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Bottled Water! How safe is this!

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Ladyleftfieldlover Wed 24-Nov-21 09:49:36

OH worked as a Water Engineer in various third world countries. He doesn’t approve of drinking bottled water in the UK as those poor countries were lucky to get clean water at all and ours is safe and easily accessible from a tap. I admit to putting tap water in bottles and keeping one bottle in my car and another in a rucksack for when I go out for the day. Our tap water is safe!

B9exchange Wed 24-Nov-21 09:46:43

The water industry is crazy. Not just all the dreadful unnecessary plastic bottles, but the hugely expensive personal drinks containers that seem to be in every handbag. We are so lucky to have perfectly drinkable tap water, and you are never far from a tap. I know some people say their local water doesn't taste too good, but you can always filter it. Did this all start with the advice that we should all drink 2 litres of water a day, when in fact two litres of anything will do?

Newquay Wed 24-Nov-21 09:38:15

I don’t know how it came to this!
Apparently bottled water costs more than petrol.
Why anyone feels they have to carry water round I don’t know-I admit when going to choir I carry water-and drink it-but that’s all!
It’s all such a dreadful waste isn’t it?

Audi10 Wed 24-Nov-21 09:34:07

Anyone drink bottled water, I don’t think it’s a good idea due to the plastic content etc not knowing also how long it’s been hanging about! My friend drinks gallons of it, always has bottles of water scattered round house it’s like an obsession, she thinks I’m mad telling her to drink tap water, her argument is oh everyone does it! Thoughts please!