Bottled water isn't basically tap water at all. Tap water has all sorts of bad shit in it, bottled water is at least filtered and doesn't have chlorine in it.

No, but sometimes I'll drink the water at my parents. It's well water.

straight out of the tap. no filter.

i'm very butch.

No, I live in Thailand. I do bathe in it though (cold!), and use it when I brush my teeth. All our drinking and cooking water is bottled water or mineral water. There's no other way here, and besides, it's very cheap.

Back in the UK I always drink tap water. My parents live in the Cotswolds and the water's great!

purplesweat said:

All depends on where you live though, doesn't it? Tap water differs so much from place to place (and country to country) in terms of taste and content.

Fauxie said:

The tap water here is great. My parents have well water and it's great.

Some other places, not so great.

Fauxie said:

I think the more suburban the area, the worse. Well, that's what my taste tests determine

Yes I drink tap water seeing as bottled water is overpriced pretensious pish for bawbags who go to the gym and like Coldplay.

The water here's pretty good, so I usually avoid bottled water unless I'm travelling.

It's quite bad for the environment too, putting water in plastic bottles and transporting it hundreds or even thousands of miles. All so you can pay more per gallon than petrol/gas

And as for purity, just get a filter for your tap. It's a lot cheaper and it could be safer. Dasani tried to launch in the UK in 2004 - along from amazingly incompetent marketing, the filtering process actually contaminated the water with a carcinogen. Dasani was pulled and hasn't been seen in Europe since. And there have been recent concerns about the plastic bottles themselves contaminating the water of many brands.

And if you're a total prat, you can buy Bling H2O - only E45 ($60) a bottle here in Dublin. It must taste better as the bottle's decorated with Swarovski crystals

sermwanderer said:

i never expected america to be comparable to a 3rd world country when it comes to tap water

purplesweat said:

um, actually, tap water in England is supposed to be much better than bottled. Bottled water (particularly in clear glass) is prone to microbes. And don't even go there with what plastic bottles can contain!

Dewrede said:

It's not! We bathe and brush our teeth with it. We are just spoiled out here.

sermwanderer said:

*_____*!!! That visual is funny.

I wish that the mainstream media and the election hype would cover relevant topics instead Moose Raps on SNL and hockey games....why not talk water?

Funky edit
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purplesweat said:

that's true, but there have been reports where they found bottled water with the same contaminants as tap water.

old, unabsorbed, or wasted medicines.

Rakel said:

no shit, huh I like tha way you think Rakel....they should be debating those kinds o things not joe plumer.. bull caca

MissOpera said:

Yeah...hmm never looked @ it that way....what if real issues were actually addressed not tabloid-gossipy-shopping trips grrrrr

I bottle my tap water and sell it...

Nope. Tastes nasty.

although we have filtered tap water at home

Bottled water is nothing but tap water you paid too much for. It's no cleaner or purer.

If you're really concerned about what's coming out of your faucet, buy a filter. Problem solved.




meow is having some serious problems with spelling this morning.
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sermwanderer said:

I was watching some show where they did tests on bottled and tap water and apparently bottled water can have a higher concentration of certain chemicals

chillichocaholic said:

what kind of chemicals?

is it because of the plastic bottle itself?

LoyalAndTrue said:

Not because of the plastic bottle...I cant remember exactly what the chemicals were, but I think one of them was the one they put in regular water for teeth

chillichocaholic said:

was it flouride?

i wonder which company it is now?

Efan said:

same here

LoyalAndTrue said:

They tested a few different companies with pretty much the same results, but of couse they didnt name them
Oh and yes I think it was flouride...there was something starting with c...not chlorine however
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I drink tapwater all the time...but I'd RATHER be drinking Poland Spring.



All other bottled water grosses me out ("plastic" taste)...but Poland Spring is very clean.

When I go to Florida to visit the in-laws, I bring my own (no Poland Spring down there & tapwater tastes like clay).