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Tap water.

post #1 of 99
4/23/08 at 4:21pm
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Do you drink your tap water?
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post #2 of 99
4/23/08 at 4:42pm
Only when I'm desperate. Drinking tap water causes the back of my throat to feel all dried up after a short period of time. Must be the extra minerals they give us around here.
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post #3 of 99
4/23/08 at 4:44pm
It's pretty good near Boston, although not as good as NYC or northern Michigan.
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post #4 of 99
4/23/08 at 4:45pm
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It is better for the environment, of course. No discarded bottles. There was a recent story about hormones being in our tap water here in Philadelphia b/c the filtration plant cannot (or will not) filter it out of urine. I figure a few extra hormones here and there won't hurt me. They call it "Schuylkill Punch" and it has a distinct flavor. I found that NYC water is less flavorful. I live two blocks from our water filtration plant and the grassy lot that surrounds it is used as a dog park. I like it.
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post #5 of 99
4/23/08 at 4:53pm
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Originally Posted by denimdestroyedmylife View Post
It is better for the environment, of course. No discarded bottles.

I use a Brita filter. Not sure how much it actually helps, but my throat doesn't feel dry after drinking filtered water.
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post #6 of 99
4/23/08 at 4:55pm
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We have a Brita in the house, but I rarely use it, myself. Kind of a pain in the ass and water filtered through the Brita tastes kinda off. I was surprised at the high quality of NYC tap water, not sure that was clear in my last post.
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post #7 of 99
4/23/08 at 5:00pm
Chicago has some of the best tasting tap water in the world, why on earth would I get bottled?
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post #8 of 99
4/23/08 at 5:01pm
the tap water in sweden (Gothenburg) is excellent ! tastes better than many bottled brands.
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post #9 of 99
4/23/08 at 5:03pm
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, represent! Our tap water beats many bottled brands in taste tests! Love the stuff!
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post #10 of 99
4/23/08 at 5:07pm
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if you voted "no" please state where you live.
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post #11 of 99
4/23/08 at 5:25pm
I drink from the tap at home with no reservations.

At work, our tap water tastes awful, so I drink from the cooler. No one I know at the office drinks office tap water, even the hard core environmentalists. Not really sure what it is, as I think it's the same water as at home.

I guess that's a qualified "yes" vote.
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post #12 of 99
4/23/08 at 6:25pm
Sure.
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post #13 of 99
4/23/08 at 6:29pm
Sure do. Drinking some now, actually. At my (soon-to-be former) job, I try to avoid it if at all possible. The faucet's kinda dirty and my old boss warned me quite sharply not to drink it.
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post #14 of 99
4/23/08 at 6:35pm
I'd be dead without it.

Tap water builds character.
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post #15 of 99
4/23/08 at 7:14pm
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Originally Posted by denimdestroyedmylife View Post
if you voted "no" please state where you live.
Atlanta. I drink tap water, but I strongly prefer it through the Brita.
I really like Publix branded spring water, though I'm told that the taste is from the plastic in the bottle.
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