What type of water are you using?

Must be warm enough yes

Hydrated Oxygen in the ratio of two parts hydrogen to one part oxygen.

The same stuff that falls from the sky…runs down the mountain valleys & ends up in this massive dam also known as the town main water supply…and then it's miraculously turned into that engineered marvel called tap water.

I live in a place where the tap water, even though it comes from what amounts to a community well, IS within US Federal water quality standards even AFTER the standards for arsenic were further tightened in the 2010s I am totally comfortable with tap water.

If there are issues with your local tap water you may want to just use distilled water.

Tap water here in AZ is available and at a good price. I've never had a problem with it.

I use water from our well that goes through a UV light I used chlorinated tap water once for an enema and felt nasty for the rest of the day.

@k2mmw I also use dihydrogen monoxide, and the sodium chloride helps.

I’ve lived or had second homes in various states over the years. At worst, I’ve had to use a faucet mounted filter for both anal and oral use. Mostly though tap water was drinkable and suitable for enema use. In one area though the tap water was rather hard. I had to frequently replace the latex tubing due to the calcium build up. Never suffered any adverse effects from “straight from the tap” enemas.

Freshly melted Swiss glacier water with a touch of french face soap and filtered through an old sock.

Freshly melted Swiss glacier water with a touch of french face soap and filtered through an old sock.

@trucker What was that old sock used for? 😜

The type that apparently was in the molten rock as water vapor form the time the Earth formed

Been doing enemas regularly for 50 years. Used tap water all the way up to about 2 years ago. I decided that when I could smell the chlorine in the water while washing my hands, it was time to make a change. Now I buy gallon jugs of distilled water and add a teaspoon of baking soda and salt.

While I usually don't drink the tap water my ass isn't as picky and slurps it up just fine

In Houston--the tap water is full of lime--calcium and reservoir micro dirt and scale. For drinking and any enema solutions I use only distilled water.

I had always used tapwater for enemas, but the last couple of years with the drought in the northwest, I switched to bottled water just to be safe. My naturopath even suggested this for the retention enema treatments that I've been doing. I haven't felt any difference, though.

I use distilled water when I use just water or a mixture of water and something like baking soda and sea salt. I don't know that it's necessary but I have been told to use distilled water nasal irrigation by my ENT. However, I do mostly coffee enemas and I use tap water to make my coffee solution.

Plain tap, always. I live in the Bay area and the tap water is unsavory and hard compared to Oregon's beautiful soft water. I suspect the water hardness makes cramping a bit more likely, but it's minor compared to cramps from other causes like soapy solution. I need to save drinking water for the hole that cares about flavor and taste. That and heating distilled water on the stove beforehand is a massive nuisance and turnoff in the heat of the moment.

Heavy water

While I usually don't drink the tap water my ass isn't as picky and slurps it up just fine

@MikeNH that is us. We have a water distiller to make us drinking water, but the tap water goes into my sub's ass.

The wet kind, didn't care much for the powdered water.

Warm water straight from the tap with plenty of castile soap.

If your local tap water is potable (safe to drink) it's fine for an enema.

This question reminds me of the (late) Joan Rivers piece about douching before a gyno visit…. she used Perrier!

This question reminds me of the (late) Joan Rivers piece about douching before a gyno visit…. she used Perrier!

Joan was a treasure - miss her!! Thanks for the great one liner from her.

Tap water is plenty good enough. Water standards now pretty much guarantee good water.

It would depend upon where I lived.

The water in Los Angeles tastes horrid and has things floating in it which you can see if you hold it up to the light in a glass. I use a filter before drinking it. I would NEVER use it for an enema. Same thing for Riverside, California.

The water in Long Beach,CA used to taste wonderful and was clear when you held a glass up to the light. Every place I've lived had a different quality of water. I'm a huge water drinker (Mom took sodas away when I was a kid). If I can't stand to drink it, then I would not use it in an enema.

Update: @duhwizzard I want to be clear. I do NOT use bottled water at home and rarely use it when traveling. I use a water filter for all of the water I drink. At my mother's, the fridge has a built-in water filter so both the ice and water from the fridge's water dispenser tastes great. At my apartment, I use one of those large Pur water dispensers for my drinking water. I use 16 or 18 oz glass water bottles which I fill and keep in the fridge instead of buying or using plastic ones. It's both better ecologically and taste-wise, at least for me.

@Moppys_jalopy IF I can see things floating in the water, I'm not putting it inside me. While Cali supposedly has tight controls on their water, there is a huge difference in taste and quality between the different municipalities where the water treatment plants are located. The water in different cities tastes and looks very different.

So in LA, filtered water just as they use at Colonic Clinics. In other places where the water looks clear and tastes good to great such as Long Beach, tap is fine.

My two cents! Okay, now I'm up to five cents.

@sweetkissestoo I agree!! Water in L.A. is nasty! I currently am visiting my mom in Torrance and we only drink bottled water! I also mostly only drink water, especially cold water! I know I have had Riverside water and Long Beach water, but I don’t remember it. Redondo Beach water tasted ok to me, being that is what we drank. It had a lot of chlorine in it and smelled very strong of it. To this day, I still get really thirsty when I smell chlorine, be it bleach or water…..

I only use the finest of imported waters from France for my bum , because i'm worth it ,,, pardon me but do you have any Grey Poopon

Can you guess what I put in my tap water when I fill the big bag?

The wet kind, didn't care much for the powdered water.

@Annie2 That is the BEST response yet!!

"If I can't drink the water, I am not putting it up my butt!" Abraham Lincoln.

Enema history is awesome!