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Most bottle labels tell you not to do it because its "dangerous",
Depends if you believe them or not, doesn't it:D
The only people who think that bottled water tastes better than tap water are retards who care more about the branding than the actual taste. Which is why they will tend to buy a brand of water (like Buxton or Highland Water) rather than supermarket own-brand water. Asda's water comes from the same source in Cumbria that Aqua-Pura does, for instance. A lot of Cumbrian tap water comes from the same place too, even more amusingly.
If I'm out and I'm thirsty I'll buy bottled water because nowhere has water fountains anymore. But at home keeping a non-filter jug of tap water in the fridge is more than enough for me.
People round here who won't drink the tap water really do make me laugh. Most bottled water around here is from the Northumberland fells around Kielder. Our tap water is from...the Northumberland fells around Kielder. The carbon footprint of my bottled water isn't too bad, coming as it does from Carlisle, Rothbury or Buxton at a push. My broccoli probably comes further.
All of those arguements bar e) are complete crap because you could fill up a container with tap water
I drink tap water because I can't notice the difference anyway! If I do buy bottled water its usually because I'm out and I've forgotten my own bottle, in which case I always buy Brecon Carreg because its from just up the road
Well it does taste different (though all bottled water tastes pretty much the same). But I prefer tap water. But like I say, there's absolutely no way that someone can like bottled water and not like tap water. They're not different enough for that.
Where's Volvic from? That's what I usually buy because it's usually the cheapest. Except Brecon Carreg when I was in uni, but they only sell it in Wales. I can be tempted by a nice sports top though. And it has to be a 750ml bottle.
I can assure you that if the tap water here didnt taste so damn weird, i would drink it. I do sometimes drink it but its just bleurgh. Its not snobbery and i know its safe, its just the taste. It tastes ok filtered but there are always weird particles willing around in the filter jug when i do it, so that doesnt encourage me much either. probably dodgy piping. I cant even stand the taste of tea and coffee round here if its made with unfiltered water. its just chalky and limescaley.
Im not a water snob. I actually prefer tescos 47p bottled water to Evian by a long shot, and there are several bottled waters that I dont like the taste of. Maybe ive got oversensitive tastebuds.
Finding out how many litres of water it takes to produce one bottle for bottled water has made me think twice a bit though. Back to the Brita now. Theres no way i would drink the water straight from the tap though. If that was the only water available id probably rot my teeth just drinking fruit juice all the time, and obviously they come in containers too so no environmental benefits there either.
When im in scotland I drink tap water no problem. It tastes fine.
London water = not so nice, but I still drink it. Bottled tastes better though. Kermit - come taste it. I'm no retard.
I only buy bottles when I am out and about, and I tend to keep one that I fill up and use for a while to fill with tap water.
Even the water companies agree that tap water tastes different to bottled water - it was on the Wright Stuff yesterday. It's down to the minerals and the flouride they pump into it.
They do say however, that if you get yourself a brita water filter, it filters out the minerals and flouride and gives you a non-tasting tap water.
I buy bottled water not for the brand but for how it's packaged - Highland spring seems to be the only company that sell 12 500ml bottles for less than £4. My mum's happy to keep buying them, as long as I keep drinking water. It's all down to preference at the end of the day.
I digress.... my point is, no one has any right to tell someone what they can and cannot like the taste of. Simple as.
Incidentally, I remember a TV programme where someone filled up bottles with tap water to sell (not illegal) as "bottled water" and was able to sell them for 50p a bottle, and even get comments about how nice the water was.
Living off the stuff and buying big 2 litre multi-packs is not. I would not be able to morally justify buying bottled water - when there is safe and clean tap water available. Millions of people do not have access to tap water that is safe to drink - for rich Western countries to be spending billions of pounds on bottled water is disgusting...
Bottled water is bad for the environment and it is a completely avoidable and unnecessary luxury. Bottled water from overseas should be banned, it's doubly unnecessary - and all bottled water should have a special tax on it which directly funds clean water and carbon offsetting projects.
tis in london.
As increasingly does Yorkshire's supply of water according to the babble that Yorkshire Water have sent today with their raping bill.
Had a nice bottle of Harrogate Spa today courtesy of fTPE.
im sure you could find somewhere in scotland
Good for water perhaps but the swimming would be far too cold
Look how we've dragged this off topic
My dad does that, goes to the highlands and fills several bottles up with water from the stream at the top of the hill. He thinks it tastes great, and its not bad, but i just worry about all the seamonkeys in it.
I missed this. Makes perfect sense to me. What's the point? You adjust to water taste, just like any other taste (though I wish I could adjust better to spicey food!).
I don't drink bottled water (apart from in Nepal when the tapwater wasn't safe, Kathmandu is one of the most polluted cities on the planet), out of principle mainly.
I can see why in another country, you might need it, but never in the UK.
It sickens me that something that falls from the sky is commodified.
A guy once told me that in Mexico (I think it was Mexico, or another central American country), Coca Cola is cheaper than bottled water.
I remember camping in the hills (I'm from Wales and grew up in the mountains).
If you know where to go (i.e. above farms and anything else which can pollute the course) you can find the freshest and tastiest water possible. It's like heaven and cold as ice, running from the mountains.
Didn't my comment leave room for places where flouride IS added? I said it wasn't put into ALL water, not ANY water
the ecoli bacteria has spread to mountain streams so it's not that safe anymore
How does ecoli get in to mountains?
It was fine a couple of years ago (or four)
I don't really see the problem. The water has been fluoridated in the West Midlands for a long time and it's been a success.
maybe thats why they talk funny?
Did you check for dead animals beforehand?
Dangeours bacteria can form in any untreated water. E coli can survive for a quite a while outside the body and there are animals that shit on mountains.
When I worked as a greenkeeper we used to have to take care when clearing ditches because of the threat of bacteria.
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lol - DISCLAIMER: I actually love the west midlands accent
i find that quite pathetic.
i can't believe that you buy bottles because you can't be bothered to get up and go downstairs. do you manage to make it to the kitchen to get your dinner?
Might have something to do with adaption, since I've been on a boat trip on a bulgarian (or something) ship, and I wouldn't even expect my toilet to swallow that water. (slight exaggeration). It burnt in my eyes.
austria is one of the countries with the cleanest and freshest tap water, so it might have been, because I wasn't used to the water of that region of the u.k.
With that said: no I don't drink bottled water, except mineral water.