I have just found out there’s ecoli in my well water at the place we just moved to and am hearing I need 165 to kill ecoli but my dishwasher says it only heats to 155 but claims this meets the standard for safe drinking water.
Confused about whether or not it’s safe to use the dishes coming out of my dishwasher till the well manager can come up with a method to treat the water or something.
I can’t even imagine how I would boil the water I use to run through the dishwasher or clean my dishes with boiling water by hand sounds super fun.
Is it safe to use the dishwasher?
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I don’t think it will, since the last/final rinse might not be at high temperature at all? (I might be wrong.) That would reapply the bacteria after getting rid of it, anyway…
Other than that, if the dishes have bacteria on them, it’s not just the heat that kills them but also the detergent. I haven’t read up on it, just got it explained to me, so I’m not 100% on this but would be why handwashing ***with soap*** *for long enough time* also kills bacteria and virus, even though you’re not washing your hands in 165.
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