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Originally Posted by Mortis
Got ya beat, my waters in a special colourful bottle and if I bought it, it would have cost 3 bucks, really, are people insane? 
If you have a chance, watch Penn and Tellers Bullsh*t, they do a piece on bottled water, and it is funny and hits home if you happen to like bottled water better than the stuff that comes out of the tap. |
Tap water over here is a on borderline with undrinkable. They had a few discussions on BBC radio about it.
The BBC presenter - Bp
Anglian Water representative (a local water provider, who says that we should drink bottled mineral water) - Aw
Bp: So, you are saying that tap water is bad for us, that it is undrinkable?
Aw: No. You can use tap water. No problem. It goes through many tests and is absolutely safe for drinking.
Bp: But you are telling us that it is better for our health to drink bottled mineral water, because it doesn't have a, b and c that can be found in tap water. And you are saying a,b, and c are unhealthy for us in a long run.
Aw: Yes. Consumed in big quantities they are not good.
Bp: So, it unhealthy to drink tap water you provide us with?
Aw: No, it is absolutely safe. The water doesn't cause any harm to one's health.
Bp: Then why do you say that it is better ...blah blah blah...
I have heard this type of conversation twice with different people on BBC.
I know for a fact that we have
very hard water. If (not if, when, because I don't have water filters in college) I make a cup of black tea, the cup is black after only one cup. We have office water coolers on each floor that are being serviced once per year over summer. Very similar to the one on a picture I attached. I drink this water regularly, but when I make a cup of tea....the cup is black. My guess would be that the filter got to be changed probably every 3-4 weeks instead of every %$! I mean 54 weeks. Maybe it doesn't have any filter at all?
When I have been to Scotland, I could feel kettle straight from a tap, make a cup of black tea and cup would remain pristine white.
So, I always buy bottled water from home and use Brita water filter for kettle (swap it every 5 weeks, if it stays longer cups are black after black tea).
Do I buy mineral water in big supermarkets? 1.5L for 80 pens?
No way. I tried once Tesco's cheapest one, 25p per 2L. It tasted like boiled water from my kettle
I always buy mineral water from Lidl, German supermarket. 2L Carrick Glen spring water 21p