"Fred/Libby Barclay" wrote in message
...

Ours is definitely out of the tap. We were judged by some survey 2nd in
the nation behind NYC tap water in the '80's; and, it's just as good
today.

It comes from springs in the NC mountains, and our reservoir is so
pristine that it is a thing of beauty. My husband and I went up to it
on a weekend jaunt in his jeep. It was completely chainlinked fenced,
but you could see all the way to the bottom of the lake wherever you
looked. No boats allowed - or fishing - or admittance. They do have a
yearly chlorine treatment, but I think that's for the pipes.

Libby


That's awesome! I wish we could be so lucky! Nothing better than spring
water.

HH

George said...

Andy wrote:
Water

I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.

I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.

Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?

I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of
water side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.

Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free
milk.

Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.

How do you get your drinking water?

Andy

We get our water from spring fed reservoirs and it has a clean taste so
we drink it from the tap. Is your water that insipid stuff like in
Philly that they pump out of the Schuylkill River?

I almost never buy bottled and bring it in reusable bottles when leaving
the house and a big coleman jug to fill the water bottles when we go
biking.


George,

I could tell you about the Philadelphia center city water supply but I'd
rather not.

Best,

Andy

Blinky the Shark wrote:
jmcquown wrote:

Andy wrote:
I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.

How do you get your drinking water?

Andy
Out of the tap. Memphis (area) water is excellent. I do have one of those
Brita pitchers but I don't always remember to fill it up.

This would probably be a good spot for injecting an image of the stuff my
Brita catches that I'd rather not drink.

http:/blinkynet.net/stuff/stuffinwater.jpg

Are you sure that's not just charcoal from the filter itself?

Serene

Tara said...

On Tue, 20 May 2008 20:02:36 -0500, George Shirley
wrote:

City sends out the analysis required by state law every quarter
and I read them and feel the water is safe.

When my boys were babies, we asked our pediatrician if we needed to
mix their formula with bottled water, boiled water, or what. She told
us that water straight from the tap was fine and that she knew what
was in our local water but not what was in bottled water from unknown
origins. I _think_ she told us that tap water was under tighter
safety restrictions than bottled.

Straight from the tap is fine with me. I drink water all day so I
refil a sports bottle to carry around with me. My guys drink lots of
ice water.

A filter jug is one too many steps for me, but I would probably try a
faucet filter if I lived somewhere with bad tasting water.

Tara


If you live in Orange County, California, the toilet flush comes back to
your faucet after "treatment".

Probably other places too.

ICK!!!

As icky as recycled napkins. --Another time/Another subject--

Andy

Tara said...

On Tue, 20 May 2008 20:15:55 -0500, Andy q wrote:

Do you lemon or lime your water for a little tang/flavor?

Try cucumber slices in your water -- very cool and refreshing.

Tara


Tara,

There's an idea that never occurred to me. Will try!

Thanks,

Andy

Andy wrote:

Water

I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.

I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.

Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?

I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of water
side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.

Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free milk.

Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.

How do you get your drinking water?



I have a well and a cistern, so the water quality can be iffy. I use a
distiller for drinking water.

Blinky the Shark wrote:

This would probably be a good spot for injecting an image of the stuff my
Brita catches that I'd rather not drink.

http:/blinkynet.net/stuff/stuffinwater.jpg

Naturally, that's just the visible stuff.

That looks like charcoal backing up from the Brita filter. We used to
see that in our Brita years ago (when we used one).

Andy wrote:

If you live in Orange County, California, the toilet flush comes back to
your faucet after "treatment".

Probably other places too.

ICK!!!

As icky as recycled napkins. --Another time/Another subject--

Andy

You do realize what a stupid statement that is....right?

On Tue, 20 May 2008 17:20:11 -0500, Andy q wrote:


How do you get your drinking water?

We live in an agricultural area, and the water from our well is pretty
dodgy. We wash in it, brush our teeth with it, use it for cooking, and
the pets drink it, but I don't trust it for more than that.

We have a dispenser, and we buy our water in town 5 gallons at a time.

We've thought of installing a UV filter, but we'd still have to buy
water for coffee because our well water is really really hard and it
would gunk up the coffee maker in about 2 weeks.

Jo Anne

ntantiques wrote:

We're fortunate to have a tested well that provides fabulous water -
cold and clean. Bottled water is just something we keep on hand for
emergencies. I can completely understand using bottled if your local
water is nasty, but could never understand the droves of people in our
previous home (a CA suburb) who inisted on buying bottled even though
their local tap water was indistinguishable from the stuff they were
buying by the case.

One word: chloramine.

Not sure when you lived in CA (that's California, not
Canada true?), but it may have been before they started
adding chloramine to the water. It's toxic to fish,
wears out gaskets (so far it's got our toilet flush
valve and the valves in our washing machine), "safe"
for humans and it cannot be boiled or Brita'd out.

Steve

none wrote:

Our tap water is drawn from a river and treated. It is undoubtedly
safe and wholesome, but the flavor is slightly sour and tainted with
chlorine. I fill a Brita pitcher from a sink-tap filter, and keep it
in the refrigerator. The result is perfectly drinkable, so I use it
to refill the bottled-water bottles I still occasionally buy.

Are these bottles made from bisphenol A?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A

Serene wrote:

Blinky the Shark wrote:
jmcquown wrote:

Andy wrote:
I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.

How do you get your drinking water?

Andy
Out of the tap. Memphis (area) water is excellent. I do have one of those
Brita pitchers but I don't always remember to fill it up.

This would probably be a good spot for injecting an image of the stuff my
Brita catches that I'd rather not drink.

http:/blinkynet.net/stuff/stuffinwater.jpg

Are you sure that's not just charcoal from the filter itself?

Yes. 1. The filter doesn't flow upward; it drains downward. 2. I just
said that I get the same thing in the shower head; that plumbing in
another room, far from the filter pitcher and it's supplied by the city,
not the Brita.


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Goomba wrote:

Blinky the Shark wrote:

This would probably be a good spot for injecting an image of the stuff my
Brita catches that I'd rather not drink.

http:/blinkynet.net/stuff/stuffinwater.jpg

Naturally, that's just the visible stuff.

That looks like charcoal backing up from the Brita filter. We used to
see that in our Brita years ago (when we used one).

Same answer I gave Serene. It's been snipped now, but in my original post
I said that I get the same stuff plugging up my shower head. So I'll
ask: how does the Brita filter "back up" into my shower head? My answer
is: I don't believe it does.


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"Andy" q wrote in message ...
Water

I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.

I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.

Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?

We use a Brita filter. Pretty much every place we've ever lived has had
terrible-tasting tap water (strong chlorine taste). With the Brita, the
water tastes great.

Mary

Andy wrote:

Tara said...

On Tue, 20 May 2008 20:15:55 -0500, Andy q wrote:

Do you lemon or lime your water for a little tang/flavor?

Try cucumber slices in your water -- very cool and refreshing.

Tara


Tara,

There's an idea that never occurred to me. Will try!

Never occurred to me, either. I guess that's because it's a vegetable.
And I don't see any connection with drinking water.


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