http://www.youtube.com/embed/XfPAjUvvnIc

On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 6:36:16 AM UTC-8, Dave Smith wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/embed/XfPAjUvvnIc

The truth about tap water:

http://articles.latimes.com/1985-01-..._birth-defects

http://www.cs.duke.edu/~narten/faq/water-treatment.html

But if it's safe for pregnant women to drink, and it's not killing your fish,
it's not too bad. But after years of drinking bottled water, drinking, say,
Chicago water is like jumping into a swimming pool.

On 12/3/2013 12:40 PM, wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 6:36:16 AM UTC-8, Dave Smith wrote:
>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/XfPAjUvvnIc
>
> The truth about tap water:
>
> http://articles.latimes.com/1985-01-..._birth-defects
>
> http://www.cs.duke.edu/~narten/faq/water-treatment.html
>
> But if it's safe for pregnant women to drink, and it's not killing your fish,
> it's not too bad. But after years of drinking bottled water, drinking, say,
> Chicago water is like jumping into a swimming pool.
>
I dunno about Chicago water. I get an occasional 'water report'. I
drink tap water. I don't pay for bottled water. The only reason I ever
had to buy bottled water was when we lived in Bangkok.

Memphis water was from natural aquifers. Just fine and not toxic. Here
I drink filtered water from the tap. Bottled water is a waste of money
and everyone thinks it is "healtier". I say BS. Just more plastic bottles.

Jill

On 2013-12-03 17:47:00 +0000, jmcquown said:

> On 12/3/2013 12:40 PM, wrote:
>> On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 6:36:16 AM UTC-8, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/XfPAjUvvnIc
>>
>> The truth about tap water:
>>
>> http://articles.latimes.com/1985-01-..._birth-defects
>>
>> http://www.cs.duke.edu/~narten/faq/water-treatment.html
>>
>> But if it's safe for pregnant women to drink, and it's not killing your fish,
>> it's not too bad. But after years of drinking bottled water, drinking, say,
>> Chicago water is like jumping into a swimming pool.
>>
> I dunno about Chicago water. I get an occasional 'water report'. I
> drink tap water. I don't pay for bottled water. The only reason I
> ever had to buy bottled water was when we lived in Bangkok.
>
> Memphis water was from natural aquifers. Just fine and not toxic.
> Here I drink filtered water from the tap. Bottled water is a waste of
> money and everyone thinks it is "healtier". I say BS. Just more
> plastic bottles.

No extra bottles if you subscribe to such as Sparkletts (or any of the
water-suppliers they have absorbed); they pick up their bottles and
drop off new ones.

We drink distilled (now marketed as "purified") water and have it
delivered in 5-gallon jugs. Mineral content from different fresh
sources produces different things. Distilling makes it a little more
consistent.

Setting taste aside, I don't TRUST the people who operate all that mess
from cross-state all the way to my tap, it's just a big black box. I
know I could be a better "consumer" if I read daily reports of their
quarterly content stats. My problem with the "tap water is safe"
thinking is that it is always AFTER a contamination that we are
informed of the problems and/or errors they 1) overlooked, 2) were not
testing for, 3) could never have imagined, 4) they refuse to
acknowledge until 20 years in court.

I've been hearing for at least 2-3 years that fracking has the
potential to pollute the aquifirs from which many municipalities (and
some bottlers!) draw their drinking water. That too doesn't make me
very comfortable as fracking enterprise expands.

Those are my concerns.

I just called Sparkletts to find out exactly where the water comes from
and *how* it is "purified". Giving up on their site, I'm now waiting
for cserve aid on their 800 line.

More news as it comes in...!

On 2013-12-03 18:26:25 +0000, gtr said:

> Setting taste aside, I don't TRUST the people who operate all that mess
> from cross-state all the way to my tap, it's just a big black box. I
> know I could be a better "consumer" if I read daily reports of their
> quarterly content stats. My problem with the "tap water is safe"
> thinking is that it is always AFTER a contamination that we are
> informed of the problems and/or errors they 1) overlooked, 2) were not
> testing for, 3) could never have imagined, 4) they refuse to
> acknowledge until 20 years in court.
>
> I've been hearing for at least 2-3 years that fracking has the
> potential to pollute the aquifirs from which many municipalities (and
> some bottlers!) draw their drinking water. That too doesn't make me
> very comfortable as fracking enterprise expands.
>
> Those are my concerns.
>
> I just called Sparkletts to find out exactly where the water comes from
> and *how* it is "purified". Giving up on their site, I'm now waiting
> for cserve aid on their 800 line.
>
> More news as it comes in...!

Wow! That was most elusive and difficult to find information! I had
what sounded like an 18 year-old slowly and confusedly try to answer
questions, and eventually was told that my drinking water was coming
from SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA where I presently live!

A municipal water supply? No no no--not a municipal water supply--a
"protected well". "Oh really? Where is it?"
"What--you want the address?"
"What the heck, sure. I'll take the address."

She couldn't manage to find it.

So the EPA controls the cleanliness of my water which comes from a
municipal pumping station about 400 yards from my house--literally,
it's behind the houses across the street at the convergence of the
Santa Ana River, and Santiago Creek (both usually dry).

But the protected well produces a "water product" and as such is
governed by the FDA, not the EPA, and provides about as much oversight
as a substitute teacher with a drinking problem. As Penn and Teller
mentioned, the EPA has 20 inspectors the FDA has "less than one". It
occurs to me that, sans purification, the municipal water supply is *at
least* better monitored for "stuff". Now I'm beginning to wonder what
the hell "purification" really means exactly as a corporate marketing
term, but don't have the patience to ask a community-college drop-out
right now. I'm beginning to wonder if it's spelled slightly different
like "Purafied (tm)".

On the Sparkletts web site there is no "water quality" report
available, nor could my cserve gal find it. So I searched via google:
"water quality" site:sparkletts.com - I came up with a page, so did my
aid. She kept saying it's there but I couldn't find it. No, I
explained, it's NOT THERE, if there is no access to it through the web
page directly. It's what's called a "hidden page".

Anyway, it provides trace mineral content and other such stuff. All
very interesting. I asked my aid; if my water is coming from Santa Ana
and this is the water report, what if I was getting my water in Texas,
would it be shipped from Santa Ana?

"No," I was told, "it would be one of their local 'protected wells' in Texas."
"And what of their report?"
"Oh, they get a different report."
"How could they get a different report if you only have one such
report on this hidden page on your website."
"They get a different web site."
"The Texas website isn't sparkletts.com."
"Sure, but it's different for them."

This loop of nonsense went on for a while and then I thanked her and
assume I'll be shaking down the delivery guy--a very pleasant old
fellow--for more info.

Thanks for the funny video, Dave! Very helpful stuff!

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/3/2013 12:40 PM, wrote:
>> On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 6:36:16 AM UTC-8, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/XfPAjUvvnIc
>>
>> The truth about tap water:
>>
>> http://articles.latimes.com/1985-01-..._birth-defects
>>
>> http://www.cs.duke.edu/~narten/faq/water-treatment.html
>>
>> But if it's safe for pregnant women to drink, and it's not killing your
>> fish,
>> it's not too bad. But after years of drinking bottled water, drinking,
>> say,
>> Chicago water is like jumping into a swimming pool.
>>
> I dunno about Chicago water. I get an occasional 'water report'. I drink
> tap water. I don't pay for bottled water. The only reason I ever had to
> buy bottled water was when we lived in Bangkok.
>
> Memphis water was from natural aquifers. Just fine and not toxic. Here I
> drink filtered water from the tap. Bottled water is a waste of money and
> everyone thinks it is "healtier". I say BS. Just more plastic bottles.
>
Have you noticed that the bottles have a *best before date* on them?
That must mean that after a time, something leaches out of the plastic!!!
Graham

On 2013-12-03 2:34 PM, graham wrote:

> Have you noticed that the bottles have a *best before date* on them?
> That must mean that after a time, something leaches out of the plastic!!!
>

Maybe it means they want you to use it up and buy more, or to throw it
out and buy more. When it gets close to it's best before date they could
put it on sale for half price and only have a 10002 markup.

On 12/3/2013 5:23 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2013-12-03 2:34 PM, graham wrote:
>
>> Have you noticed that the bottles have a *best before date* on them?
>> That must mean that after a time, something leaches out of the plastic!!!
>>
>
> Maybe it means they want you to use it up and buy more, or to throw it
> out and buy more.

You *know* who would buy a case of it and pay attention to those dates.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> On 12/3/2013 12:40 PM, wrote:
> > On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 6:36:16 AM UTC-8, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> http://www.youtube.com/embed/XfPAjUvvnIc
> >
> > The truth about tap water:
> >
> > http://articles.latimes.com/1985-01-..._birth-defects
> >
> > http://www.cs.duke.edu/~narten/faq/water-treatment.html
> >
> > But if it's safe for pregnant women to drink, and it's not killing your fish,
> > it's not too bad. But after years of drinking bottled water, drinking, say,
> > Chicago water is like jumping into a swimming pool.
> >
> I dunno about Chicago water. I get an occasional 'water report'. I
> drink tap water. I don't pay for bottled water. The only reason I ever
> had to buy bottled water was when we lived in Bangkok.
>
> Memphis water was from natural aquifers. Just fine and not toxic. Here
> I drink filtered water from the tap. Bottled water is a waste of money
> and everyone thinks it is "healtier". I say BS. Just more plastic bottles.
>
> Jill

I'm afraid you are absolutely wrong. Bottled water does not contain
chlorine or fluoride, both highly toxic chemicals, nor does it contain
the numerous additional toxic reaction products these two toxins produce
when they contact the decades of sludge in every municipal water system.
Bottled water is absolutely safer than municipal tap water in every
scientifically provable way.

In article >,
Pete C. > wrote:
>
>I'm afraid you are absolutely wrong. Bottled water does not contain
>chlorine or fluoride, both highly toxic chemicals, nor does it contain

Purity of Essence.

>the numerous additional toxic reaction products these two toxins produce
>when they contact the decades of sludge in every municipal water system.
>Bottled water is absolutely safer than municipal tap water in every
>scientifically provable way.


--

On 2013-12-04, Cindy Hamilton > wrote:
> In article >,
> Pete C. > wrote:
>>
>>I'm afraid you are absolutely wrong. Bottled water does not contain
>>chlorine or fluoride, both highly toxic chemicals, nor does it contain
>
> Purity of Essence.

I don't know what the above is, but I do know Pete, as usual, is dead
wrong. It's quite difficult to find bottled water that does NOT
contain small amts of chorine and salt, both allowed by the FDA. As
for flouride, it is offered as option from some brands of bottled
water, like Alhambra water in CA. This because some municipalities,
like the one where my granddaughters live, have commie fearing morons
in the city govt and no flouride in the water. This means my GDs will
be plagued with cavities, jes like I was. My daughter never had a
single cavity (almost 10 yrs) till we moved from a fluoridated town to
a non-fluoridated town. I would buy fluoridated water for my GDs.

nb

On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 21:19:13 -0500, "Pete C." >
wrote:

>
[...]
>
>I'm afraid you are absolutely wrong. Bottled water does not contain
>chlorine or fluoride, both highly toxic chemicals, nor does it contain
>the numerous additional toxic reaction products these two toxins produce
>when they contact the decades of sludge in every municipal water system.
>Bottled water is absolutely safer than municipal tap water in every
>scientifically provable way.

So. Has anyone gotten around to scientifically demonstrating the
"proof" or are we to take it as a given that is too axiomatic to test
and just rely on lurid imagination?

"B. Server" wrote:
>
> On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 21:19:13 -0500, "Pete C." >
> wrote:
>
> >
> [...]
> >
> >I'm afraid you are absolutely wrong. Bottled water does not contain
> >chlorine or fluoride, both highly toxic chemicals, nor does it contain
> >the numerous additional toxic reaction products these two toxins produce
> >when they contact the decades of sludge in every municipal water system.
> >Bottled water is absolutely safer than municipal tap water in every
> >scientifically provable way.
>
> So. Has anyone gotten around to scientifically demonstrating the
> "proof" or are we to take it as a given that is too axiomatic to test
> and just rely on lurid imagination?

Yes, however I suspect you are too biased to look for it. Perhaps try
looking for the MSDS for sodium fluoride and sodium hypochlorite (or the
other variants of the two chemicals) at a .gov site?

On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 21:19:13 -0500, "Pete C." >
wrote:

>
>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> On 12/3/2013 12:40 PM, wrote:
>> > On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 6:36:16 AM UTC-8, Dave Smith wrote:
>> >> http://www.youtube.com/embed/XfPAjUvvnIc
>> >
>> > The truth about tap water:
>> >
>> > http://articles.latimes.com/1985-01-..._birth-defects
>> >
>> > http://www.cs.duke.edu/~narten/faq/water-treatment.html
>> >
>> > But if it's safe for pregnant women to drink, and it's not killing your fish,
>> > it's not too bad. But after years of drinking bottled water, drinking, say,
>> > Chicago water is like jumping into a swimming pool.
>> >
>> I dunno about Chicago water. I get an occasional 'water report'. I
>> drink tap water. I don't pay for bottled water. The only reason I ever
>> had to buy bottled water was when we lived in Bangkok.
>>
>> Memphis water was from natural aquifers. Just fine and not toxic. Here
>> I drink filtered water from the tap. Bottled water is a waste of money
>> and everyone thinks it is "healtier". I say BS. Just more plastic bottles.
>>
>> Jill
>
>I'm afraid you are absolutely wrong. Bottled water does not contain
>chlorine or fluoride, both highly toxic chemicals, nor does it contain
>the numerous additional toxic reaction products these two toxins produce
>when they contact the decades of sludge in every municipal water system.
>Bottled water is absolutely safer than municipal tap water in every
>scientifically provable way.

You are truly an imbecile... bottled water IS tap water... what a dumb
ass.

On 12/4/2013 10:51 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 21:19:13 -0500, "Pete C." >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> On 12/3/2013 12:40 PM, wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 6:36:16 AM UTC-8, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/XfPAjUvvnIc
>>>>
>>>> The truth about tap water:
>>>>
>>>> http://articles.latimes.com/1985-01-..._birth-defects
>>>>
>>>> http://www.cs.duke.edu/~narten/faq/water-treatment.html
>>>>
>>>> But if it's safe for pregnant women to drink, and it's not killing your fish,
>>>> it's not too bad. But after years of drinking bottled water, drinking, say,
>>>> Chicago water is like jumping into a swimming pool.
>>>>
>>> I dunno about Chicago water. I get an occasional 'water report'. I
>>> drink tap water. I don't pay for bottled water. The only reason I ever
>>> had to buy bottled water was when we lived in Bangkok.
>>>
>>> Memphis water was from natural aquifers. Just fine and not toxic. Here
>>> I drink filtered water from the tap. Bottled water is a waste of money
>>> and everyone thinks it is "healtier". I say BS. Just more plastic bottles.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I'm afraid you are absolutely wrong. Bottled water does not contain
>> chlorine or fluoride, both highly toxic chemicals, nor does it contain
>> the numerous additional toxic reaction products these two toxins produce
>> when they contact the decades of sludge in every municipal water system.
>> Bottled water is absolutely safer than municipal tap water in every
>> scientifically provable way.
>
> You are truly an imbecile... bottled water IS tap water... what a dumb
> ass.
>

Not all:

http://www.calistogawater.com/NaturalSource.aspx

Calistoga® Brand Sparkling Mineral Water comes from a source deep in the
earth below the town of Calistoga.

Calistoga® Brand Sparkling Mineral Water’s geothermal source is a
uniquely important factor in safeguarding water quality. Natural forces
heat the mineral water to the boiling point; to be bottled it must be
cooled to 36 degrees Fahrenheit.

The interaction of geothermal forces with local volcanic rocks give
Calistoga Sparkling Mineral Water its own mineral base. Not only does
Calistoga® Sparkling Mineral Water help restore a fluid base, but its
minerals add a distinctive, refreshing taste.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> You are truly an imbecile... bottled water IS tap water... what a dumb
> ass.

If you actually believe that, you are the dumb ass. How much time have
you spent in a bottling plant? Have you actually seen the process?

On 12/3/2013 7:19 PM, Pete C. wrote:
>
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> On 12/3/2013 12:40 PM, wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 6:36:16 AM UTC-8, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/XfPAjUvvnIc
>>>
>>> The truth about tap water:
>>>
>>> http://articles.latimes.com/1985-01-..._birth-defects
>>>
>>> http://www.cs.duke.edu/~narten/faq/water-treatment.html
>>>
>>> But if it's safe for pregnant women to drink, and it's not killing your fish,
>>> it's not too bad. But after years of drinking bottled water, drinking, say,
>>> Chicago water is like jumping into a swimming pool.
>>>
>> I dunno about Chicago water. I get an occasional 'water report'. I
>> drink tap water. I don't pay for bottled water. The only reason I ever
>> had to buy bottled water was when we lived in Bangkok.
>>
>> Memphis water was from natural aquifers. Just fine and not toxic. Here
>> I drink filtered water from the tap. Bottled water is a waste of money
>> and everyone thinks it is "healtier". I say BS. Just more plastic bottles.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I'm afraid you are absolutely wrong. Bottled water does not contain
> chlorine or fluoride, both highly toxic chemicals, nor does it contain
> the numerous additional toxic reaction products these two toxins produce
> when they contact the decades of sludge in every municipal water system.
> Bottled water is absolutely safer than municipal tap water in every
> scientifically provable way.
>

With one caveat, bacteria count.

Sometimes that can be out of range.

"Pearl F. Buck" wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm afraid you are absolutely wrong. Bottled water does not contain
> > chlorine or fluoride, both highly toxic chemicals, nor does it contain
> > the numerous additional toxic reaction products these two toxins produce
> > when they contact the decades of sludge in every municipal water system.
> > Bottled water is absolutely safer than municipal tap water in every
> > scientifically provable way.
> >
>
> With one caveat, bacteria count.
>
> Sometimes that can be out of range.

In a municipal water system? Absolutely. Depending on your location in
the system the analysis of your tap water can be far outside allowable
standards, something the anti bottled water loons pretend doesn't exist.
Municipal water systems test at the source plant daily, but they only
test at the extents of the system to a minimal amount to meet annual
testing requirements. Even those annual testing requirements allow a
percentage of the samples from the far reaches of the system to exceed
allowable contaminant levels.

On 12/3/2013 12:40 PM, wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 6:36:16 AM UTC-8, Dave Smith wrote:
>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/XfPAjUvvnIc
>
> The truth about tap water:
>
> http://articles.latimes.com/1985-01-..._birth-defects
>
> http://www.cs.duke.edu/~narten/faq/water-treatment.html
>
> But if it's safe for pregnant women to drink, and it's not killing your fish,
> it's not too bad. But after years of drinking bottled water, drinking, say,
> Chicago water is like jumping into a swimming pool.
>

Easily rectified with a carbon filter. Our town water varies from nasty
to terrible depending on season, but a couple of cartridges a year makes
it as good as any water.

On 2013-12-03 14:36:16 +0000, Dave Smith said:

> http://www.youtube.com/embed/XfPAjUvvnIc

Funny stuff!

On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:36:16 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>http://www.youtube.com/embed/XfPAjUvvnIc

I never understood bottled water, but then I drink St Louis MO tap
water that I heard was voted one of he best tasting tap waters!

And I agree! I wash out quart Gatgorade bottles and fill them with
fine St Louis MO tap water!

I remember my mom saying in Des Plains (CHI) the tap water ran orange.
Rust?

John Kuthe...

On 12/3/2013 6:31 PM, John Kuthe wrote:

>
> I remember my mom saying in Des Plains (CHI) the tap water ran orange.
> Rust?
>
> John Kuthe...
>

Probably rust. Could be the pipes along the way. Our town is replacing
some that are 100+ years old.

On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 22:35:36 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 12/3/2013 6:31 PM, John Kuthe wrote:
>
>>
>> I remember my mom saying in Des Plains (CHI) the tap water ran orange.
>> Rust?
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>>
>
>Probably rust. Could be the pipes along the way. Our town is replacing
>some that are 100+ years old.

This was circa 1970 too.

John Kuthe...

On 2013-12-04, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> Probably rust. Could be the pipes along the way. Our town is replacing
> some that are 100+ years old.

In some gas fracking areas, the pollution is so severe the tap water
will burn!

nb

On 12/4/2013 7:29 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2013-12-04, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> Probably rust. Could be the pipes along the way. Our town is replacing
>> some that are 100+ years old.
>
> In some gas fracking areas, the pollution is so severe the tap water
> will burn!
>
> nb
>
A very isolated occurrence given how much fracking here is.

"Pearl F. Buck" wrote:
>
> On 12/4/2013 7:29 AM, notbob wrote:
> > On 2013-12-04, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> >
> >> Probably rust. Could be the pipes along the way. Our town is replacing
> >> some that are 100+ years old.
> >
> > In some gas fracking areas, the pollution is so severe the tap water
> > will burn!
> >
> > nb
> >
> A very isolated occurrence given how much fracking here is.

It's also been known to occur in areas with no fracking and long before
fracking even existed. Just an extremely rare oddity that those with a
political agenda will seize upon to claim as false proof for their
agenda.

On 4 Dec 2013 14:29:19 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2013-12-04, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> Probably rust. Could be the pipes along the way. Our town is replacing
>> some that are 100+ years old.
>
>In some gas fracking areas, the pollution is so severe the tap water
>will burn!
>
>nb

The TAP WEATER is not burning! DUH! Water does not burn, ever!

It's the natural gas in the water lines that burns!

John Kuthe...

"John Kuthe" > wrote in message
news
> On 4 Dec 2013 14:29:19 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>>On 2013-12-04, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>
>>> Probably rust. Could be the pipes along the way. Our town is replacing
>>> some that are 100+ years old.
>>
>>In some gas fracking areas, the pollution is so severe the tap water
>>will burn!
>>
>>nb
>
> The TAP WEATER is not burning! DUH! Water does not burn, ever!
>
> It's the natural gas in the water lines that burns!
>
And often, if not in all cases, the gas was in the water before they started
fracking. It was only the fearmongering form the enviroloons that caused
people to check.
Graham

John Kuthe wrote:
>
>The TAP WEATER is not burning! DUH! Water does not burn, ever!
>It's the natural gas in the water lines that burns!

If you'd quit shoving those gas pipes up your filthy faggot ass
there'd be no burn.

I make do most of the time with a Brita and I do change the filter religiously. Not sure about the impurities, but it sure makes the water for coffee tasteless. I had a guy come to the house once with the pitch for a 3000 dollar system, but didn't feel it was worth it.

My city offered free water testing from an 'independent' lab - the water was deemed safe.

If and when I do buy bottled water, I am sure to recyck the bottles.

We have never gotten sick from well water and have been drinking it for 45 years. I don't buy bottled water unless we are on vacation out of the country, and one location in the US where the chlorine taste was excessive(to my palate).
Our refrigerator has a filter that takes the minerally flavor out of our tap water, but we only use it from drinking, not cooking water.

I agree the bottled water tripe is nonsense, and is surely damaging the eco systems of the world, and especially the ocean where it collects in spots to be eaten by birds and kills them.
Nan in DE

On 12/5/2013 11:07 AM, Nanzi wrote:
> We have never gotten sick from well water and have been drinking it for 45 years. I don't buy bottled water unless we are on vacation out of the country, and one location in the US where the chlorine taste was excessive(to my palate).
> Our refrigerator has a filter that takes the minerally flavor out of our tap water, but we only use it from drinking, not cooking water.
>
> I agree the bottled water tripe is nonsense, and is surely damaging the eco systems of the world, and especially the ocean where it collects in spots to be eaten by birds and kills them.
> Nan in DE
>

Bottled water is killing birds, really?

Who knew...

I dunno about Chicago water. I get an occasional 'water report'. I
drink tap water. I don't pay for bottled water.

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Michael Lalonde
Sudbury
M&K Mining

I grew up on well water. When my boys were born, our pediatrician told
us tap water was just fine for mixing bottles. She said she knew what
was in our local water; she did not know what was in any random bottle of
water.

Tara

Tara wrote:
>
>I grew up on well water. When my boys were born, our pediatrician told
>us tap water was just fine for mixing bottles. She said she knew what
>was in our local water; she did not know what was in any random bottle of
>water.

Actually there's no way to know what's in well water unless it's
tested and each well in the same area will have different water. I
have two wells, about two hundred feet apart and the water from each
is very different as to mineral content, the water from one is twice
as hard as from the other. Anyone on a private well needs to monitor
their water carefully because it also changes constantly, both
chemically and biologically... also the volume production changes too,
my well with harder water produces about 16 gallons a minute, the
other well produces about 10 gallons a minute, and both volumes
fluctuate over time. I have my well water tested chemically once each
year to adjust the water softeners, I have both tested for biologicals
every two years. The water from both wells are treated with UV, still
each required being shocked with chlorine once over ten years. Even
with municipal water if it doesn't contain chlorine (and most doesn't)
it's important to have water tested for biologicals because the pipes
will become infected... often people are constantly sick because the
water in their house is sick. And bottled water is no better, all
bottled water is water from someone elses tap, odds are your tap water
is better. I drink RO water... I suggest everyone install an RO
filter, they cost very little. I also susggest everyone install a UV
device, that costs more but if it saves one doctor bill you're way
ahead... UV treated water is important for bathing, can save a family
the agony of all sorts of skin diseases and the price of many visits
to a Dermatologist plus all those medications.