Water

I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.

I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.

Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?

I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of water
side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.

Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free milk.

Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.

How do you get your drinking water?

Andy

Andy wrote:

> How do you get your drinking water?
>
> Andy

From the tap ....just like many of the bottled water companies get
theirs. I am also not adding to their coffers, the empty jugs to the
landfills, not using up unnecessary energy in shipping it, nor having to
expend my own energy to lug it home

On May 20, 5:20*pm, Andy <q> wrote:
> Water
>
> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>
> I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
> chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.
>
> Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?
>
> I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of water
> side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.
>
> Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
> pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free milk.
>
> Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.
>
> How do you get your drinking water?

In St. Louis, it's dumb to buy bottled water. The tap water tastes
great here. When we lived in Tampa Bay, we had to buy filtered water
because the tap water tasted horrible. It cost 25 cents to refill a
gallon jug at one of the machines outside every grocery store (that
was back in 1991).

I refill my 5 gal container for my water cooler about half full from
the bathtub spigot.
>
> Andy

--Bryan

Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes not
so great) words of knowledge:
> Water
>
> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>
> I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
> chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.
>
> Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?
>
> I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of water
> side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.
>
> Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
> pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free milk.
>
> Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.
>
> How do you get your drinking water?
>
> Andy

We have a 600' deep well, however some friends that live in town swear
by the "Brita" filters. They have a pitcher w/filter and a filter on
the faucet in their wet bar.

They say the Brita water tastes as good, if not better, than bottled water.

Personally, I still prefer my well water.

On 2008-05-20, Andy <q> wrote:

> How do you get your drinking water?

OOTT! (out of the tap)

I've finally been blessed with what might be one of the finest natural tap
waters in the US. CO water at 7000ft. So soft, make yo baby hurt itz momma!

nb

Andy wrote:
> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>
> How do you get your drinking water?
>
> Andy

Out of the tap. Memphis (area) water is excellent. I do have one of those
Brita pitchers but I don't always remember to fill it up.

Jill

Andy wrote:
>
> Water
>
> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>
> I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
> chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.
>
> Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?
>
> I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of water
> side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.
>
> Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
> pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free milk.
>
> Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.
>
> How do you get your drinking water?
>
> Andy

From the tap. Most bottled water (in the USA) is labeled "MWS"
(municipal water supply) or "PWS" (public water supply) or something
like that. I do sometimes, but not often, buy a 'case' of liter water
bottles just because I've lost the bottles over time. I'll refill those
bottles with tap water over and over again so I have portable (and
potable <g>) water handy when I run errands and such (bike ride, too).

Sky

--
Ultra Ultimate Kitchen Rule - Use the Timer!
Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice

On May 20, 3:20 pm, Andy <q> wrote:
> Water
>
> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>
> I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
> chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.
>
> Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?
>
> I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of water
> side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.
>
> Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
> pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free milk.
>
> Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.
>
> How do you get your drinking water?
>
> Andy

We're fortunate to have a tested well that provides fabulous water -
cold and clean. Bottled water is just something we keep on hand for
emergencies. I can completely understand using bottled if your local
water is nasty, but could never understand the droves of people in our
previous home (a CA suburb) who inisted on buying bottled even though
their local tap water was indistinguishable from the stuff they were
buying by the case.

Nancy T

Ted Campanelli said...

> Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes not
> so great) words of knowledge:
>> Water
>>
>> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>>
>> I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
>> chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.
>>
>> Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?
>>
>> I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of
>> water side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.
>>
>> Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
>> pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free
>> milk.
>>
>> Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.
>>
>> How do you get your drinking water?
>>
>> Andy
>
> We have a 600' deep well, however some friends that live in town swear
> by the "Brita" filters. They have a pitcher w/filter and a filter on
> the faucet in their wet bar.
>
> They say the Brita water tastes as good, if not better, than bottled
> water.
>
> Personally, I still prefer my well water.


Geez, at 600' deep you could heat your home if you had a sealed closed loop
system unless you live in a desert.

Have a mountain top well in the yard at the farm next to the house that we
have tested annually and tastes great!!! There are roadside "drip" pipes
from other mountain springs that folks drive to and fill up from.

Andy

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> Water
>
> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>
> I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
> chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.
>
> Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?
>
> I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of
> water
> side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.
>
> Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
> pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free milk.
>
> Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.
>
> How do you get your drinking water?
>
> Andy

Right out of the tap, but I do run it through a Brita. I don't know why.
Just because.

Felice

Ours is definitely out of the tap. We were judged by some survey 2nd in
the nation behind NYC tap water in the '80's; and, it's just as good
today.

It comes from springs in the NC mountains, and our reservoir is so
pristine that it is a thing of beauty. My husband and I went up to it
on a weekend jaunt in his jeep. It was completely chainlinked fenced,
but you could see all the way to the bottom of the lake wherever you
looked. No boats allowed - or fishing - or admittance. They do have a
yearly chlorine treatment, but I think that's for the pipes.

Libby

In Adelaide, SA, Australia, the tap water is so salty you can taste it in the
shower. I did notice a side effect of all the women having such small breasts
as a result. Can't vouch for the men as that's not my interest.

Quite unfortunate and disgusting at the same time.

Andy

In article >, Andy <q> wrote:

> Water
>
> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>
> I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
> chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.
>
> Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?

Straight out of the tap. If I want filtered water I use a filter jug.

Miche

--
Electricians do it in three phases

Andy wrote:

> Water
>
> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>
> I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
> chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.
>
> Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?

I won't go without, if there's nothing but tap water available, but I
filter. I'll buy bottled when I'm out and about. I also keep bottled
water in my trunk. I used to have home delivery of the what are
those...eight gallon bottles? Fives?


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
NEW --> Now evaluating a GG-free news feed: http://usenet4all.se

On May 20, 6:02*pm, Nina > wrote:
> On Tue, 20 May 2008 18:53:28 -0400, Ted Campanelli
>
>
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> >Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes not
> >so great) words of knowledge:
> >> Water
>
> >> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>
> >> I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
> >> chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.
>
> >> Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?
>
> >> I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of water
> >> side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.
>
> >> Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
> >> pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free milk.
>
> >> Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.
>
> >> How do you get your drinking water?
>
> >> Andy
>
> >We have a 600' deep well, however some friends that live in town swear
> >by the "Brita" filters. *They have a pitcher w/filter and a filter on
> >the faucet in their wet bar.
>
> >They say the Brita water tastes as good, if not better, than bottled water.

Andy <q> wrote in :

> How do you get your drinking water?

from a dug well. 13' down to the water level, so it's not a
deep well. i have it tested annually. it's good water.
i also have a drilled well. 276'. it's nasty. full of rust &
iron bacteria. smells bad, looks bad, tastes bad. i have a
filter system for that well if i have to use it, but then it
tastes like the water softener to me, so i buy 5 gallon jugs
of drinking water.
lee
--
Last night while sitting in my chair
I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA.

On Tue 20 May 2008 03:20:11p, Andy told us...

> Water
>
> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>
> I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
> chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.
>
> Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?
>
> I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of
> water side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.
>
> Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
> pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free
> milk.
>
> Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.
>
> How do you get your drinking water?
>
> Andy
>

We filter our water for home use. That's pretty much all the bottled water
companies do. We do buy bottled water for traveling in the car. Both of
our offices have filtered water available.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Countdown till Memorial Day
5dys 6hrs 20mins
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For him to get a clue would require
heroic implant surgery.
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Andy wrote:
> Water
>
> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>
> I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
> chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.
>
> Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?
>
> I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of water
> side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.
>
> Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
> pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free milk.
>
> Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.
>
> How do you get your drinking water?
>
> Andy

Our tap water is drawn from a river and treated. It is undoubtedly safe
and wholesome, but the flavor is slightly sour and tainted with
chlorine. I fill a Brita pitcher from a sink-tap filter, and keep it in
the refrigerator. The result is perfectly drinkable, so I use it to
refill the bottled-water bottles I still occasionally buy.

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> In Adelaide, SA, Australia, the tap water is so salty you can taste it in
> the
> shower. I did notice a side effect of all the women having such small
> breasts
> as a result. Can't vouch for the men as that's not my interest.
>
> Quite unfortunate and disgusting at the same time.
>
> Andy

oh it's not THAT bad Andy!

and not sure where you went to find all women with small breasts, but that's
certainly not the case in my family lol

BTW, I have an installed in-line water filtration unit

jmcquown wrote:

> Andy wrote:
>> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>>
>> How do you get your drinking water?
>>
>> Andy
>
> Out of the tap. Memphis (area) water is excellent. I do have one of those
> Brita pitchers but I don't always remember to fill it up.

This would probably be a good spot for injecting an image of the stuff my
Brita catches that I'd rather not drink.

http:/blinkynet.net/stuff/stuffinwater.jpg

Naturally, that's just the visible stuff. Naturally, I don't now how much
is in the actual filter. But I have to clean it out of the little holes
in the shower head, too. And if I've been away for a few days, the water
often comes out quite brown for a while. I'm not blaming the city; but
wherever in the system it comes from, it's still with which I have
to contend. So I filter. That's consistent with my approach to Usenet,
too.


--
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Andy wrote:
> Water
>
> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>
> I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
> chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.
>
> Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?
>
> I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of water
> side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.
>
> Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
> pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free milk.
>
> Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.
>
> How do you get your drinking water?
>
> Andy
I get mine straight from the tap, it's treated city water from deep
wells. City sends out the analysis required by state law every quarter
and I read them and feel the water is safe.

Jo Anne wrote:
> On Tue, 20 May 2008 17:20:11 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>
>> How do you get your drinking water?
>
> We live in an agricultural area, and the water from our well is pretty
> dodgy. We wash in it, brush our teeth with it, use it for cooking, and
> the pets drink it, but I don't trust it for more than that.
>
> We have a dispenser, and we buy our water in town 5 gallons at a time.
>
> We've thought of installing a UV filter, but we'd still have to buy
> water for coffee because our well water is really really hard and it
> would gunk up the coffee maker in about 2 weeks.
>
> Jo Anne

Thanks for reminding me - I also buy distilled water in gallon jugs for
about seventy cents each, solely for use in brewing coffee. I can handle
the minerals in my water, but my coffee maker cannot...

On May 20, 6:20�pm, Andy <q> wrote:
> Water
>
> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>
> I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
> chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.
>
> Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?
>
> I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of water
> side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.
>
> Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
> pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free milk.
>
> Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.
>
> How do you get your drinking water?
>
> Andy

You spend good money on someone else's tap water, duh... I have an RO
filter... much better than any bottled water, only 5 cents a gallon,
and I don't have to lug jugs.

OK, while we're still on topic...

Do you lemon or lime your water for a little tang/flavor?

Andy
Mr Wizard Wannabe but would rather be wizzing and wondering lemon or lime???

That would make me Mister Wonder While You Wiz.

I know what a horrible mental picture that must be to the membership! I
couldn't resist. Apologies!

CotD #2

I use filtered water for cooking and for pets (Pur pitcher). For
drinking I almost never drink anything but room temp Pellegrino or some
other mildly carbonated mineral water. I drink too much to use those
little 'make your own bubbly water' and those carbonate far too much as
well.

Andy wrote:
> Water
>
> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>
> I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
> chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.
>
> Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?
>
> I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of water
> side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.
>
> Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
> pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free milk.
>
> Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.
>
> How do you get your drinking water?
>
> Andy

We get our water from spring fed reservoirs and it has a clean taste so
we drink it from the tap. Is your water that insipid stuff like in
Philly that they pump out of the Schuylkill River?

I almost never buy bottled and bring it in reusable bottles when leaving
the house and a big coleman jug to fill the water bottles when we go
biking.

On Tue, 20 May 2008 20:02:36 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

> City sends out the analysis required by state law every quarter
>and I read them and feel the water is safe.

When my boys were babies, we asked our pediatrician if we needed to
mix their formula with bottled water, boiled water, or what. She told
us that water straight from the tap was fine and that she knew what
was in our local water but not what was in bottled water from unknown
origins. I _think_ she told us that tap water was under tighter
safety restrictions than bottled.

Straight from the tap is fine with me. I drink water all day so I
refil a sports bottle to carry around with me. My guys drink lots of
ice water.

A filter jug is one too many steps for me, but I would probably try a
faucet filter if I lived somewhere with bad tasting water.

Tara

On Tue, 20 May 2008 20:15:55 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:

>Do you lemon or lime your water for a little tang/flavor?

Try cucumber slices in your water -- very cool and refreshing.

Tara

MG said...

>
> "Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
>> In Adelaide, SA, Australia, the tap water is so salty you can taste it
>> in the
>> shower. I did notice a side effect of all the women having such small
>> breasts
>> as a result. Can't vouch for the men as that's not my interest.
>>
>> Quite unfortunate and disgusting at the same time.
>>
>> Andy
>
> oh it's not THAT bad Andy!
>
> and not sure where you went to find all women with small breasts, but
> that's certainly not the case in my family lol
>
> BTW, I have an installed in-line water filtration unit


I forget the name exactly but it was called, maybe, "The Central Market"
The commercial few blocks of no traffic shopping.

And it was just a personal observation. Other women in NSW and Queensland
were more chesty!

It was a matter of the water supply that was just so salty you could taste
it showering. Every other part of the continent we went to, we got rain
water collection showers.

It was the salt in the river that after irrigation the remaining water that
filtered into town was salt laden. It was explained to me but I can't
explain it exactly right any more.

Andy

"Ted Campanelli" > wrote in message
...
> Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes not so
> great) words of knowledge:
>> Water
>>
>> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>>
>> I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
>> chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.
>>
>> Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?
>>
>> I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of
>> water side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.
>>
>> Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
>> pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free
>> milk.
>>
>> Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.
>>
>> How do you get your drinking water?
>>
>> Andy
>
> We have a 600' deep well, however some friends that live in town swear by
> the "Brita" filters. They have a pitcher w/filter and a filter on the
> faucet in their wet bar.
>
> They say the Brita water tastes as good, if not better, than bottled
> water.
>
> Personally, I still prefer my well water.

I was raised on well water which I loved, but after moving to a larger area,
the city water tasted horrible to me. I have been on Culligan (water cooler
water) for years now, and can't stand tap water anymore. I will drink from
water fountains only when desperate.

We just received a letter in the mail last week that our city's water supply
tested higher than approved for some hazardous chemical or another. Here in
Missouri, it's hit or miss. My grandma's tap water tastes great, and she
lives in a small town 30 miles from me. My tap water tastes vile.

HH

"Fred/Libby Barclay" > wrote in message
...
>
> Ours is definitely out of the tap. We were judged by some survey 2nd in
> the nation behind NYC tap water in the '80's; and, it's just as good
> today.
>
> It comes from springs in the NC mountains, and our reservoir is so
> pristine that it is a thing of beauty. My husband and I went up to it
> on a weekend jaunt in his jeep. It was completely chainlinked fenced,
> but you could see all the way to the bottom of the lake wherever you
> looked. No boats allowed - or fishing - or admittance. They do have a
> yearly chlorine treatment, but I think that's for the pipes.
>
> Libby
>

That's awesome! I wish we could be so lucky! Nothing better than spring
water.

HH

George said...

> Andy wrote:
>> Water
>>
>> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>>
>> I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
>> chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.
>>
>> Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?
>>
>> I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of
>> water side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.
>>
>> Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
>> pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free
>> milk.
>>
>> Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.
>>
>> How do you get your drinking water?
>>
>> Andy
>
> We get our water from spring fed reservoirs and it has a clean taste so
> we drink it from the tap. Is your water that insipid stuff like in
> Philly that they pump out of the Schuylkill River?
>
> I almost never buy bottled and bring it in reusable bottles when leaving
> the house and a big coleman jug to fill the water bottles when we go
> biking.


George,

I could tell you about the Philadelphia center city water supply but I'd
rather not.

Best,

Andy

Blinky the Shark wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Andy wrote:
>>> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>>>
>>> How do you get your drinking water?
>>>
>>> Andy
>> Out of the tap. Memphis (area) water is excellent. I do have one of those
>> Brita pitchers but I don't always remember to fill it up.
>
> This would probably be a good spot for injecting an image of the stuff my
> Brita catches that I'd rather not drink.
>
> http:/blinkynet.net/stuff/stuffinwater.jpg

Are you sure that's not just charcoal from the filter itself?

Serene

Tara said...

> On Tue, 20 May 2008 20:02:36 -0500, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>> City sends out the analysis required by state law every quarter
>>and I read them and feel the water is safe.
>
> When my boys were babies, we asked our pediatrician if we needed to
> mix their formula with bottled water, boiled water, or what. She told
> us that water straight from the tap was fine and that she knew what
> was in our local water but not what was in bottled water from unknown
> origins. I _think_ she told us that tap water was under tighter
> safety restrictions than bottled.
>
> Straight from the tap is fine with me. I drink water all day so I
> refil a sports bottle to carry around with me. My guys drink lots of
> ice water.
>
> A filter jug is one too many steps for me, but I would probably try a
> faucet filter if I lived somewhere with bad tasting water.
>
> Tara


If you live in Orange County, California, the toilet flush comes back to
your faucet after "treatment".

Probably other places too.

ICK!!!

As icky as recycled napkins. --Another time/Another subject--

Andy

Tara said...

> On Tue, 20 May 2008 20:15:55 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>>Do you lemon or lime your water for a little tang/flavor?
>
> Try cucumber slices in your water -- very cool and refreshing.
>
> Tara


Tara,

There's an idea that never occurred to me. Will try!

Thanks,

Andy

Andy wrote:

> Water
>
> I've bought bottled water since forever they began selling it.
>
> I was out and filled a gallon container and let it sit out to let the
> chlorine dissipate out and it didn't taste half bad.
>
> Do you drink straight out of the tap, filter or buy bottled water?
>
> I need to buy another pool test kit to test the resting gallon jug of water
> side-by-side with the bottled water and see which fares better.
>
> Got a touch of "the runs" but that could've been the treat
> pepperoni/sausage pizza and a 10 day past prime chugging of fat free milk.
>
> Got science? And free time? Apply here. Free advice also accepted.
>
> How do you get your drinking water?
>
>

I have a well and a cistern, so the water quality can be iffy. I use a
distiller for drinking water.

Blinky the Shark wrote:

> This would probably be a good spot for injecting an image of the stuff my
> Brita catches that I'd rather not drink.
>
> http:/blinkynet.net/stuff/stuffinwater.jpg
>
> Naturally, that's just the visible stuff.

That looks like charcoal backing up from the Brita filter. We used to
see that in our Brita years ago (when we used one).

Andy wrote:

> If you live in Orange County, California, the toilet flush comes back to
> your faucet after "treatment".
>
> Probably other places too.
>
> ICK!!!
>
> As icky as recycled napkins. --Another time/Another subject--
>
> Andy
>
You do realize what a stupid statement that is....right?

On Tue, 20 May 2008 17:20:11 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:


>How do you get your drinking water?

We live in an agricultural area, and the water from our well is pretty
dodgy. We wash in it, brush our teeth with it, use it for cooking, and
the pets drink it, but I don't trust it for more than that.

We have a dispenser, and we buy our water in town 5 gallons at a time.

We've thought of installing a UV filter, but we'd still have to buy
water for coffee because our well water is really really hard and it
would gunk up the coffee maker in about 2 weeks.

Jo Anne

ntantiques > wrote:

>We're fortunate to have a tested well that provides fabulous water -
>cold and clean. Bottled water is just something we keep on hand for
>emergencies. I can completely understand using bottled if your local
>water is nasty, but could never understand the droves of people in our
>previous home (a CA suburb) who inisted on buying bottled even though
>their local tap water was indistinguishable from the stuff they were
>buying by the case.

One word: chloramine.

Not sure when you lived in CA (that's California, not
Canada true?), but it may have been before they started
adding chloramine to the water. It's toxic to fish,
wears out gaskets (so far it's got our toilet flush
valve and the valves in our washing machine), "safe"
for humans and it cannot be boiled or Brita'd out.

Steve