Tap water is making a comeback

[RU OX Alum]

I use a filter. It's cheap. No way am I drinking this city's water. I think it comes right from the canal to my loft.

[nittanyalum]

We are all tap water, all the time (of course, our local tap water is suitable for drinking, I realize there are parts of the country this isn't true). If we buy bottles, it's only if we're out of the house and it's the only option or if we're camping or something. And then we refill the bottles at home with tap water to take in the car or outside, etc. I don't trust that most bottled water isn't mainly just tap water anyway, and I don't trust water that just sits for a long period of time.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

We are all tap water, all the time (of course, our local tap water is suitable for drinking, I realize there are parts of the country this isn't true). If we buy bottles, it's only if we're out of the house and it's the only option or if we're camping or something. And then we refill the bottles at home with tap water to take in the car or outside, etc. I don't trust that most bottled water isn't mainly just tap water anyway, and I don't trust water that just sits for a long period of time.

just don't drink the water from tap in DC unless you want to get sick!

[BabyPiNK_FL]

The water that comes out of my tap is Dasani so...yeah. (The city is a local supplier).

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

The water that comes out of my tap is Dasani so...yeah. (The city is a local supplier).

You're lucky.

I drink all bottled water all the time (the tap in the area is gross), but I always recycle the bottles.

[Senusret I]

I drink DC tap water from time to time if nothing else is available.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I drink DC tap water from time to time if nothing else is available.

and you are still alive...maaaaan!

[Senusret I]

lol i come from strong mandinka stock

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

lol i come from strong mandinka stock

**walking away from that one...HAHAHAhaaaa!!!**

[Still BLUTANG]

i have the brita pitcher at home, and i'm thinking about getting one of those things you put on the tap to filter the water as it comes out. it's summer time and i'm always refilling a travel bottle and it gets messy.

[srmom]

I love the tap water in my city and always have. When I travel, I can't stand to drink the water, it doesn't have the same chemicals as the water back home.

I hate to think what all I'm ingesting, but I like the taste!

Kevlar, I'm in Houston too, I think the water tastes wonderful!!!

[bluefish81]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

"They're not walking in and spending a dollar plus for a 20-ounce bottle of water," said beverage analyst William Pecoriello at Morgan Stanley. Flavored and "enhanced" waters like vitamin drinks are also eating into plain bottled water's market share.

Flavored water is typically the only type of bottled water that I buy anymore unless I'm dying of thirst. I drink a LOT of water in a day. My company was either trying to promote being eco-friendly or being healthy when it gave us 20 ounce water bottles earlier this year. I keep a Brita pitcher in the fridge at home.

[sjsoffer]

When I lived in a small town, I drank tap water all the time. We had our own well.
I don't know if you know anything about Springfield water, but it's notoriously bad. When I had mono, I couldn't even drink it, and it was that or nothing! The chlorine levels in the water eat holes in my mouth, just like when I have too much citrus. I DON'T need to be in pain from water!

Ranting aside, I get cheap bottled water, refill the bottles (we have a britta filter) and wash them until they're icky.

[tld221]

man, tap water has always been the jam!

i can't say ive had the opportunity to drink other state's water, and actually remember it. but i know in NC (and some other states ive been to, i wanna say PA?) the water has a smell. its not like NYC water but it has a smell.

ETA: yes, it was FL! their water smelled man. even when i was in the shower.

[PhiGam]

I agree about well water though... it actually tastes good.