"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote in
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> Distilled water should theoretically be pure. It's also
> tasteless. You're crazy to pay money for it. If you think
> it tastes good, you're imagining things.

another point is that bottled water comes from *somewhere*. in
many cases that somewhere can be causing quite an enviromental
impact.
we are currently fighting USA Springs, which is trying to
build a water withdrawal plant about 2 miles from us (next
town over). they plan to pump over 300,000 gallons per day
(for the first phase. eventual plans will be taking several
million gallons) from the aquafer. now mind you, this aquafer
also supplies several thousand homes (it's a large aquafer) &
farms. while it is large enough to support the water usage of
the local users, it is NOT large enough to withstand a
drawdown of 300,000 or more gallons per day.
not only that, but the water in the aquafer is pretty nasty.
it has sulpher, lots of iron & iron bacteria. i had to install
a filter system for those rare occaisions my dug well goes dry
& i am forced to use the drilled well. without a filter, i
can't even use it for laundry without ruining the clothes from
rust. the only thing i really use it for is watering the
garden. i won't even give it to the livestock (and when i run
the sprinklers for the llamas, the grass & the white llama
turn brown with rust stains).
so, greed wins and we'll lose our water.
lee
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