Bottled water? Sink faucet filtration? Pitcher? Straight from the tap?
What kind of water do you drink, and why?
What kind of water do you drink, and why?
How do you take your water?
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Straight from the tap.
Or technically, from the tap into a Tupperware cup.
Then from the cup to my mouth.
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Or technically, from the tap into a Tupperware cup.
Then from the cup to my mouth.
-Derek
Straight out of the tap on ice, because the Clean Water Regulations requires that the water coming out of the tap be safe to drink AND it tastes fine. If it didn't taste good, then I would filter it.
Brita Pitcher. I never realized what crap my water was until I got that pitcher.
I still use tap for Kool-Aid, iced tea, coffee, and cooking, but for straight drinking water, it's Brita all the way.
I still use tap for Kool-Aid, iced tea, coffee, and cooking, but for straight drinking water, it's Brita all the way.
For the coffee pot, tap. Drinking fresh, has to be bottled. Nothing fancy, just spring or drinking water from the grocer. Tap grosses me out. Can't explain it. Just don't like that it's comin' from down in the ground, through some pipe.
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Bottled. My favorite is Fiji, but I usually cut costs and go with Crystal Geyser.
Why? Because I don't like the taste of tap water and I like the convenience of the bottles.
Why? Because I don't like the taste of tap water and I like the convenience of the bottles.
I usually use my 3-gallon tabletop water cooler, but since I've tried to eliminate BPA from everything else, I'm feeling hypocritical and think it's time to eliminate the BPA-leeching 3-gallon jug I've been using for... um... years. (Yeah, I just rinse it out every time I refill it with Poland Springs.)
It seems like there are drawbacks to every type of filtration system, though, and I'm just inexplicably grossed out by straight tap. I'm thinking the Brita pitcher may be my next step, but o! How I will miss my hot water dispenser for tea and coffee and instant soup. Then I'll have to microwave it, which is probably just as harmful as the BPA I'm trying to avoid.
Ya just can't win, I tell ya.
It seems like there are drawbacks to every type of filtration system, though, and I'm just inexplicably grossed out by straight tap. I'm thinking the Brita pitcher may be my next step, but o! How I will miss my hot water dispenser for tea and coffee and instant soup. Then I'll have to microwave it, which is probably just as harmful as the BPA I'm trying to avoid.
Ya just can't win, I tell ya.
Jennifer, I hate to break it to you, especially so close to christmas, but how do you think they get the water in the bottles? They don't actually fill them up at the spring you know. It comes through some pipe, from down in the ground. And a lot of bottled water is just tap water, that's filtered or processed through reverse osmosis. Nothing fancy.
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Actually, I have an in-sink filtration system that dispenses boiling water and cold water. It's murder on the electric bill but quite convenient.
...my city is renowned for it's great tastin' tap 
so I go for that. It's easy on the wallet, too.
so I go for that. It's easy on the wallet, too.
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The BPA is why I've been considering a Brita also. My problem is that I drink so much water. I keep a gallon jug with me at all times and I drink right from the jug. Not very lady like, I know. But it's my way of making sure I get most of the gallon down each day.
I suppose I could keep a pitcher of Brita water with me and just pour it in a glass. *Sigh*