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Re: Stop Drinking Bottled Water

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Post by Bombthecat »

Lagged2Death wrote: post #20
cylinder wrote: post #18

At my last job, everyone drank several bottles of water a day (freely available in the fridge). And they couldn't be bothered walking the empty bottles to the kitchen where there was a recycling bin - straight to the trash. This, even though they added filtering to already good NYC tap water. Only myself and one other person bothered to fill up a glass instead of take a bottle. I sometimes feel like Americans go out…

Status symbols are inherently wasteful. Waste and the situation implied by that waste (high status and affluence) is their function. I believe this is generally true across cultures, but it's often easier to see them for what they are in someone else's culture.

So we Germans aren't right in our mind trying to push for recycling and energy waste?

Re: Stop Drinking Bottled Water

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Post by Bombthecat »

collyw wrote: post #16
goldenkey wrote: post #3

Not all bottled water is sold by PepsiCo. Not all tap water is as healthy as alkaline spring water. Tap water is often going through tons of piping, heavily florinated or chlorinated, and can be tainted with microbes. (Hence the need for halogens.) Faucet water is good for some things. It still is beneficial to have sanitary water for boiling food, bathing or showering. But some of the tap water in America is quite p…

I moved from Scotland (great tap water) to Barcelona (crap tap water). I bought bottled water to begin with but found the amount of plastic in the trash depressing so I bought a water filter. No carrying water home and less trash and probably works out cheaper.

What kind of filter are you using?

I want to filter too. Right now I'm using filters which needs to be exchanged every month and filters water very slow :(

Any tips?

Re: Stop Drinking Bottled Water

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Post by VeejayRampay »

alex_duf wrote: post #19
VeejayRampay wrote: post #6

I don't like namedropping brands, but I bought a Sigg water bottle about 5 years ago, cost me 20 euros, it's rock solid and it just works as a container. It could be any other brand really, just anything with a large enough volume that you fill it in the morning and drink from it all day long before washing it at night, leaving it to dry and starting over in the morning. It's a good system.

I do the same, but with a good old glass of water. These are under rated I believe

EDIT: You're right about the glass. I initially misread your comment, my bad.

Re: Stop Drinking Bottled Water

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Post by messick »

1_player wrote: post #14
marak830 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I second this, havnt had issues drinking water anywhere. I'm grandparents use a tap filter, but I think that's more mental than anything.

I don't remember the source, but I recall reading that, paradoxically, tap water in cities is much better quality than bottled water, due to stricter controls. Probably doesn't taste as good, but you can be quite sure it won't harm you. The tap water from the small village in the Italian country I was born in is the best I've ever had, but I drink straight from the tap in London without any issues, except when I need…

You are referencing water standards in the USA. Each water type fell under the authority of a different Federal agency. EPA for tap, FDA for bottled, I believe. The FDA has lesser standards. My thoughts are because, at the time, only suckers would pay money for something that was practically free.

In any case, the standards have now been made the same.

Re: Stop Drinking Bottled Water

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Post by anotheryou »

Thankfully I'm lazy enough not to buy bottled water. In my city the water is good, but tastes not so good (many many minerals. If i dry my black trousers the wrong way around I'll be left with lines of minerals on the outside (like dried sweat)). With tea the taste is very obvious.

Re: Stop Drinking Bottled Water

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Post by Apofis »

cylinder wrote: post #18

At my last job, everyone drank several bottles of water a day (freely available in the fridge). And they couldn't be bothered walking the empty bottles to the kitchen where there was a recycling bin - straight to the trash. This, even though they added filtering to already good NYC tap water. Only myself and one other person bothered to fill up a glass instead of take a bottle. I sometimes feel like Americans go out…

I don't know, I live in NYC and after I bought a filter I started drinking a lot more tap water. There's still something in the water that improves that waters taste after it's removed.

Re: Stop Drinking Bottled Water

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Post by gravypod »

Drinking bottled water, where I live, is kind of the only sane choice.

I was made fun of all last semester by dorm-mates about not drinking anything but bottled. Low and behold, there was a crap ton of lead found in the water after testing (along with many other particles).

How did I know this would be the case?

Any city or town built more then 70 years ago has this problem. This isn't as resistant in rich hipster places but in most of the US it is a problem.

Filtered and or bottle water is really the only way to go. Drinking the tap is not a good idea at all, no matter how many people tell you to.

I'm also the kind of person who uses many of the bottles I drink from for other purposes. (Starting flowers, cutting in half to make pen holders, etc)

Re: Stop Drinking Bottled Water

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Post by goldenkey »

Bombthecat wrote: post #22
collyw wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I moved from Scotland (great tap water) to Barcelona (crap tap water). I bought bottled water to begin with but found the amount of plastic in the trash depressing so I bought a water filter. No carrying water home and less trash and probably works out cheaper.

What kind of filter are you using? I want to filter too. Right now I'm using filters which needs to be exchanged every month and filters water very slow :( Any tips?

Activated carbon lined with silver works pretty well. PUR sells these. Unfortunately, the power of activated carbon comes from its pourousness. And therefore it will always filter much slower than the faucet gpm due to the resistance which all good filters will provide. You can try compensating by turning the faucet on very high output. Faucet filters will always be quicker than any pitcher filter because of that ability to add additional gpm pressure.

Re: Stop Drinking Bottled Water

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Post by DanBC »

benbristow wrote: post #29
ManlyBread wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Flavoured water is just soda with some marketing added.

Volvic etc. do flavoured water. It's nothing like Soda. It's literally bottled water with a bit of flavour added.

Like this one?

https://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Volvic-Touch-of-Fruit-...

                    per 100ml   per 250ml  
    Carbohydrate	4.8 g	12.1 g
    of which sugars	4.8 g	12.1 g
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