Water Survey!

WickAndArtoo

I'm am super curious how others choose to drink their water: tap, filtered (at home from tap), or bottled?

I personally drink filtered water with a zero filter when possible, and sometimes when I'm in a pinch will buy "filtered" bottled water, but prefer not to because of the waste.

We travel for work, and many times are in areas with notoriously bad water and even in one case there ended up being a town nearby that found high levels of lead in the water, which is why we tend to not trust tap water.

So I guess I'm curious what you choose and why... and what state you live in if you feel comfortable!

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

With a tea bag of choice in it.

aeloine

Texas: usually a Brita pitcher in my fridge. I DO treat myself to "fancy" water about once a week. I buy Fiji or Icelandic or some such instead of dessert during grocery store trips or road trips.

H_Ock12

At home...filtered via Brita or out of a jug of distilled. We have filtered water bottle fillers at work. Elsewhere, I'll carry my own jug of distilled or drink soda.

malibu927

Home: filtered through the refrigerator or Sparkling Ice
Work: whatever brand is in our cooler to buy. Usually store brand/Nestle/Ice Mountain

usmcmp

If I drink water it's from the work drinking fountain. I tend to drink other zero calorie drinks instead of water.

jemhh

Tap water. Straight from the tap. It tastes fine to me and I've never seen a report indicating that our local water is tainted with anything. I'm in Ohio.

Old_Cat_Lady

Lived in New Orleans. Always used filtered or bottled. Some municipalities you simply should not 100% trust.

cwolfman13

filtered from my fridge or whatever is in the water coolers at work...tap water as well, but it tastes a little different than the filtered, but it's perfectly ok...I live in New Mexico. I only buy bottled water when necessary...I think it's a waste for the most part...mostly if I'm out and about and thirsty with no other option or I'm in another country with questionable drinking water.

mgalsf12

Tap water. Sometimes with a little mint, cucumber, citrus or other fruits add into it.

IsabeausRose

Tap water, sometimes with crystal light in it but mostly just clear plain water

WickAndArtoo

TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »

Lived in New Orleans. Always used filtered or bottled. Some municipalities you simply should not 100% trust.

Unfortunately this is true, the water that comes out in FL not only smells but has a slight color to it... I don't care what anyone says I don't feel comfortable not filtering it/using bottled water instead. Also private wells can be super iffy too, if they aren't your own/if you don't know how well they are maintained etc.

lemurcat12

Tap at home. My tap water tastes good. I'm in IL.

We have a water cooler at work, so there I will use the cooler instead of tap (or sometimes have a LaCroix, since it's provided, or coffee).

Sp1tfire

I have well water, so mostly tap!

Lounmoun

Kansas- filtered tap water
I like cold water so we keep a filled PUR pitcher in the refrigerator.

RandJ6280

I drink filter water from my fridge, or I'll get a gallon jug at the store - it's cheaper for a gallon of water than for a liter bottle

Moxie42

California. I don't like mineraly-tasting water (including our tap water, or brands like Arrowhead). At home we get 5gal bottles from Sparkletts. On the road I get SmartWater. At work I'll drink the stuff filtered from the fridge but I don't particularly like it.

RandJ6280

Moxie42 wrote: »

California. I don't like mineraly-tasting water (including our tap water, or brands like Arrowhead). At home we get 5gal bottles from Sparkletts. On the road I get SmartWater. At work I'll drink the stuff filtered from the fridge but I don't particularly like it.

Side note - I have a pending law suit with SmartWater..... I drank over 5 gallons of their water and I didn't get any smarter than I was to begin with. lol

sllm1

My tap water tastes horrible. I buy gallons of drinking water and refill my Contigo bottle from that. Or, if I'm at work, I use the filtered water fountain.

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HeidiCooksSupper

We installed a Whirlpool under-the-counter filter we picked up from Lowe's. It means another hole in the counter and has a separate spigot. Mostly we did it because of the muddy swimming pool taste our water gets in the summer. The "system" was less than $100 and it's about $40 twice a year for the filters.

We found the ones you screw on the tap don't work very well. They tend to spring leaks or squirt water out sideways and once you change the filter it's hard to have them go back together right.

Gisel2015

Double filtered water. One filter is in the garage and another one in the fridge. When I travel by car I take bottles filled with my own water but I may buy bottled water in the market when I am done. Or I would fill them up again with filtered water from water coolers, if possible.

WickAndArtoo

Very cool, I am loving learning about everyone's preferences and choices!

xvolution

Filtered with a solid carbon filter. It's the only choice (besides bottled) since our tap water has way too much chlorine in it.

FitPhillygirl

Bottled water, plain.

Polo265

WickAndArtoo wrote: »

TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »

Lived in New Orleans. Always used filtered or bottled. Some municipalities you simply should not 100% trust.

Unfortunately this is true, the water that comes out in FL not only smells but has a slight color to it... I don't care what anyone says I don't feel comfortable not filtering it/using bottled water instead. Also private wells can be super iffy too, if they aren't your own/if you don't know how well they are maintained etc.

We spend our winters in Florida and always buy bottled water. To me, it has a funky taste.

Heather4448

I prefer my water filtered at the Pepsi plant.

jgnickel

Triple filtered. Once in through an inline carbon filter, through the softener, then filtered again in the fridge. Our well water has a tendency to get that "sulfer" smell and this seems to do the trick. At work I fill my bottle from the water cooler.

WickAndArtoo

Polo265 wrote: »

WickAndArtoo wrote: »

TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »

Lived in New Orleans. Always used filtered or bottled. Some municipalities you simply should not 100% trust.

Unfortunately this is true, the water that comes out in FL not only smells but has a slight color to it... I don't care what anyone says I don't feel comfortable not filtering it/using bottled water instead. Also private wells can be super iffy too, if they aren't your own/if you don't know how well they are maintained etc.

We spend our winters in Florida and always buy bottled water. To me, it has a funky taste.

Oh yeah I forgot to mention that part... I completely agree it tastes very off! Definitely not something that is realistic to drink unfiltered. At home in MT we never use anything but tap water, so it's not like we are unreasonable, the water here is bad

seltzermint555

Midwestern city with supposedly good water, so I drink tap most of the time. On trips, always bottled water (cheapo brands from the supermarket or whatever).

JennJ323

I'm in Ohio, at work I drink tap water and at home I'll either drink bottled if we have it or tap. It tastes totally fine to me! I never add flavoring to it, I like just plain old water.