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Re: Consumers are switching to water as they avoid sugary beverages

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 4:33 AM UTC

amalag wrote: post #138

usaphp wrote: post #134

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I've heard RO water is not that good for your health, it removes a lot of good salts and other stuff from it.

Unless you are buying spring water, all bottled water and soda water is just RO water with something added back. RO water is as pure as it gets. There are many discussions about RO but if you think about it, the quantity of salts is so miniscule in water that you would get it back from food anyway. Anyway I use a remineralizer as the last step after RO just for the taste. The RO taste is a bit sharp for me.

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Re: Consumers are switching to water as they avoid sugary beverages

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Post by semi-extrinsic » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 8:49 AM UTC

amalag wrote: post #136

djloche wrote: post #128

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I'm going to concede on the particulars of how low the price was because it must have been just a killer loss leader in-store sale at walmart - the cheapest I can find now online is ~$7 for the same flat of 35 17oz bottles. I am, however, going to disagree with how much water. 2 gallons of water for a single person each day seems to be more than just excessive for drinking water. Even if I was drinking 17oz each prim…

Actually me and my wife went through approx 1 gallon per day, not 1 gallon per person, so approx 0.5 gal per day per person. We use an RO filter, provides amazing taste.

Friend of mine spent 6 months sailing from Europe to and around the Caribbean and back. He said they planned with 0.8 gallons per person per day. That has some safety margin in it, of course, so 0.5 gal per day per person is likely bang on actual consumption.

Re: Consumers are switching to water as they avoid sugary beverages

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Post by pattisapu » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 11:09 AM UTC

NegativeK wrote: post #97

webkike wrote: post #87

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If your water is literally smelly than it is either something wrong with your pipes or psychosomatic. I can't imagine that the entire city of San Diego is distributing water that has an odor. I have never had this problem in San Diego. I would suggest calling the city if this is truly a problem.

Smell is not an indication of danger. Municipal water in Florida often has the smell of sulfur, due to the presence of sulfur -- and if I'm remembering correctly, a relative who works at the state equivalent of the EPA told me that it's common in coastal areas due to byproducts of bacteria in the water table. But it's completely harmless. I can only speak for Florida, though.

I like drinking tap water back home in Orlando. The smell/taste is different but, well, it reminds me of home.