Bottled water

BigMamma the tap water on this estate tastes and smells strongly of chlorine especially first thing.
We are close to a water tower.

I drink tap water all the time . I have kidney problems and have to drink loads of water . I have a filter in my fridge which dispenses cold water
And I have a chilli bottle which keeps it cold .
I never buy bottled water unless I’m on holiday abroad as I don’t want to get ill. Sometimes it’s the mineral content that upsets tummies. Rather than dirty water .
In restaurants I always ask for a jug of tap water as I think bottled water in restaurants is a rip off . I’ve worked in bars and restaurants and I know what they pay for water .

I drink tap water at home and in restaurants.

I will not drink water out of the tap, I can taste the chlorine in it. I always buy bottled water in glass bottles, not plastic, it is more expensive than plastic but I absolutely hate tap water. It never used to taste so much of chlorine in the past, it tastes very bleachy now, if that is a word.

When I go out for a meal I ask for a bottle of water and when it comes, straight out of the fridge, it is delicious with a sprig of mint in it.

I know that British tap water is safe, but i dislike drinking it. I much prefer drinkl8ng sparkling water which has a better taste.

Bump

People in Brixham are still using bottle water. It's been weeks now. Cryptosporidium is very difficult to get rid of from the pipework. Normal filters don't get rid of it eg Britax. Over 100 people very very ill for weeks now.

Something I read a few years ago has stuck in my mind ever since. Just about every single piece of plastic that I and every other person in the world has ever touched is still in existence somewhere. A sobering thought.

Sallywally1 we are on holiday in a hotel in Turkey. They are handing out literally hundreds of bottles of water a day to the guests! Why can't every guest be given a large empty refillable water bottle and scatter chilled water stations around for people to help themselves?! Makes my blood boil. At home I don't like the tap water but I bought a water filter for my fridge which makes the water taste lovely. Also the amount of people that bulk buy bottled water from Costco is ridiculous, and unnecessary.

I have the best tap water in the whole of Fife why would I buy bottled water?
I drink loads of tap water every day and during the night

I have a water filter jug for the fridge and change the filter monthly. We have very hard water here in East Anglia.
I also have a soda stream which gives me sparkling water when l fancy a change.
My milk comes in hard recycled cardboard so no plastic there either.

I do agree. I always drink tap water. Uk water is good. Buying water must be as dear as petrol,

Interestingly enough I have been told Toronto in Canada has the purest water in the world

suelld

Look at the amount of Sodium in bottled water- we are warned not to have to much salt in our food, but little warning about bottled water.

Some have more than others. It's worth looking at the label.

My water comes from an underground chalk aquifer and is exceptionally hard. I always filter water for tea and coffee and keep a glass bottle of filtered water in the fridge to drink. I also have bottled water because I can't keep up with filtering all the water I drink in summer.

I know that our plastic usage isn't as bad as in some countries but watch this,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGY4rpOnbhw

When I was 38 I took my son to Iraq to meet his grandparents. Unfortunately I got a really bad kidney infection whilst passing the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Since then I’ve only drank bottled water. My husband advised me to do that as he realised how bad tap water can be. I’m told by blood tests that my kidneys are failing but so far so good as no pain or deterioration. I will continue to drink bottled water. Our tap water is terrible here in central London.

I buy a pack of bottled (plastic) water bottles to keep in the car as I tend to drink a lot - always recycle the bottles. I go through 2-3 refilled water bottles a day in work which comes out of our machine in the canteen, and use refillable or re-use the plastic ones from the tap in the house when not drinking tea/coffee. I don't like sparkling or flavoured waters. I have been reminded by some of the posters that I have a filter jug somewhere - will have to dig it out and see if I have the cartridges for it

I read it halfpint
So our poorer drinking water is clearly another benefit of being "in control".

Though Scotland fares better.

If you bothered to read the guardian article I gave at 12.34 you will find, shock, horror, that the EU standards are far higher than the UK ones.

suelld

Look at the amount of Sodium in bottled water- we are warned not to have to much salt in our food, but little warning about bottled water.

Sodium helps maintain blood pressure (according to Google) salt is sodium chloride so maybe sodium on it's own is ok?

Look at the amount of Sodium in bottled water- we are warned not to have to much salt in our food, but little warning about bottled water.

We have a water jug (Phox) to filter tap water and we re-fill any water bottles we happen to buy. The recyclable filter materials cost about £50 a year. Our water is horribly hard and tastes unpleasant.

We had a well planned for a property we were intending to move to in Southern Ireland.
It all collapsed but it seemed like a good plan.

As a frequent resident of Brixham I'm currently quite keen on bottled water. It shouldn't be necessary but unfortunately likely to become something we can't do without. Not green at all so hope for a sustainable solution.

I agree with others who mention trouble with water in Brixham, Churston and parts of Paignton which is still unresolved.
I have a filter under sink but otherwise I drink bottled water. Plastic in my area is collected every two weeks and recycled.
I have two pairs of shoes and a bag made from recycled plastic bottles ( Rothys).
I do think the plastic particles are a problem though.