Zippy P wrote:
> Anybody have any experience with Brita and/or Pur water purifier
> pitchers. The pitchers with the filters in them?
>
> I like non-tap water but don't like lugging big bottles home from the
> store, and don't want to pay $30 a month for the home delivery stuff.
>
> Comments?
>
> Thx!

The tap water where I live comes from natural acquifers deep underground and
it tastes great. I get an annual report about the water. At one point I
bought a Brita pitcher because it was all the rage to do so. Later I
wondered why on earth I would want to filter it when it already tastes good.
The Brita filter made the water tasteless. To me, there should at least be
some trace minerals.

When the vet suggested my elderly dog avoid sodium and said some of it may
be from the drinking water I called the utility company. After being
transferred a few times I talked with a (forget his complex degrees)
technician and told our water contains very little sodium. He quoted some
statistics which I wrote down and he sent me information about it in the
mail. Then I called the vet and relayed the information and he was very
happy to know about it.

I don't buy bottled water. Even when I travel, the Memphis airport still
has regular drinking fountains. Oh, I could choose to pay $3 for a bottle
of some water from someplace I've never been. One airport, they only sold
bottled water. I kept the bottle and fill it from my tap before I travel.

Unless your tap water tastes like crap or has been proven to be undrinkable,
why bother? Contact the utility company that provides your tap water and
ask them to send you information. If you truly just don't like the taste of
the water, go ahead and buy the bottled stuff or get a filter pitcher. I
don't find I need either one.

Jill <---drinks tap water all day long