Tap water or bottled water?

stev0

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call me a yuppie... bottled :p

edit: $5 for a case of ice mountain at sams
 

Jzero

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I bottle my tap water. Store it in plastic in the fridge for 24 hrs and it tastes like bottled water anyway.
 

gururu

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get bottled. not much money at all (~ dollar/gallon). water tastes so much different from location to location that I just don't trust it.
 

XZeroII

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I was talking to someone who used to work for the EPA or some other organization last year and they told me that there are ZERO regulations on bottled water. There are regulations on soda, juice or any other drink you buy, but not bottled water. They could bottle swamp water if they wanted. They could bottle water contaminated with a disease, no problems. I don't trust bottled water anymore.
 

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Just depends on the area. I used to live in Dubuque, IA which was voted something like the 3rd best tap water in the nation to a place that barely ranks as remotely drinkable. Reverse osmosis helps out a lot though. So I guess I vote filterd(RO) tap water.

 

z0mb13

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Originally posted by: XZeroII
I was talking to someone who used to work for the EPA or some other organization last year and they told me that there are ZERO regulations on bottled water. There are regulations on soda, juice or any other drink you buy, but not bottled water. They could bottle swamp water if they wanted. They could bottle water contaminated with a disease, no problems. I don't trust bottled water anymore.

this is true. however the bottle water manufacturers will NEVER do stuff that stupid.. they can get thier ass sued

 

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Originally posted by: z0mb13
Originally posted by: XZeroII
I was talking to someone who used to work for the EPA or some other organization last year and they told me that there are ZERO regulations on bottled water. There are regulations on soda, juice or any other drink you buy, but not bottled water. They could bottle swamp water if they wanted. They could bottle water contaminated with a disease, no problems. I don't trust bottled water anymore.

this is true. however the bottle water manufacturers will NEVER do stuff that stupid.. they can get thier ass sued

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Ryan

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Tap - I like the taste of it over bottled. Plus, there's flouride in it, so it's good for your teeth :p