Medievalists.net has an article which is designed as a corrective to the oft repeated idea that people in the middle ages did not drink water because it was contaminated and drank ale or wine instead.
The author argues that medieval people knew perfectly well which water was safe to drink and which was not.
The article, which has a quite lengthy list of further reading material, can be read at Did people drink water in the Middle Ages?
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