Premium bottled water made from tap water?

This was not news to us... which is why we rarely buy small bottles of
bottled water. I will occasionally if I accidently run out of water in
the truck having forgotten to fill my two water bottles I keep in there
and I get thirsty.

I like Aquafina when I do buy it. I have an Aquafina bottle that I've
been re-using now for about 3 months. I re-fill it mostly from the DI
tap at work that supplies deinonized water to the chemistry analyzer in
the lab. I like the taste of DI water. It actually has a sweet flavor.
The second bottle is a small gator ade bottle.

At home, we re-use glass 4 liter wine bottles (Carlo Rossi) for water.
We purchase it at wal-mart for $.25 per gallon from the purified water
vending machine. It has a very good flavor also. Water stored in glass
tastes better than water stored in plastic. ymmv.

I'm aware that that's just city water well filtered and run past UV
radiation to disinfect it.

We don't purchase purified water for health reasons (altho' filtering
out the fluoride is a plus). The issue we have with tap water is that it
tastes like crap. The filters help and buying water from the machines is
cheaper and less hassle than maintaining a filtration system here at
home and since it makes the water TASTE good, we drink more of it.

Both of us drink water in preference to any other beverage. I drink up
to 1 gallon per day, sometimes a bit more. I'm trying to get dad to
drink more and he is up to 2 liters plus per day now. He used to be
chronically dehydrated and many other people are as well. Not a lot of
people drink much pure water... It's very good for you. Severe
dehydration is what damned near killed him when he had that appendicitis
attack, over and above the E. coli sepsis.

It took 8 liters of IV fluid to finally bring his blood pressure up to
normal and out of the danger zone. Low blood pressure for too long can
cause death from an irreversible cascade organ failure. I've seen it
happen in patients that exsanguinated even with rapid blood replacement.

Drink water!!!

Article that prompted this post:

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/aquafin...rce/2007072709
2309990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

"Aquafina to Clarify Water's Source
By Martinne Geller,
Reuters
Posted: 2007-07-28 04:05:59
Filed Under: Business News
*
NEW YORK (July 27) -- PepsiCo Inc. will spell out that its Aquafina
bottled water is made with tap water, a concession to the growing
environmental and political opposition to the bottled water industry.
*
According to Corporate Accountability International, a U.S. watchdog
group, the world's No. 2 beverage company will include the words "Public
Water Source" on Aquafina labels.
*
"If this helps clarify the fact that the water originates from public
sources, then it's a reasonable thing to do," said Michelle Naughton, a
Pepsi-Cola North America spokeswoman.
*
Pepsi Chief Executive Indra Nooyi told Reuters earlier this week the
company was considering such a move.
*
Pepsi's Aquafina and Coca-Cola Co's Dasani are both made from purified
water sourced from public resevoirs, as opposed to Danone's Evian or
Nestle's Poland Spring, so-called "spring waters," shipped from specific
locations the companies say have notably clean water.
*
Aquafina maker Pepsi says that the leading bottled water brand comes
from the same source as tap water. Soon labels will include the words
"Public Water Source" instead of "P.W.S."
*
Coca Cola's says that its Dasani water comes from local water supplies,
is filtered using a process called reverse osmosis and enhanced with
minerals.
*
Unlike rivals Aquafina and Dasani, Danone's Evian is shipped from
so-called "spring waters" in the French Alps, stressing the cleanliness
and purity of their water.
Coca-Cola Co. told Reuters it will start posting online information
about the quality control testing it performs on Dasani by the end of
summer or early fall.
*
"Concerns about the bottled-water industry, and increasing corporate
control of water, are growing across the country," said Gigi Kellett,
director of the "Think Outside the Bottle" campaign, which aims to
encourage people to drink tap water.
*
San Francisco's mayor banned city employees from using city funds to buy
bottled water when tap water is available. Ann Arbor, Michigan passed a
resolution banning commercially bottled water at city events and Salt
Lake City, Utah asked department heads to eliminate bottled water.
*
Critics charge the bottled water industry adds plastic to landfills,
uses too much energy by producing and shipping bottles across the world
and undermines confidence in the safety and cleanliness of public water
supplies, all while much of the world's population is without access to
clean water.
*
But industry observers said such opposition is unlikely to drain U.S.
sales of bottled water, which reached 2.6 billion cases in 2006,
according to Beverage Digest. The industry newsletter estimated that
U.S. consumers spent about $15 billion on bottled water last year.
*
"Consumers have an affection for bottled water. It's not an issue of
taste or health, it's about convenience," the newsletter's publisher,
John Sicher, said. "Try walking up (New York City's) Third Avenue on a
hot day and getting a glass of tap water."
*
Dave Kolpak, a portfolio manager at Victory Capital Management, said the
environmental objections will have little impact on the bottom line for
either Pepsi or Coke, though he admitted it could slow the market's
growth rate.
*
"Pepsi and Coke do not make a lot of profit" on bottled water, said
Kolpak, adding that people may talk about the issue, but will likely
continue buying some bottled water. Victory Capital owns about 3 million
shares of PepsiCo among its $62 billion under management.
*
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On Jul 28, 11:04 am, Omelet <omp_ome...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This was not news to us... which is why we rarely buy small bottles of
> bottled water. I will occasionally if I accidently run out of water in
> the truck having forgotten to fill my two water bottles I keep in there
> and I get thirsty.
>>Snippedednessess<<Ye-yawp

A fool and dere money soon be parted.

Dual stage under the sink filters here + a nice pump (not steam)
espresso machine. Starbucks is FOR FORKING FOOLS!!!

Richard.

Please, have another latte and support the economy you lazy gits.

On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:04:32 -0500, Omelet <omp_omelet@gmail.com>
wrote:


>Pepsi's Aquafina and Coca-Cola Co's Dasani are both made from purified
>water sourced from public resevoirs, as opposed to Danone's Evian or
>Nestle's Poland Spring, so-called "spring waters," shipped from specific
>locations the companies say have notably clean water.
>*
>Aquafina maker Pepsi says that the leading bottled water brand comes
>from the same source as tap water. Soon labels will include the words
>"Public Water Source" instead of "P.W.S."
>*
>Coca Cola's says that its Dasani water comes from local water supplies,
>is filtered using a process called reverse osmosis and enhanced with
>minerals.

RO isn't readily available to everyone and DOES raise the value of
straight tap water.

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"Joe Humble" <joehumble@earthlink.net> wrote
> Omelet <omp_omelet@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Pepsi's Aquafina and Coca-Cola Co's Dasani are both made from purified
>>water sourced from public resevoirs, as opposed to Danone's Evian or
>>Nestle's Poland Spring, so-called "spring waters," shipped from specific
>>locations the companies say have notably clean water.
>>
>>Aquafina maker Pepsi says that the leading bottled water brand comes
>>from the same source as tap water. Soon labels will include the words
>>"Public Water Source" instead of "P.W.S."
>>
>>Coca Cola's says that its Dasani water comes from local water supplies,
>>is filtered using a process called reverse osmosis and enhanced with
>>minerals.
>
> RO isn't readily available to everyone and DOES raise the value of
> straight tap water.

Indeed. For some of us, our tap water tastes like shit. I buy bottled for
the taste, or lack thereof.

David

On Jul 28, 8:30 pm, "David Cohen" <sammies...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> "Joe Humble" <joehum...@earthlink.net> wrote
>
>
>
> > Omelet <omp_ome...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>Pepsi's Aquafina and Coca-Cola Co's Dasani are both made from purified
> >>water sourced from public resevoirs, as opposed to Danone's Evian or
> >>Nestle's Poland Spring, so-called "spring waters," shipped from specific
> >>locations the companies say have notably clean water.
>
> >>Aquafina maker Pepsi says that the leading bottled water brand comes
> >>from the same source as tap water. Soon labels will include the words
> >>"Public Water Source" instead of "P.W.S."
>
> >>Coca Cola's says that its Dasani water comes from local water supplies,
> >>is filtered using a process called reverse osmosis and enhanced with
> >>minerals.
>
> > RO isn't readily available to everyone and DOES raise the value of
> > straight tap water.
>
> Indeed. For some of us, our tap water tastes like shit. I buy bottled for
> the taste, or lack thereof.
>
> David

Davide' you really should try a nice dual stage with charcoal
filtering. Really. I bought your sell on the PSPMF diet (now happily
at <12% BF and decreasing).

It's good. Course I ain't tried it in the rock flats of the desert
out west, just the salty prairie flats of Texas (Houston).

On Jul 28, 9:04 am, Omelet <omp_ome...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I like Aquafina when I do buy it. I have an Aquafina bottle that I've
> been re-using now for about 3 months.

Altho plastic bottles can be reused (myth that they chemically
breakdown with use see below)please remember to wash them out with hot
soapy water/bleach once in awhile to avoid bacteria buildup which
could make you sick.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reusing_water_bottles
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/petbottles.asp
http://www.bw.lehigh.edu/story.asp?ID=18169

Also consider recycling them or buy nonpetroleum plastics:
http://www.emagazine.com/view/?2844



joanne

In article <1185669654.310829.220270@j4g2000prf.googlegroups. com>,
The.Sargon@gmail.com wrote:

> On Jul 28, 11:04 am, Omelet <omp_ome...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This was not news to us... which is why we rarely buy small bottles of
> > bottled water. I will occasionally if I accidently run out of water in
> > the truck having forgotten to fill my two water bottles I keep in there
> > and I get thirsty.
> >>Snippedednessess<<Ye-yawp
>
> A fool and dere money soon be parted.
>
> Dual stage under the sink filters here + a nice pump (not steam)
> espresso machine. Starbucks is FOR FORKING FOOLS!!!

Wealthy fools. ;-)

>
> Richard.
>
> Please, have another latte and support the economy you lazy gits.
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In article <csqna3hbn18aa17jj0dvg31v4nsvovrkc7@4ax.com>,
Joe Humble <joehumble@earthlink.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:04:32 -0500, Omelet <omp_omelet@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> >Pepsi's Aquafina and Coca-Cola Co's Dasani are both made from purified
> >water sourced from public resevoirs, as opposed to Danone's Evian or
> >Nestle's Poland Spring, so-called "spring waters," shipped from specific
> >locations the companies say have notably clean water.
> >*
> >Aquafina maker Pepsi says that the leading bottled water brand comes
> >from the same source as tap water. Soon labels will include the words
> >"Public Water Source" instead of "P.W.S."
> >*
> >Coca Cola's says that its Dasani water comes from local water supplies,
> >is filtered using a process called reverse osmosis and enhanced with
> >minerals.
>
> RO isn't readily available to everyone and DOES raise the value of
> straight tap water.
>
> --
> Is this thing on?

It's why we are willing to pay $.25 per gallon for it rather than
maintaining our own system.

The fancy bottled water around here is nearly $2.00 per pint.
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In article <1185695169.235202.15570@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.c om>,
joanne <jgrrl2@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Jul 28, 9:04 am, Omelet <omp_ome...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I like Aquafina when I do buy it. I have an Aquafina bottle that I've
> > been re-using now for about 3 months.
>
> Altho plastic bottles can be reused (myth that they chemically
> breakdown with use see below)please remember to wash them out with hot
> soapy water/bleach once in awhile to avoid bacteria buildup which
> could make you sick.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reusing_water_bottles
> http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/petbottles.asp
> http://www.bw.lehigh.edu/story.asp?ID=18169
>
> Also consider recycling them or buy nonpetroleum plastics:
> http://www.emagazine.com/view/?2844
>
>
>
> joanne

We use glass bottles, but still wash them out between refills.
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In article <F4Sqi.12883$Od7.4140@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink .net>,
"David Cohen" <sammiesdad@earthlink.net> wrote:

> "Joe Humble" <joehumble@earthlink.net> wrote
> > Omelet <omp_omelet@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Pepsi's Aquafina and Coca-Cola Co's Dasani are both made from purified
> >>water sourced from public resevoirs, as opposed to Danone's Evian or
> >>Nestle's Poland Spring, so-called "spring waters," shipped from specific
> >>locations the companies say have notably clean water.
> >>
> >>Aquafina maker Pepsi says that the leading bottled water brand comes
> >>from the same source as tap water. Soon labels will include the words
> >>"Public Water Source" instead of "P.W.S."
> >>
> >>Coca Cola's says that its Dasani water comes from local water supplies,
> >>is filtered using a process called reverse osmosis and enhanced with
> >>minerals.
> >
> > RO isn't readily available to everyone and DOES raise the value of
> > straight tap water.
>
> Indeed. For some of us, our tap water tastes like shit. I buy bottled for
> the taste, or lack thereof.
>
> David

No vending machines for it in any of the grocery stores?
Hopefully you can at least get the grocery store pre-bottle gallons for
under $1.00 per gallon?

Dad sometimes gets Oasis brand spring water for around $.89 per gallon.
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In article <1185695169.235202.15570@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.c om>,
joanne <jgrrl2@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Jul 28, 9:04 am, Omelet <omp_ome...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I like Aquafina when I do buy it. I have an Aquafina bottle that I've
> > been re-using now for about 3 months.
>
> Altho plastic bottles can be reused (myth that they chemically
> breakdown with use see below)please remember to wash them out with hot
> soapy water/bleach once in awhile to avoid bacteria buildup which
> could make you sick.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reusing_water_bottles
> http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/petbottles.asp
> http://www.bw.lehigh.edu/story.asp?ID=18169
>
> Also consider recycling them or buy nonpetroleum plastics:
> http://www.emagazine.com/view/?2844
>
>
>
> joanne

Ps, except for the bottle I keep in the truck. ;-)
And yes, I wash it out with a little soap and bleach between uses.
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> In article <csqna3hbn18aa17jj0dvg31v4nsvovrkc7@4ax.com>,
> Joe Humble <joehumble@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:04:32 -0500, Omelet <omp_omelet@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >Pepsi's Aquafina and Coca-Cola Co's Dasani are both made from
>> >purified
>> >water sourced from public resevoirs, as opposed to Danone's Evian or
>> >Nestle's Poland Spring, so-called "spring waters," shipped from
>> >specific
>> >locations the companies say have notably clean water.
>> >
>> >Aquafina maker Pepsi says that the leading bottled water brand comes
>> >from the same source as tap water. Soon labels will include the
>> >words
>> >"Public Water Source" instead of "P.W.S."
>> >
>> >Coca Cola's says that its Dasani water comes from local water
>> >supplies,
>> >is filtered using a process called reverse osmosis and enhanced with
>> >minerals.
>>
>> RO isn't readily available to everyone and DOES raise the value of
>> straight tap water.
>>
>> --
>> Is this thing on?
>
> It's why we are willing to pay $.25 per gallon for it rather than
> maintaining our own system.
>
> The fancy bottled water around here is nearly $2.00 per pint.

A few years ago we had a water system installed here in the house - a
water softener for the whole house, and an RO with a tap at the kitchen
sink for drinking water. It worked out well for us, we're glad we did
it, and we'd do it again. The softened water for the rest of the house
is much easier on appliances and plumbing fixtures - we were getting
build-up of minerals that was causing us to have to replace our
appliances more often than we'd like. We also use much less soap of
every kind (dishwasher, hand/bath, laundry) than we used to but you
don't need it with softened water and using the normal amount makes it a
royal pain to rinse off. And the R/O for drinking water is great,
period. The only maintenance we did is have the R/O service once a year
for about $150, and adding softener pellets to the water softener system
once every couple of weeks or so, which are very inexpensive - a 40 lb.
bag probably lasts a couple of months or more.

For a home owner, I think this sort of thing is very worthwhile.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

In article <5h40j4F3j5u88U1@mid.individual.net>,
"Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:

> > It's why we are willing to pay $.25 per gallon for it rather than
> > maintaining our own system.
> >
> > The fancy bottled water around here is nearly $2.00 per pint.
>
> A few years ago we had a water system installed here in the house - a
> water softener for the whole house, and an RO with a tap at the kitchen
> sink for drinking water. It worked out well for us, we're glad we did
> it, and we'd do it again. The softened water for the rest of the house
> is much easier on appliances and plumbing fixtures - we were getting
> build-up of minerals that was causing us to have to replace our
> appliances more often than we'd like.

We've actually considered a WS as we have to replace the hot water
heater about every 5 years due to lime buildup. All of our water comes
out of a limestone aquifer.

> We also use much less soap of
> every kind (dishwasher, hand/bath, laundry) than we used to but you
> don't need it with softened water and using the normal amount makes it a
> royal pain to rinse off. And the R/O for drinking water is great,
> period. The only maintenance we did is have the R/O service once a year
> for about $150, and adding softener pellets to the water softener system
> once every couple of weeks or so, which are very inexpensive - a 40 lb.
> bag probably lasts a couple of months or more.
>
> For a home owner, I think this sort of thing is very worthwhile.
>
> -S-

It is something to think about. ;-)

Do you use Culligan?
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> In article <5h40j4F3j5u88U1@mid.individual.net>,
> "Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
>
>> > It's why we are willing to pay $.25 per gallon for it rather than
>> > maintaining our own system.
>> >
>> > The fancy bottled water around here is nearly $2.00 per pint.
>>
>> A few years ago we had a water system installed here in the house - a
>> water softener for the whole house, and an RO with a tap at the
>> kitchen
>> sink for drinking water. It worked out well for us, we're glad we
>> did
>> it, and we'd do it again. The softened water for the rest of the
>> house
>> is much easier on appliances and plumbing fixtures - we were getting
>> build-up of minerals that was causing us to have to replace our
>> appliances more often than we'd like.
>
> We've actually considered a WS as we have to replace the hot water
> heater about every 5 years due to lime buildup. All of our water comes
> out of a limestone aquifer.
>
>> We also use much less soap of
>> every kind (dishwasher, hand/bath, laundry) than we used to but you
>> don't need it with softened water and using the normal amount makes
>> it a
>> royal pain to rinse off. And the R/O for drinking water is great,
>> period. The only maintenance we did is have the R/O service once a
>> year
>> for about $150, and adding softener pellets to the water softener
>> system
>> once every couple of weeks or so, which are very inexpensive - a 40
>> lb.
>> bag probably lasts a couple of months or more.
>>
>> For a home owner, I think this sort of thing is very worthwhile.
>>
>> -S-
>
> It is something to think about. ;-)
>
> Do you use Culligan?

No, we have a friend who is a plumber - I got the idea for doing this
after seeing what he had done in his own house. We asked him to do the
same for us. I just went and looked at the R/O - it say Water Factory
Systems and The Water Factory on it, and otherwise we have the name of
number of the local guy from whom our plumber purchased the hardware and
who is also the same guy who comes out and does the annual servicing. I
think we've had the annual service twice so far, which means we're in
our fourth year with it.

The downside of the R/O, as I understand it, is that is uses more water
than it produces, IOW, it takes more than a gallon of tap water to make
a gallon of R/O water - I'm afraid I don't know the statistics in any
further detail than that, and a Google didn't find me this information,
either, but I do remember our plumber mentioning this fact. If your
water source was a well and you used a lot of R/O water, I imagine this
could be an issue, but we have your basic town-supplied, piped-in water
and we don't worry about it. Since it's only drinking water, I suspect
it's not a high percentage of our total water consumption but, again, I
don't have any further statistics than that.

The downside of the water softener we have is that it does some sort of
daily maintenance on itself and, for that hour or so, you apparently
don't have softened water, but most people, including us, have it run
overnight. I suppose it would be something to think about if you were
used to running, say, your dishwasher overnight - you'd have to
coordinate that. I don't think the R/O is hooked up to electricity but
the softener is - again I think it's a very small amount of electricity
that it uses.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com


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In article <5h4583F3iedekU1@mid.individual.net>,
"Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:

> > Do you use Culligan?
>
> No, we have a friend who is a plumber - I got the idea for doing this
> after seeing what he had done in his own house. We asked him to do the
> same for us. I just went and looked at the R/O - it say Water Factory
> Systems and The Water Factory on it, and otherwise we have the name of
> number of the local guy from whom our plumber purchased the hardware and
> who is also the same guy who comes out and does the annual servicing. I
> think we've had the annual service twice so far, which means we're in
> our fourth year with it.
>
> The downside of the R/O, as I understand it, is that is uses more water
> than it produces, IOW, it takes more than a gallon of tap water to make
> a gallon of R/O water - I'm afraid I don't know the statistics in any
> further detail than that, and a Google didn't find me this information,
> either, but I do remember our plumber mentioning this fact. If your
> water source was a well and you used a lot of R/O water, I imagine this
> could be an issue, but we have your basic town-supplied, piped-in water
> and we don't worry about it. Since it's only drinking water, I suspect
> it's not a high percentage of our total water consumption but, again, I
> don't have any further statistics than that.

We are on city water so I'd not worry about unless it was significant.

>
> The downside of the water softener we have is that it does some sort of
> daily maintenance on itself and, for that hour or so, you apparently
> don't have softened water, but most people, including us, have it run
> overnight. I suppose it would be something to think about if you were
> used to running, say, your dishwasher overnight - you'd have to
> coordinate that. I don't think the R/O is hooked up to electricity but
> the softener is - again I think it's a very small amount of electricity
> that it uses.
>
> -S-
> http://www.kbnj.com

Thanks.
Gives me some ideas as to where to start looking.
It's interesting how much more water one is willing to consume when it
tastes good. :-) We don't buy soft drinks but I do like to make solar
teas sometimes. They are good for guests. Celestial Seasonings has a lot
of interesting tea varieties.
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On Jul 29, 10:17 am, "Steve Freides" <st...@fridayscomputer.com>
wrote:
> For a home owner, I think this sort of thing is very worthwhile.


As a nonhomeowner, we just wanted cleaner tap water for cooking/coffee
making/brushing teeth etc. even though we occasionally also buy
flavored bottled waters for on the go. We ended up installing PUR
stage three faucet mounted water filters (stage three filters take out
most contaminents, from MTBE to pesticides: http://www.purwaterfilters.com/info_pur_9400_fm.htm
)

Our work place(in an older building with suspect corroded plumbing)is
too cheap to buy any type of water filters, or water cooler type
containers, so the employees have started a recycling program of
buying bottled water. Everyone recycles the plastic bottles (and some
bring in theirs from home too) which volunteers haul to the local
recycle place and then turns the cash over to someone going to Costco
or elsewhere to buy caselots of bottled waters. It seems to be working
well with only a few times where everyone has to chip in a dollar or
two towards replenishing the stockpile.



joanne

On Jul 28, 12:04 pm, Omelet <omp_ome...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This was not news to us... which is why we rarely buy small bottles of
> bottled water. I will occasionally if I accidently run out of water in
> the truck having forgotten to fill my two water bottles I keep in there
> and I get thirsty.
>
> I like Aquafina when I do buy it. I have an Aquafina bottle that I've
> been re-using now for about 3 months. I re-fill it mostly from the DI
> tap at work that supplies deinonized water to the chemistry analyzer in
> the lab. I like the taste of DI water. It actually has a sweet flavor.
> The second bottle is a small gator ade bottle.
>
> At home, we re-use glass 4 liter wine bottles (Carlo Rossi) for water.
> We purchase it at wal-mart for $.25 per gallon from the purified water
> vending machine. It has a very good flavor also. Water stored in glass
> tastes better than water stored in plastic. ymmv.
>
> I'm aware that that's just city water well filtered and run past UV
> radiation to disinfect it.
>
> We don't purchase purified water for health reasons (altho' filtering
> out the fluoride is a plus). The issue we have with tap water is that it
> tastes like crap. The filters help and buying water from the machines is
> cheaper and less hassle than maintaining a filtration system here at
> home and since it makes the water TASTE good, we drink more of it.
>
> Both of us drink water in preference to any other beverage. I drink up
> to 1 gallon per day, sometimes a bit more. I'm trying to get dad to
> drink more and he is up to 2 liters plus per day now. He used to be
> chronically dehydrated and many other people are as well. Not a lot of
> people drink much pure water... It's very good for you. Severe
> dehydration is what damned near killed him when he had that appendicitis
> attack, over and above the E. coli sepsis.


It's hilarious how people grab on to trends and apply them to totally
unrelated incidents. Now that guzzling water is a national obsession
we find people who work in air conditioned offices carrying a bottle
of water with them when walking from one cube to the next in fear that
they will become dehydrated on route. If 8 glasses of water a day
are good then 20 must be better!
Most mammals drink twice a day (morning and evening) and your body is
well adapted at handling the "dehydration" in between, especially if
you eat a half decent diet with some water dense fruits along the way.

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:30:13 GMT, "David Cohen" <sammiesdad@earthlink.net> wrote:

>"Joe Humble" <joehumble@earthlink.net> wrote
>> Omelet <omp_omelet@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Pepsi's Aquafina and Coca-Cola Co's Dasani are both made from purified
>>>water sourced from public resevoirs, as opposed to Danone's Evian or
>>>Nestle's Poland Spring, so-called "spring waters," shipped from specific
>>>locations the companies say have notably clean water.
>>>
>>>Aquafina maker Pepsi says that the leading bottled water brand comes
>>>from the same source as tap water. Soon labels will include the words
>>>"Public Water Source" instead of "P.W.S."
>>>
>>>Coca Cola's says that its Dasani water comes from local water supplies,
>>>is filtered using a process called reverse osmosis and enhanced with
>>>minerals.
>>
>> RO isn't readily available to everyone and DOES raise the value of
>> straight tap water.
>
>Indeed. For some of us, our tap water tastes like shit. I buy bottled for
>the taste, or lack thereof.

Imagine, having to *import* clean-tasting water to.... the MIDDLE of the FUCKING DESERT!!!!