What is your favorite water?

[John2598]

I always drink my water straight from the tap. I take the good with the bad, as there may be some impurities.

Do you buy bottled water? Distilled? Ozonated? Natural spring water? Other?

What's the best brand? Zephyrhills?

[JimGP20]

The best water I have ever tasted was from the headwaters of the Sacramento River in Mount Shasta City, California. It was ice cold and pure.

[CID_0687]

If I want water I drink water...If I want whiskey I drink whiskey...I'll be in the other thread.

[MrShotShot]

I live in a part of Upstate New York where several companies bottle and sell the water that we drink out of the tap. So I guess it's pretty good stuff since folks are paying a lot more for it than I am.

Never been a big fan of bottled water personally. Probably the only bottled water I've ever tasted where I thought "this tastes better than most" is Fiji water.

I've also noticed that certain mineralized waters don't seem to quench my thirst.

I'll stick with tap.

[Socrates]

If I want water I drink water...If I want whiskey I drink whiskey...I'll be in the other thread.

"The Quiet Man"

Great movie.

[Buffalo]

tap. free and tastes like water. plus, it comes right out of my faucet.

I love people who bitch about the price of oil while holding a bottle of water.

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

Never been a big fan of bottled water personally.

My uncle was career Navy and lived in Jacksonville. I wish they'd had bottled water back when we used to visit. The tap water there was the nastiest stuff imaginable. Strong sulfur content, smelled like rotten eggs and the taste would make you gag. I remember my parents taking us to the Fountain of Youth... and if anything, it was even worse there. Blech.

[CID_0687]

"The Quiet Man"

Great movie.
:)

I was hoping someone would get the reference...seemed appropriate with the "Boubon" thread in here too.

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

tap. free and tastes like water. plus, it comes right out of my faucet.

I love people who bitch about the price of oil while holding a bottle of water.
When I was traveling, I was assigned to a hospital in PA. The water seemed ok for a while, then all of a sudden it was tan and tasted like dirt. I mentioned it to a guy who worked at the water plant and he said it was because the creeks were low. "It won't hurt you."

Blech again.

[johnrocks]

tap. free and tastes like water. plus, it comes right out of my faucet.

I love people who bitch about the price of oil while holding a bottle of water.

I see your point but your more of a man than I am if you could drink water here out of the tap:sick: I got a deep water well that tastes great but it has so much iron in it that it rusts pipes so I buy mine at a place for 25 cents a gallon, I bought a filtering system but just haven't put it on yet,it connects at where the water comes into my home at,hopefully it will solve the tap water problem here.

[StoneScratcher]

I don't drink any water unless it comes from a deeply dug well.

Also, do not drink distilled water for long periods, if at all (unless you are on a purification fast). Distilled water will drain the minerals from your body and those minerals (which you need) will be peed out, making you ill, eventually.

[StoneScratcher]

I see your point but your more of a man than I am if you could drink water here out of the tap:sick: I got a deep water well that tastes great but it has so much iron in it that it rusts pipes so I buy mine at a place for 25 cents a gallon, I bought a filtering system but just haven't put it on yet,it connects at where the water comes into my home at,hopefully it will solve the tap water problem here.

Just don't use a filter that "softens" the water with salts.

Where I go for water, they use a multi-filter process that only takes out large particles, but leaves in all the natural, easy to abosorb, minerals.

[Buffalo]

I see your point but your more of a man than I am if you could drink water here out of the tap:sick: I got a deep water well that tastes great but it has so much iron in it that it rusts pipes so I buy mine at a place for 25 cents a gallon, I bought a filtering system but just haven't put it on yet,it connects at where the water comes into my home at,hopefully it will solve the tap water problem here.
Filter systems make sense. Even the small scale tap filters. I have a few gallon jugs of water for just in case situations. I am lucky to have good tap water. Drink it all the time.

[super cool ski instructor]

I drink Aquafina.

[Buffalo]

When I was traveling, I was assigned to a hospital in PA. The water seemed ok for a while, then all of a sudden it was tan and tasted like dirt. I mentioned it to a guy who worked at the water plant and he said it was because the creeks were low. "It won't hurt you."

Blech again.
When I was younger (10 to 11) my family lived in OK City. We had well water. My mother sister and I were sick for weeks with strep throat. Finally tested the well water. There it was.

[RTchoke]

I see your point but your more of a man than I am if you could drink water here out of the tap:sick: I got a deep water well that tastes great but it has so much iron in it that it rusts pipes so I buy mine at a place for 25 cents a gallon, I bought a filtering system but just haven't put it on yet,it connects at where the water comes into my home at,hopefully it will solve the tap water problem here.

Sorry to hear that. Our well water is great. We filter it through a Brita type filter though since it goes into a holding tank before hitting the house.

[AvgGuyIA]

My uncle was career Navy and lived in Jacksonville. I wish they'd had bottled water back when we used to visit. The tap water there was the nastiest stuff imaginable. Strong sulfur content, smelled like rotten eggs and the taste would make you gag. I remember my parents taking us to the Fountain of Youth... and if anything, it was even worse there. Blech.Tonganoxie, Kansas has/had water that tasted like sulfur and smelled like rotten eggs when I was a kid. People living there was use to it, but I never could drink much of it.

[psyko kat]

whenever I go to a restaurant, I ask for a 'Lake Erie Highball'..= a large glass of water....lol.

[JimGP20]

I drink Aquafina.

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[super cool ski instructor]

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"Well isn't that special !?"


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:)) Damn straight!

[LouC]

What is your favorite water?


My favorite is tepid stump water from a fallen Quindio Wax Palm found in the Orinoquia.

But it is so hard to find around here so I usually just drink tap water from the City of Carlyle water supply.

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

When I was younger (10 to 11) my family lived in OK City. We had well water. My mother sister and I were sick for weeks with strep throat. Finally tested the well water. There it was.

When my Dad retired, he moved to VA and built his house. He had well water, and it smelled like... well... ****. It was also slightly off color but he claimed that was the iron in the water and it was 'good for you'. I used to gag just watching him drink it.

Come to find out, it was loaded with e coli that had leeched into the ground water from his neighbor's cows. Cow poo. He ended up with an expensive treatment/softener set up. It's testing just fine now, but I still can't force myself to drink it. :sick:

[Buffalo]

When my Dad retired, he moved to VA and built his house. He had well water, and it smelled like... well... ****. It was also slightly off color but he claimed that was the iron in the water and it was 'good for you'. I used to gag just watching him drink it.

Come to find out, it was loaded with e coli that had leeched into the ground water from his neighbor's cows. Cow poo. He ended up with an expensive treatment/softener set up. It's testing just fine now, but I still can't force myself to drink it. :sick:
That is plain nasty.

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

That is plain nasty.

No kidding.

He's just lucky it wasn't that dangerous strain of e coli.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

When I was traveling, I was assigned to a hospital in PA. The water seemed ok for a while, then all of a sudden it was tan and tasted like dirt. I mentioned it to a guy who worked at the water plant and he said it was because the creeks were low. "It won't hurt you."

Blech again.

Ahh...that's my state for ya!

:redface:

:wall:

[Dr. Funkenstein]

No kidding.

He's just lucky it wasn't that dangerous strain of e coli.

There are safe strains of e coli?

[VCaddy05]

I drink tap water all day long, but it tastes like chlorine in a way, which really makes me kind of nervous about how good it really is for you.

[LouC]

There are safe strains of e coli?

Yes there are.

One of hundreds of strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli. E. coli O157:H7 is an emerging cause of foodborne and waterborne illness. Although most strains of E. coli are harmless and live in the intestines of healthy humans and animals, this strain produces a powerful toxin and can cause severe illness.

E. coli O157:H7 was first recognized as a cause of illness during an outbreak in 1982 traced to contaminated hamburgers. Since then, most infections are believed to have come from eating undercooked ground beef.

However, some have been waterborne. In 1999, people became sick after drinking contaminated water in Washington County, New York and swimming in contaminated water in Clark County, Washington.

Information about the health effects of E. coli O157:H7, and actions you can take to protect yourself and your family from E. coli infection is provided below.

More at the LINK (http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/ecoli.html)

[Apatriot]

My favorite is whatever happens to be cheapest. If equally priced, though, I will choose purified water over spring water. Most FL spring water has a "swampy" taste if it's not absolutely cold. For some reason, I don't like Dasani.

[CaughtInTheMiddle]

clear

[Blindeye101]

The water I like has 1 oxygen atom and 2 hydrogen atoms.

Also in an colder state.

[LouC]

clear

cool

[sgdp]

Botted...anything but Aquafina.

But the tap is fine. Mmmmm Lake Michigan goodness.

[59Flash]

I get mine from 600 feet down in the Floridan aquifer. Pure as can be.

[jimjames418]

I always drink my water straight from the tap. I take the good with the bad, as there may be some impurities.

Do you buy bottled water? Distilled? Ozonated? Natural spring water? Other?

What's the best brand? Zephyrhills?
Talk about memories. When young we all went swiming at Crystal Springs, which they shut down many years ago in order to sell the water. The mouth of the spring was about eight foot and we would swim down into the spring. Hard to do because of the force of the water coming out. Was the favorite place to go on skip day. :)

There are faucets located along side the fence out by hi-way 39 where you can load up on all the water you can carry. No tankers allowed. :doh:

And the amount of water they can bottle and sale is limited. Don't know the exact limits, but it way less than they could without limits.

[davetexas]

What is your favorite water?


My favorite is tepid stump water from a fallen Quindio Wax Palm found in the Orinoquia.

But it is so hard to find around here so I usually just drink tap water from the City of Carlyle water supply.


Funny

But I would pay money to watch you drink it (the stump water with the guanum)

[Spaceman Spiff]

Bottled water is a nice little scam. Wish I'd thought of it.

Another scam is "de-ionized water". That stuff is bad for you. It's not that if you drink it you'll keel over dead but it's that it does nothing for you healthwise. And once air hits it it starts to re-ionize anyway.

[jimjames418]

But the tap is fine. Mmmmm Lake Michigan goodness.
Depends on the location of the intake don't you know. And remember that Chicago, Gary, and Milwaukee still discharge a large amount of raw sewage into the lake when there are heavy rain storms. :razz:

[sgdp]

Depends on the location of the intake don't you know. And remember that Chicago, Gary, and Milwaukee still discharge a large amount of raw sewage into the lake when there are heavy rain storms. :razz:

That's half the fun! :mrgreen:

But a few miles south, it's well water. Not accustomed to that.

Ever been to a water park that runs on well water? :eek:

[historynut]

I like to be able to fill a glass with water that's clear and I like water that doesn't taste bad. Most of the tap water in my area taste's bad so I drink bottled water.

[EnchantedFrog]

I get mine from 600 feet down in the Floridan aquifer. Pure as can be.
Hope you have it tested periodically.
Just because water is from a deep well doesn't necessarily mean its free from numerous possible contaminants.

[LouC]

I like to be able to fill a glass with water that's clear and I like water that doesn't taste bad. Most of the tap water in my area taste's bad so I drink bottled water.

When I lived in Texas the water was so foul tasting and odoriferous we started using the Pur filter attachment on the kitchen sink and it worked pretty darn good.

Never figured out if that cost was cheaper than bottled but it certainly was more convenient.

[The Girl from Ipanema]

No preference as far as taste goes. My criteria is which bottles will fit into my tank bag without removing other items. So far, ozarka makes one that fits nicely and another company makes these little tiny bottles about the size of a softball that are perfect so they're the best.

[The Girl from Ipanema]

When I was traveling, I was assigned to a hospital in PA. The water seemed ok for a while, then all of a sudden it was tan and tasted like dirt. I mentioned it to a guy who worked at the water plant and he said it was because the creeks were low. "It won't hurt you."

Blech again.

Eww that happened once when we lived in Okmulgee, Ok. They said the lake was turning. It was absolutely disgusting. We went to a restaurant and the pop and tea tasted like dirt too. Bleh! It was like that for the better part of a week iirc. GADS!

In another town, the water turned pink one time! It didn't taste bad and they said that it was just elevated potassium so I let the dog drink it and stuck with RC Cola. :)

[NascarGirl2448]

I drink either Deer Park or Fruit2O. Our tap water is nasty!! Has so much chlorine in it I feel like I'm drinking a swimming pool!! NO thank you.

[Samm]

By far, the best tasting bottled water comes from Blue Lake in Sitka Alaska. The water is barged to Washington, bottled and sold under the name of True Alaska and several other names in the west.

Or you can go to Sitka and drink nearly the same thing from the tap... it comes from the same source; only the treatment is different.

[captusa]

I live in a part of Upstate New York where several companies bottle and sell the water that we drink out of the tap. So I guess it's pretty good stuff since folks are paying a lot more for it than I am.

Never been a big fan of bottled water personally. Probably the only bottled water I've ever tasted where I thought "this tastes better than most" is Fiji water.

I've also noticed that certain mineralized waters don't seem to quench my thirst.

I'll stick with tap.

I was born in Albany where the water was excellent.
I worked on construction sites where workers that lived across the river that would bring gallons of water from fire hydrants for drinking.
Rensellear water was from the river and highly chlorinated.
Some of the towns south of Albany had well water that tasted of sulphur.
Long Island gets its water from deep aquifilers.
NYC and Albany gets their water from upstate reservoirs.(NYC does use some Hudson River water)
Most municipalities have good water and there is no need for bottled water.
Most bottled water is someone elses tap water and Evian is Naive spelled backwards.
Of course you know Perrier is an acronym.
Pretentious
Europian
River
Run-off
In
Expensive
Receptacles

[captusa]

Bottled water is a nice little scam. Wish I'd thought of it.

Another scam is "de-ionized water". That stuff is bad for you. It's not that if you drink it you'll keel over dead but it's that it does nothing for you healthwise. And once air hits it it starts to re-ionize anyway.
Pure distilled water is not ionized.
It will not harm you to drink it but it tastes pretty flat.
Any non-organic salt added will ionize the water.
Common high school experiment was to show that distilled water does not conduct electricity and adding a pinch of salt will allow the water to conduct electricity.

[captusa]

I like to be able to fill a glass with water that's clear and I like water that doesn't taste bad. Most of the tap water in my area taste's bad so I drink bottled water.

Where do you live.

[ExDem]

I like the filtered water that is on the door of my fridge. If I drink a bottled water, it has to be S. Pellegrino.
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[CID_0687]

My wife says our tap water is gross...She drinks the Nestle water.

I don't get it myself...tastes fine to me...comes out of the same well I've drank from all my life, well, since I was six years old...

[jungulator]

My wife says our tap water is gross...She drinks the Nestle water.

I don't get it myself...tastes fine to me...comes out of the same well I've drank from all my life, well, since I was six years old...

Fill her Nestle water bottle with water from the garden hose and see if she can tell the difference :whistle:

[diamond dave]

We have a 800 ft well and the best tasting water I have ever tasted...mmmmm. I have never been a big water drinker until I moved here. We even have an old fashion well house where we can draw water with a bucket. (that is a shallower well)
One thing that took me a while to get used to is when the power goes out you can't flush the toilet. I never equated electricity outage and flushing the toilet...

[snagswolf]

Use a Brita filter. My wife doubts it does anything, but every time she tries to sneak in a glass of plain tap water, I can tell the difference.

[CID_0687]

Fill her Nestle water bottle with water from the garden hose and see if she can tell the difference :whistle:
:lol:

I can't tell the difference with any of them...Now, I've had nasty tap water before...when I go to my brother's house in south Florida, I won't drink the water...but none of the bottled waters taste any different to me.

[StoneScratcher]

Pure distilled water is not ionized.
It will not harm you to drink it but it tastes pretty flat.
Any non-organic salt added will ionize the water.
Common high school experiment was to show that distilled water does not conduct electricity and adding a pinch of salt will allow the water to conduct electricity.

Drinking distilled water isn't good for you, in fact, it can be very bad.

Only use it if you're on a short fasting/cleansing diet.

[59Flash]

Hope you have it tested periodically.
Just because water is from a deep well doesn't necessarily mean its free from numerous possible contaminants.


Each well is tested once per month. We have a community owned water system with 5 wells. I used to work for them free (Director on the board of Directors). The wells are checked every day for the chlorine residual (0.3 ppm.) You can drink this water right out of the well but the State says that we have to have at least a 0.2 ppm chlorine residual. It is just extra strength bleach that goes into the water, we buy it from a pool service by the barrells.

[59Flash]

I drink either Deer Park or Fruit2O. Our tap water is nasty!! Has so much chlorine in it I feel like I'm drinking a swimming pool!! NO thank you.


A swimming pool usually has less (about 0.5 ppm)than your average city water(0.8 ppm)residual.

[EnchantedFrog]

A swimming pool usually has less (about .05 ppm)than your average city water(.08 ppm)residual.
That's a curious factoid. :think:

[59Flash]

Fill her Nestle water bottle with water from the garden hose and see if she can tell the difference :whistle:

If you ever cut open a used garden hose it will cure you of the bad habit of drinking from it.

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

If you ever cut open a used garden hose it will cure you of the bad habit of drinking from it.

Did it all the time as a kid (drank from the hose, not cut it open lol).

Thinking back on all the stuff we did and played with as kids, it's a wonder we survived :lol:

[djdudley]

My favorite = tap or garden hose!!!!!
I have a hard time paying for bottled water when I get it for lots less from tha tap. Could never buy into the fad of buying bottled water just cuz it has someone's name on it. It is still water, remember evian spells naive backwards. I realize there are some areas with bad water, and folks in these areas need decent tasting water. I also have a problem with the plastic bottles ending up as landfill. For all I care most bottled water comes from some city's municipal water supply anyway! Look on the bottle, it has to tell you where it came from. I live in Suffolk Cty L.I and our water is always tested and is very good.

[jungulator]

Check out Penn and Teller's take on bottled water. There is some bad language so beware.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0fZK3m7bDc

[Samm]

Use a Brita filter. My wife doubts it does anything, but every time she tries to sneak in a glass of plain tap water, I can tell the difference.

Brita filters remove almost nothing from tap water except chlorine. They claim that their filters remove dissolved metals (which is doubtful,) but the truth is, there are virtually no heavy metals in most tap water except iron. You can get essentially the same benefit of the filtering by simply filling the Brita pitcher with plain unfiltered tap water and letting it sit overnight allowing the chlorine to degas.