Tap water , do you drink it?
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I live in Leeds, England. Our local water company, Yorkshire Water, was so proud of their reputation they invited Holly Valance (pop singing strumpet, Neighbours star) up from London to drink a bunch. It was in the paper and everything.
I don't know any reason I should remember it.
I don't know any reason I should remember it.
So I live in Washington state. The area where I live is fed by Spada lake and has some of the best drinking water in the world. And despite that fact, public works still puts chemicals in it. But yes I do drink tap water, its all I need. Before that I was on a well and personally it is the best water I have tasted to date.
I can drink it. I don;t really have a preference for it over filtered water or bottled water though to be honest.
We actually have a filter on our faucet in the kitchen, but it's probably a 50/50 chance as to whether I'll use it.
If I want the water faster, I'll just use the tap.
We actually have a filter on our faucet in the kitchen, but it's probably a 50/50 chance as to whether I'll use it.
If I want the water faster, I'll just use the tap.
Might just be because I live in a place with good water filtration but I actually prefer the taste of tap water to bottled water. I've even actually bought a bottle of water and dumped the water out and filled it up with H2o from a water fountain because I needed something to carry some water with me and I hate the taste of bottled water so much.
Yes. The water where I live is just fine from the tap. I always thought bottled water seemed like something a hair's breadth away from a scam, but then I visited my grandmother down in Florida and the tap water there was half a step from undrinkable (although I don't think it applies to the whole state, probably just a local thing). Still, if I were to live in a place like that, I'd make use of filters over overpriced water bottles.
In my 18 years of life the best water I have ever tasted, has come from the outside hose at my dad's house. It goes through nothing and is just raw unfiltered water. It is the greatest thing ever. Just yesterday I want to his house and filled up two, two gallon jugs of water from the hose to last me through the week.
Yup. I'll drink tap water, bottled water. whatever.
The tasted never really got in the way. I drink water because I don't feel thirsty afterwards, and because I need to... and the whole Water is healthy.
To be fair I also don't pay attention that much to the taste of food either.
For example, hate bittermelon. Think it's disgusting. I'll typically eat it every time it's presented though. Because it's eat or starve.
I prefer the taste of good food, just as I'd prefer water not to have a plastic after-taste or whatever (Not that I've noticed such a thing anyway), I'd still drink it.
The tasted never really got in the way. I drink water because I don't feel thirsty afterwards, and because I need to... and the whole Water is healthy.
To be fair I also don't pay attention that much to the taste of food either.
For example, hate bittermelon. Think it's disgusting. I'll typically eat it every time it's presented though. Because it's eat or starve.
I prefer the taste of good food, just as I'd prefer water not to have a plastic after-taste or whatever (Not that I've noticed such a thing anyway), I'd still drink it.
I try to only drink tap water when I feel like drinking an ocean, even though tap water in my region is considered very healthy.
Most bottled water is just repackaged tap water. I drink Chicago water, so I don't really give a damn.
I have to say the only 'bad' tap water I've ever had was in my old student halls. The building was put up in the 70s and the pipework was obviously due a refit. If you left the glass for a minute though then it settled and tasted a bit better. Never did me any harm.
Potable water is kind of mandated by the government. I mean, that doesn't GUARANTEE your water will be totally safe to drink, but I'm pretty sure that at least the USA's tap water is considered to be some the safest water you can get. If you want it a little bit more filtered, more power to you, but I'll just say I used to drink water from garden hoses when I was a kid living in Texas (not by necessity, just because I was a kid), and I've swallowed more than a few mouthfuls of public poolwater on accident throughout my life. I don't think straight tap water can be any worse for me than that. I think anyone who claims to "feel sick" every time after drinking tap water is just suffering a placebo effect. And bottled water is just tap water in bottles.
I always argue with my parents over this. The tap water at my apartment is disgusting. It tastes metallic and even my cat refuses to drink it if I put it in his dish.
But if I go three blocks over to my parent's house the tap water is fine. I go there to refill bottles for the week, leading to arguments about the taste.
So yes, I will drink tap water. Just not my tap water. As a general rule I do prefer bottled, thought.
But if I go three blocks over to my parent's house the tap water is fine. I go there to refill bottles for the week, leading to arguments about the taste.
So yes, I will drink tap water. Just not my tap water. As a general rule I do prefer bottled, thought.
uhmmm. no offence but suggesting that your friends should have bottled water laying around just for you is a whole new level of entitlement. Besides, most bottled water have been trough it's fair share of pipes and cleaning systems. why not take some of the water in the tap and cut the extra cost of the brand and bottle.
I never said they should have bottled water just for me , i simply said , they offer me tap water and i refuse because i don't like tap water . I don't make a hissy fit over it . My friends just find me weird that i don't drink it . If they don't have bottled water, then fine, end of discussion and we go back to gaming .Not Matt said:
Inversely, when i have people over , i usually ask them if they prefer bottled water or tap water ( assumig they ask for water and not some other sort of breverage ), and give them what they ask for .