass, crossed out with a red diagonal line inside a red circle: sign P005, "Not drinking water", in the international standard ISO 7010. The same tap and glass on a green square, E015, means drinking water.
Sources
- Unicode CLDR, the names of the 🚱 and 🚰 symbols in each language (opens in a new tab) (checked 2026-10-20)
- ISO 7010 sign list: P005 "Not drinking water", E015 "Drinking water" (opens in a new tab) (checked 2026-10-20)
- ASR A1.3, Annex 1: safety sign P005 "Kein Trinkwasser" (opens in a new tab) (checked 2026-10-20)
- Suva, prohibition sign "Eau non potable" (opens in a new tab) (checked 2026-10-20)
- Università di Parma, prohibition signs under D.Lgs. 81/2008, Annex XXV: "Acqua non potabile" (opens in a new tab) (checked 2026-10-20)
- Junta de Andalucía, safety signs (Real Decreto 485/1997): "Agua no potable" (opens in a new tab) (checked 2026-10-20)
- Generalitat de Catalunya, safety signs at work: "Aigua no potable" (opens in a new tab) (checked 2026-10-20)
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