Water, water, everywhere....

[duke o' york]

It seems very prevalent in Europe, but very few Britishers bother with bottled water, relying on their local tap water for all their needs. Which do you prefer, and which is most common where you live?
(Answers to the first half of that question in the poll please)

[Arrian]

I drink tap water, filtered via a Brita filter. I'd drink the tap water w/o the filter, but since I have the filter, why not? My one requirement is that the water must be refridgerated, or, if I can't have that, be full of ice.

-Arrian

[Sava]

Our refrigerator has a water dispenser that filters water from the tap. That's what I drink most of the time.

But sometimes I drink bottled water.

I brush my teeth with tap water from the sink.

We get our tap water from Lake Michigan.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Sava
Our refrigerator has a water dispenser that filters water from the tap. That's what I drink most of the time.

But sometimes I drink bottled water.

I brush my teeth with tap water from the sink.

We get our tap water from Lake Michigan.

WE drink bottled water from our water cooler but I do drink tap water when that's all we have. I use the taps for toothbrushing purposes

[Kontiki]

I drink bottled water at work, and Brita filtered water at home. However, we have one of those Brita pitcher dealies, so if it's empty, I'll drink tap water until it filters through. I always use tap water to brush my teeth.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Flubber


WE drink bottled water from our water cooler but I do drink tap water when that's all we have. I use the taps for toothbrushing purposes

Our tap water is decent, but the filter on our refrigerator is awesome. It is the best water I have ever had.

The fridge also has an automated icemaker and dispenser.

Although even when it is set on cubed (instead of crushed) it still sometimes crushes the ice a little bit. So when I want ice, I just open the freezer and take ice from the bin.

Everyone else in my house just uses the dispenser though.

[germanos]

I would have voted #6, but I'm Dutch.

[Kidlicious]

I use tap water to make coffee and brush my teeth, but I don't drink it. It doesn't taste too good here.

[Dauphin]

Re: Water, water, everywhere....

Originally posted by duke o' york
It seems very prevalent in Europe, but very few Britishers bother with bottled water, relying on their local tap water for all their needs. Which do you prefer, and which is most common where you live?
(Answers to the first half of that question in the poll please)

Two thoughts:

Dasani made from local-to-me Sicup tapwater was less safe than the water from the local stream.

Consider how many bottles of Evian (or Volvic or whichever) water are made for world consumption, and then consider the catchment area of the place its supposed to come from. Does it add up? (I don't know, but my gut says no most of the time)

[duke o' york]

Yeah, but no-one makes jokes about the Dutch people's teeth.
Except maybe the Belgians behind your backs.

[Starchild]

I drink and brush my teeth with tapwater. I'd like to buy a filter (it's very very hard to be calcium deficient in Norwich thanks to how much we've got in our water) but haven't gotten around to it yet.

Drink bottled water at festivals or when I'm thirsty and on the move.

[DanS]

DC tapwater has lots of "particulates", so I drink it filtered (a charcoal filter like Brita does nicely). I use tapwater for brushing my teeth.

My parents have well water, which they run through their RO filter for drinking and through the charcoal filter for everything else (i.e., a water softener). That is a common approach in rural areas.

[Stuie]

Brita filtered tap water for drinking, straight from the tap for brushing.

[Adagio]

Water? Who drinks that stuff?

[rah]

Lake Michigan water.

At home I store tap water in the frig so it's cold enough. I brush with regular tap water.

At work I sometimes drink bottled water because the tap water isn't cold enough for me. The water fountain has a slight oily taste. I don't know why.