Bottled Water
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Ziggy and I have one of those Brita pitchers. I find it rather annoying how often I have to change the filter.
The water tastes pretty good though.
The water tastes pretty good though.
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Our fridge had had built in filter, but it expired at least three years ago, and never did get it replaced. I can't tell the slightest bit of difference in the taste of the water, and haven't had any health changes as a result.
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oh yeah?, just try drinking any tap/underground water here in the philiipines w/o boiling. let's see if you will not have a TWO-WEEK Diarrhea marathon around
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I only drink bottled water when i have to, as in when im out of the house. but i dont buy a bunch of bottles, i just recycle a sturdy one by filling it up with filtered tap water. so i guess it doesn't really count.
buying a bunch of water bottles is pointless as shit. not only is it arguably worse on your health because of the plastic contaminating the water when it heats up during transportation and storage. its also worse on the environment cause it generates lots of un-biodegradable trash not to mention the pollution created during the creation of the plastic. its also far cheaper on the wallet to just get a filter in your home then buying thousands of bottles. really, every way you look at it, buying bottled water is pointless. you do sometimes need portable hydration, but theres no good reason to not just use a reusable bottle filled with tap water.
buying a bunch of water bottles is pointless as shit. not only is it arguably worse on your health because of the plastic contaminating the water when it heats up during transportation and storage. its also worse on the environment cause it generates lots of un-biodegradable trash not to mention the pollution created during the creation of the plastic. its also far cheaper on the wallet to just get a filter in your home then buying thousands of bottles. really, every way you look at it, buying bottled water is pointless. you do sometimes need portable hydration, but theres no good reason to not just use a reusable bottle filled with tap water.
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I'm drinking a ton of bottled water right now. I go through at least three bottles a day, easy. But I've only been drinking it for the past four days or so. I used to drink tap water - just fill some bottles with water from the tap, stick them in the fridge, and enjoy them when they get cold. Then, I got this horrible infection on my face. The doctor didn't give any reason for it, and I didn't have any cuts or wounds of any kind on my face. Then, my friend told me that sometimes drinking crappy water (ie, tap water) can really fuck you up. So, yeah. No more tap water for me.
Of course, I'm just drinking the bottled water until we get a purifier, but my point is, tap water fucking sucks. The first time I drank a whole bottle of tap water, I got a stomachache. And it tasted like pennies. It sucks where I live. Not third-world bad, but still shitty. I got used to the taste after awhile, but I could always tell that bottled water tasted better.
Anyways, bottled water's good if you don't have a purifier. And it tends to be cheap, as long as you don't try to buy the expensive shit. A 20 pack, I believe, costs less than a six pack of soda.
Of course, I'm just drinking the bottled water until we get a purifier, but my point is, tap water fucking sucks. The first time I drank a whole bottle of tap water, I got a stomachache. And it tasted like pennies. It sucks where I live. Not third-world bad, but still shitty. I got used to the taste after awhile, but I could always tell that bottled water tasted better.
Anyways, bottled water's good if you don't have a purifier. And it tends to be cheap, as long as you don't try to buy the expensive shit. A 20 pack, I believe, costs less than a six pack of soda.
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ShaggyJebus wrote...
I'm drinking a ton of bottled water right now. I go through at least three bottles a day, easy. But I've only been drinking it for the past four days or so. I used to drink tap water - just fill some bottles with water from the tap, stick them in the fridge, and enjoy them when they get cold. Then, I got this horrible infection on my face. The doctor didn't give any reason for it, and I didn't have any cuts or wounds of any kind on my face. Then, my friend told me that sometimes drinking crappy water (ie, tap water) can really fuck you up. So, yeah. No more tap water for me.Of course, I'm just drinking the bottled water until we get a purifier, but my point is, tap water fucking sucks. The first time I drank a whole bottle of tap water, I got a stomachache. And it tasted like pennies. It sucks where I live. Not third-world bad, but still shitty. I got used to the taste after awhile, but I could always tell that bottled water tasted better.
Anyways, bottled water's good if you don't have a purifier. And it tends to be cheap, as long as you don't try to buy the expensive shit. A 20 pack, I believe, costs less than a six pack of soda.
well DUH! i would never in my right mind drink unfiltered tap water. might as well go down to mexico and drink right out of a river. when people say they drink tap water, usually they mean filtered. only fools drink unfiltered tap. that should be common sense by now, no need to even say it.
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7stars wrote...
ShaggyJebus wrote...
I'm drinking a ton of bottled water right now. I go through at least three bottles a day, easy. But I've only been drinking it for the past four days or so. I used to drink tap water - just fill some bottles with water from the tap, stick them in the fridge, and enjoy them when they get cold. Then, I got this horrible infection on my face. The doctor didn't give any reason for it, and I didn't have any cuts or wounds of any kind on my face. Then, my friend told me that sometimes drinking crappy water (ie, tap water) can really fuck you up. So, yeah. No more tap water for me.Of course, I'm just drinking the bottled water until we get a purifier, but my point is, tap water fucking sucks. The first time I drank a whole bottle of tap water, I got a stomachache. And it tasted like pennies. It sucks where I live. Not third-world bad, but still shitty. I got used to the taste after awhile, but I could always tell that bottled water tasted better.
Anyways, bottled water's good if you don't have a purifier. And it tends to be cheap, as long as you don't try to buy the expensive shit. A 20 pack, I believe, costs less than a six pack of soda.
well DUH! i would never in my right mind drink unfiltered tap water. might as well go down to mexico and drink right out of a river. when people say they drink tap water, usually they mean filtered. only fools drink unfiltered tap. that should be common sense by now, no need to even say it.
More like you should get your city water quality report. Law requires that a water plant that services more than 100,000 people must have their report online, and even if it is not that huge it is easy, and free, to get that report from your local government. On there it shows all the chemicals and percentage they are found in your water. A lot of people don't need their own personal filtration system.
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Don't make fun of bottled water guys O_o
It's totally worth it, look at it this way, tap water is reliant upon current environment to not change and ruin the water quality. While bottled water, that quality is staying there somewhat and not vulnerable to environment changes unless you smash the bottle.
For example, you recieve water from that river, and there's a oil spill, all of suddenly your tap water is undrinkable but bottled water is safe still.
It's totally worth it, look at it this way, tap water is reliant upon current environment to not change and ruin the water quality. While bottled water, that quality is staying there somewhat and not vulnerable to environment changes unless you smash the bottle.
For example, you recieve water from that river, and there's a oil spill, all of suddenly your tap water is undrinkable but bottled water is safe still.
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I used to tap water rather than bottled water
back when I was hyper active in military work
and martial arts. I like drinking tap water more
than bottled I believe that during filtration process
a lot of microorganism and nutrients are removed.
I never experienced any illness after drinking tap
water but when my friends drank the same water I
drank they got stomach aches. Maybe my body developed
some kind of immunity. but now I'm drinking bottled
water. It's always available at home.
back when I was hyper active in military work
and martial arts. I like drinking tap water more
than bottled I believe that during filtration process
a lot of microorganism and nutrients are removed.
I never experienced any illness after drinking tap
water but when my friends drank the same water I
drank they got stomach aches. Maybe my body developed
some kind of immunity. but now I'm drinking bottled
water. It's always available at home.
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Callonia wrote...
Don't make fun of bottled water guys O_oIt's totally worth it, look at it this way, tap water is reliant upon current environment to not change and ruin the water quality. While bottled water, that quality is staying there somewhat and not vulnerable to environment changes unless you smash the bottle.
For example, you recieve water from that river, and there's a oil spill, all of suddenly your tap water is undrinkable but bottled water is safe still.
Okay, why would there ever be a random oil spill in a river?
Some of you people are a little skeptical of the filtration process of water plants. Like I said, if you're that paranoid get your cities water quality report, or sometimes simply referred to as CCR. It will show all the chemicals that are present in your water and the MCL (the maximum amount of contamination considered for safe drinking water.)
As a rule of thumb, you want to know what the level of Lead (ppb) of you water is, your Nitrate and Nitride levels, the level of E.Coli present (should be 0% or simply not listed), and know the level of Arsenic, Mercury and Cyanide in you water (preferably none, but minute amounts are still considered safe.)
People really only need to worry about personal filtration systems if their household pipes are in bad shape/contaminated or if you don't get your water from a municipal source.
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Tsurayu wrote...
Callonia wrote...
Don't make fun of bottled water guys O_oIt's totally worth it, look at it this way, tap water is reliant upon current environment to not change and ruin the water quality. While bottled water, that quality is staying there somewhat and not vulnerable to environment changes unless you smash the bottle.
For example, you recieve water from that river, and there's a oil spill, all of suddenly your tap water is undrinkable but bottled water is safe still.
Okay, why would there ever be a random oil spill in a river?
Some of you people are a little skeptical of the filtration process of water plants. Like I said, if you're that paranoid get your cities water quality report, or sometimes simply referred to as CCR. It will show all the chemicals that are present in your water and the MCL (the maximum amount of contamination considered for safe drinking water.)
As a rule of thumb, you want to know what the level of Lead (ppb) of you water is, your Nitrate and Nitride levels, the level of E.Coli present (should be 0% or simply not listed), and know the level of Arsenic, Mercury and Cyanide in you water (preferably none, but minute amounts are still considered safe.)
People really only need to worry about personal filtration systems if their household pipes are in bad shape/contaminated or if you don't get your water from a municipal source.
Well, I was saying, in case of a disaster happens.... >.>
You have bottled waters ready to hold u over until oil spill disaster has been resolved.
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Adding assistance to Tusrayu:
You have bottled waters ready to hold u over until oil spill disaster has been resolved.
Bottled water is a suggested component of disaster kits (Tornado's, hurricanes, etc) and it's a wise decision to have a reliable amount of bottled water in a secure place.
This is about your day to day usage of water. Do you drink water from the tap or do you buy your water?
As tsurayu has pointed out every water source that provides for more than 100,000 people has to have a report that displayed the chemicals and percentages of those chemicals in your water.
2008 Water Quality Report for New york city.
Less regulation on bottled water means that the bottled water can contain chemicals that are present in unregulated water supplies (ones that don't serve at least 100,000 people).
Bottled water is far more expensive than tap water (as pointed out in the video). If you live in the continental United States, and draw from a municipal source you should just drink the tap water. Leave bottled water for emergency kits when disaster strikes.
If you are still worried about chemicals in your water supply after you get a report. Then buy a filter and make sure to make a greater effort to take care of your teeth as the fluoride will get filtered out though your charcoal or other filters. The lack of fluoride will increase the rate of tooth decay.
Callonia wrote...
Well, I was saying, in case of a disaster happens.... >.> You have bottled waters ready to hold u over until oil spill disaster has been resolved.
Bottled water is a suggested component of disaster kits (Tornado's, hurricanes, etc) and it's a wise decision to have a reliable amount of bottled water in a secure place.
This is about your day to day usage of water. Do you drink water from the tap or do you buy your water?
As tsurayu has pointed out every water source that provides for more than 100,000 people has to have a report that displayed the chemicals and percentages of those chemicals in your water.
2008 Water Quality Report for New york city.
Less regulation on bottled water means that the bottled water can contain chemicals that are present in unregulated water supplies (ones that don't serve at least 100,000 people).
Bottled water is far more expensive than tap water (as pointed out in the video). If you live in the continental United States, and draw from a municipal source you should just drink the tap water. Leave bottled water for emergency kits when disaster strikes.
If you are still worried about chemicals in your water supply after you get a report. Then buy a filter and make sure to make a greater effort to take care of your teeth as the fluoride will get filtered out though your charcoal or other filters. The lack of fluoride will increase the rate of tooth decay.
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Fiery_penguin_of_doom wrote...
Bottled water is far more expensive than tap water (as pointed out in the video). If you live in the continental United States, and draw from a municipal source you should just drink the tap water. Leave bottled water for emergency kits when disaster strikes.If you are still worried about chemicals in your water supply after you get a report. Then buy a filter and make sure to make a greater effort to take care of your teeth as the fluoride will get filtered out though your charcoal or other filters. The lack of fluoride will increase the rate of tooth decay.
Why is that you pretty much summed up what I was trying to say with less words and less effort? Sometimes I despise you FPOD. :P
Anyway, yeah that pretty much covers it. The water quality reports, or Consumer Confidence Report, as they are sometimes called, are very easy to understand. It give you all the terminology you will need to know to read the chart right there in the same document. You know your level, what is average, what is the maximum for safe drinking water and the likely sources of each of the chemicals. You can easily figure out from that document whether or not it would be in your best interest to buy a personal filtration system.
And like FPOD mentioned, which I somehow forgot to mention, if there isn't an increased presence of dangerous chemicals in your water then you really shouldn't invest in a filtration system. You are losing all of the fluoride in the tap water, which is good for fighting tooth decay.
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NEXUS
Since 2010
Well there is a big difference between tap water in my hometown. People in Rutland
(A suburb of Kelowna) Has perfect drinking water because it comes from a nearby mountain spring but in the lower part of kelowna (Where I live now) Has treated water that tastes like chlorine and it makes me nauseous So I have to drink bottled water, But I recycle all my bottles.
(A suburb of Kelowna) Has perfect drinking water because it comes from a nearby mountain spring but in the lower part of kelowna (Where I live now) Has treated water that tastes like chlorine and it makes me nauseous So I have to drink bottled water, But I recycle all my bottles.
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I think bottled water works for countries who have unhealthy tap water. Here I believe you can just drink from any faucet and youd be fine.
Also, when youre out, would you go to the restroom to drink from there, obviously not. So those who want water get forced to buy them.
Me, I dont drink water. I dont see why I should pay for something I can get almost free at home. Might as well get diet soda, considering at times water is oddly more expensive than soda.
Also, when youre out, would you go to the restroom to drink from there, obviously not. So those who want water get forced to buy them.
Me, I dont drink water. I dont see why I should pay for something I can get almost free at home. Might as well get diet soda, considering at times water is oddly more expensive than soda.
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I only drink "bottled water" if I did the bottling myself. I've a very effective water filtration system, and I make good use of it.
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Yes, it's a silly industry.
My favorite encounter with the stuff was in Egypt when I traveled there as a kid: at all of the famous sites, there'd be no running water or facilities for tourists (somewhat to be expected in most areas). So, of course, the vendors could charge up whatever they wanted for water, because we all NEEDED it (being amerikkan tourists, etc)!
So in that case, sure, even if it's for an exorbitant fee, some places bottled water can come in handy.
In malls, homes, and anywhere with a decent supply of water, are not places where it should be sold. In the old days, couldn't strangers just ask for a glass of water? FOR FREE?
With the death of courtesy, fear of safety, and desire for industry, came bottled water.
My favorite encounter with the stuff was in Egypt when I traveled there as a kid: at all of the famous sites, there'd be no running water or facilities for tourists (somewhat to be expected in most areas). So, of course, the vendors could charge up whatever they wanted for water, because we all NEEDED it (being amerikkan tourists, etc)!
So in that case, sure, even if it's for an exorbitant fee, some places bottled water can come in handy.
In malls, homes, and anywhere with a decent supply of water, are not places where it should be sold. In the old days, couldn't strangers just ask for a glass of water? FOR FREE?
With the death of courtesy, fear of safety, and desire for industry, came bottled water.