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Bottled Water From The Faucet? Say It Ain't So!

The Central Scrutinizer said:
Not surprising really. Why anyone would buy a bottle of water when it comes out of the faucet for free (or almost free) is beyond me.
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Start with the premise that there are a great many people who could have the contents of their skulls exchanged with the contents of a Hostess Apple Pie, with no damage done to anyone except the pie.

From there, the logic chain should be pretty straightforward.

I liked this:
Pepsi and Coke do not make a lot of profit" on bottled water, said Kolpak, adding that people may talk about the issue, but will likely continue buying some bottled water.
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If Pepsi and Coke can't make a lot of profit selling tap water for a dollar a pint, someone needs to be fired.
 
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Radon is present in a lot of facuet water...my old water bill came with a statement of exactly how much...Radon is a carcogin, so it is good to take less in of it.

I have well water now, and it tastes and smells(even though I can't smell it anymore from living here to long) funky. We tried brita, but we also have so much Iron in our water that it just turns everything red. The toliet, the bathtub, my hair...
 
been there done that in the UK http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3523303.stm and then coke managed to really mess it up by taking safe drinking water from the mains supply, and adding toxic chemicals to it!


For some reason coke no llonger sells bottled water in the UK...
 
My tap water is awful. For some reason, the tap from the bathroom is not nearly as bad, but the tap water from the kitchen tastes awful, even with filters.

I don't buy a lot of bottled water though. I always fill a bottle from my workplace's watercooler to bring home :D or from my dojo's tap water after my kendo class, which does taste perfectly fine. Go figure.
 
Morrigan said:
My tap water is awful. For some reason, the tap from the bathroom is not nearly as bad, but the tap water from the kitchen tastes awful, even with filters.

I don't buy a lot of bottled water though. I always fill a bottle from my workplace's watercooler to bring home :D or from my dojo's tap water after my kendo class, which does taste perfectly fine. Go figure.
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If water from two different taps in the same house tastes significantly different, the problem is your service pipes. Also, funk buildup inside the faucet might affect the water's taste; they're not that expensive. Replace your kitchen faucet!
 
At a grocery store, you can get bottled water quite cheap. Although (in this country) almost every municipal water supply is quite clean, they don't always put a lot of effort in removing compounds that effect taste and smell, so I don't really have any problem with people buying bottled drinking water if they like it better. Plus, as mentioned, there is the convenience. I buy bottled water while traveling all the time.

However, I think it's interesting, and a little strange, that Europeans seemed offended that they were being sold purified tap water (rather than water straight out of some mineral laden spring, I guess). If you like the taste of all those minerals in your water, have at it. However, some people prefer water that doesn't have anything in it, and the best way to get that is to buy clean drinking water, and filter it further. Coke never pretended that the water was anything else, and I'm a little confused as to why anyone would be surprised or disappointed.
 
Nastiest water I ever tasted out of a tap: Garland, Texas. Mrs. BPSCG's dad used to say it tasted like they'd dredged it out of the bottom of Lake Ray Hubbard, and he was right. A glass of it tasted like someone had stirred a spoonful of dirt into it. Couple that with the fact that his idea of coffee involved near-homeopathic dilutions of ground Folger's and you had something not fit for human or even animal consumption.

Our drinking water is pretty heavy on the chlorine, but the refrigerator filter does a good job getting rid of it. I fill a pint bottle every day to take to work.
 
Idiots drink bottled water for $1.59 per bottle when there's no evidence it "works any better", and tests show few if any people can actually tell the difference.

I, for one, welcome the lifting of cash from the pockets of idiots.

See also: Bags of dirt for $8.00.
 
Upchurch said:
I'll plead guilty to that one, but my yard is comprised of a little bit of clay and a whole lot of demolished house. Brick, masonry, and glass does nothing for the vegetables.
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How much was it per yard, and how many yards do you need for them to make a delivery? Then there is also the issue of quality of the dirt.
 
ponderingturtle said:
How much was it per yard, and how many yards do you need for them to make a delivery? Then there is also the issue of quality of the dirt.
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Oh, we only bought it for a raised vegetable garden that I built. Less than 16 ft3 worth of dirt. I couldn't even tell you how much we paid for it, but I did buy the stuff.
 
If people are willing to pay for the convenience, then who cares? As long as it says 'tap water' on the label.
 
Overman said:
Radon is present in a lot of facuet water...my old water bill came with a statement of exactly how much...Radon is a carcogin, so it is good to take less in of it.

I have well water now, and it tastes and smells(even though I can't smell it anymore from living here to long) funky. We tried brita, but we also have so much Iron in our water that it just turns everything red. The toliet, the bathtub, my hair...
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Have you considered a sand (iron) filter? Minor effort to clean and let's you have a reason to play with KMnO3 (one of my faves!!)!!:D
 
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