Bottled water

@anderssen said
No I haven't.
When I drove through Arizona I was only drinking beer. 😉

Of course you can go with me.
I always need someone to pay.

@great-big-stees said
I take a bit of water with my dram of scotch...in the form of, just one, ice cube, who's liquid form emanated from our tap.

@trev33 said
Confess, who buys it instead of drinking tap water and why?

@wolfgang59 said
Are you sure?
Water is usually only chlorinated as a temporary measure
against some biological mishap in the supply system.

@kquinn909 said
Wrong. I helped install the clorine injectors on this site. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2014/11/14/community/mwd-approves-three-skinner-rehabilitation-projects-lake-skinner-feeds-fpud-rmwd-more/42525.html it feeds San Diego and Riverside in Ca.

@wolfgang59 said
Surely all the chlorine is removed before it goes into the public system?

I was thinking about situations where the water distribution is compromised
and chlorine is added to the water (after cleaning) as a safe-guard and remains
in the system. As in Christchurch, NZ
(http://www.ccc.govt.nz/services/water-and-drainage/water-supply/water-chlorination/#10/-43.6593/173.1667)

@Suzianne
Well I'll be very surprised if the water is permanently
chlorinated. (As opposed to treated with chlorine.)

@Suzianne
This month's Consumer Reports has a big article about bottled water.
One thing they pointed out, in terms of consuming nano and micro plastics,
those drinking city water get about 4000 bits a year but those drinking bottled get 90,000. Don't know if there are proven health risks to that but there it is.
There are also bottled water companies just filtering city water and reselling it and it turns out to be a 34 BILLION dollar industry.

@suzianne said
The way things like this usually work in real life (in America, anyways) is that those on the right refuse to spend the money to do things right, and we end up with half-assed solutions to everything.

Look what happened in Flint, MI.

America could have the best everything, but it usually costs money that conservatives refuse to fork over. They sure love to shov ...[text shortened]... al institutions, though, and that money usually gets wasted in bonuses and parties and CEO salaries.

@suzianne said
The city water where I live tastes heavily of chlorine. One of these days I'll get a filtration system, but for now, I buy Arrowhead at the store.

@sonhouse said
@Suzianne
This month's Consumer Reports has a big article about bottled water.
One thing they pointed out, in terms of consuming nano and micro plastics,
those drinking city water get about 4000 bits a year but those drinking bottled get 90,000. Don't know if there are proven health risks to that but there it is.
There are also bottled water companies just filtering city water and reselling it and it turns out to be a 34 BILLION dollar industry.

@sahuaro said
What about using a water filter on the faucet?

I have a bottle for water, and a Plastic cup for my coffee.