Comments on: Water is the new oil, according to James Bond

By: Toby

Toby — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:17:52 +0000

I’m sorry, but I find it hard to believe this whole water filtration biz is anything but a scam. I’ll keep drinking my tap water that doesn’t need plastic accessories.

By: H2Oy vey… water is complicated

H2Oy vey… water is complicated — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:20:28 +0000

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By: Crunchy Chicken

Crunchy Chicken — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:29:15 +0000

I drink straight from the tap. Hell, if my toilet were cleaner and we didn’t follow the yellow let it mellow rule, I would drink from there, too.

But Seattle has tasty water. The tap water in San Diego tastes weird and the tap water in Brooklyn is just plain gross, so it depends on where you live.

By: Oldnovice

Oldnovice — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:06:58 +0000

I’m a tap water drinker, as well. I live in Grand Prairie, Texas and there’s usually a period (of drought) each summer where our city water switches over to well water. The taste is totally different … salty … during this period, so I tend to drink other things. The ice-maker in the frig still uses tap water, so drinks that require ice will get a bit of a salt taste.

There are areas in Illinois (and probably many other areas of the US) where the water is very hard, leaves an orange residue in bathrooms, and has an odd (undesirable) odor. I don’t know if that can be filtered out or not.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:12:20 +0000

I wish it were possible to drink tap water where I’m from! As it is, it’s just completely unsafe

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:13:33 +0000

I just drink straight from the tap!

By: Kristijoy

Kristijoy — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:37:32 +0000

I think if you have the time and money to worry about how your water tastes that your energies are probably better spent elsewhere. Water in the states is rigorously controlled,unlike bottled water,and therefore safer for you than any bottled water(which is usually some municipality’s drinking water anyways). It also means aside from taste, that generally a filter is useless. (I’m anti fluoride however and lucky to live in a city that is too!) Aren’t we lucky to live in societies were the water flows freely from faucets and we don’t have to boil it or treat it before drinking and have the luxury to worry about taste?
Can ya tell I drink from the tap? Man, I grew up drinking from the garden hose too.

By: Sam Bozzo

Sam Bozzo — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:57:28 +0000

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By: Teartaye

Teartaye — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:13:56 +0000

Oh man, you’d hate to have me there for your taste-test. Not that I think bottled water is a good thing, but I’d probably be able to tell you which was bottled.

I can definitely taste the difference between tap water, “fridge water” (tap water that has been sitting for a while), bottled water and brita/other filters. Unfortunately, my water connoisseur tongue has not had any real access to other filters, so I can’t be any help.

I find I crave tap water if I don’t drink it for a while. Something about that chemically, slightly metallic taste. I can only imagine what they put in it to make it addictive! I’m mildly allergic (or overly sensitive) to the fluoride in the tap water here, so I need to drink fluoride-free water sometimes. I’ll be watching this with interest.

And the thought of Canada exporting water to the states, for some reason, just doesn’t seem like a good idea.

By: Anie

Anie — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:15:40 +0000

I think tap water is fantastic, granted in certain cities it tastes better, and in certain places i take more caution. Where i used to live in ontario i loved the tap water, it was probably the best water i had ever tasted, this was unfiltered. Now i live in a rural town in BC and I am a bit more cautious, I still use the tap water but i use a filter whenever possible, being nervous of the manure run off. However, when at work i do not have access to filtered water and often forget my canteen at home so i just drink the tap water. And honestly theres no difference at all. I’m thinking of ditching the filter entirely seeing as Tap water has to meet higher standards and often tests cleaner than bottled water.

Also, next time you happen to pop into a Tim Hortons (if you ever do) take a peek at their new recycling service. Really… because I did the other day and it turns out that at most of them behind those cute bottle holes there is just a garbage bin shared with the trash door thats beside it. I got myself into a bit of a rage and will be writing Tim Hortons as well as my local paper, and hopefully some people out there are as upset as i am the cooperation’s are duping us.