merryb wrote:
> 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......

Yeah, it's as bad as store-brand mayonnaise