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Do you drink tap water?

Do you drink tap water?

  • Yes I drink Tap water

    Votes: 65 51.2%

  • I filter my water at Home

    Votes: 46 36.2%

  • I drink bottled water

    Votes: 7 5.5%

  • WATER? Only if it is used to dilute my adult beverage

    Votes: 2 1.6%

  • I only drink prune juice

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Carrots

    Votes: 7 5.5%
  • Total voters
    127
  • Poll closed .
slobake

slobake

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#1
Do drink tap water? Do you know where your local water comes from?
Around here our water contains flouride and chloromide. It also has trace amounts of lead and other minerals not in high enough concentration to cause me concern. The city monitors the quality constantly.
I have replaced most of the old plumbing in my home with copper but there are a few places where I didn't have acess. So that is a minor concern. I also realize that no system is flawless so it is possible that contamanints may get into our water system.
For that reason I use a carbon block filter for my drinking water at home. This filter system is not perfect either but it is one more level of protection. Plus the water tastes better. I will drink tap water when I am out . I don't like drinking bottled water so sometimes I carry a stainless steel bottle filled with water from my home.
Most of our water comes from soil runnoff from the snowpack in the Sierra Mountains. It is collected in the Hetch Hetchy reseviour north of Yosemite. I think it is a good idea to know the source of my water.
 
#10
Yes I have no problem drinking tap water. To be honest, I like the taste of Edmonton's tap water better than most bottled waters. Used to use a Brita filter but to be honest, I didn't taste much of a difference. I especially love the tap water in the winter, I think it comes out of the tap at around 3 degrees celcius.
 
#12
I'm in Orange County and while I'm sure there's worse, the water here isn't all that great, imo. But I'm just grateful that when I turn the tap water comes out. I run it through a filter on my refrigerator and at work we have a reverse osmosis system. I drink anywhere from 8 to 16 eight ounce glasses a day. Like Fela Kuti said, "Water no get enemy". ;)
 
#14
The wife and I are making a conscious effort to stop drinking bottled water due to the negative impact on the environment from the bottles. Now that we are back in the Olympia area, we can go back to getting our drinking water here:

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We do have a filter on our fridge for water when we are out of the well water.

-Mike
 
#17
MJ5150 said:
The wife and I are making a conscious effort to stop drinking bottled water due to the negative impact on the environment from the bottles. Now that we are back in the Olympia area, we can go back to getting our drinking water here:

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We do have a filter on our fridge for water when we are out of the well water.

-Mike
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What is that? All I can read is "Olympia Artesian Well". Looks suspicious to me. :ninja:
 

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