On Jun 8, 1:58 pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> 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

Tasteless water? Hmmmm......