Do you drink tap water or bottled water?

Question

My tap water is known to have carcinogens (cancer causing agents) in it. So I am afraid to drink it.

Plastic bottled water, which I have been drinking for 26 years now, has nano and micro plastics that are so small that they can break your blood brain barrier.

They are also cumulative and don't leave your body.

So which is best to drink and stay hydrated?

Master_Debator · Accepted Answer

Water stored in cheap plastic is nasty. I first went down this rabit hole when I needed distilled water for equipment... why does it have and expiration date? I learned why, because it's stored in a plastic bottle.

Ever found a plastic bottle with water in it and it looked like a layer of mud was inside of it? That's the plastic getting all into the water. If not refridgerated, the taste, that taste is not just in your head. Yes it tastes like plastic because it's in the water.

Now I'm not a plastic scientist or anything, but what is plastic made out of? <--I don't know the answer to that and I'm too lazy to look it up. But I have a feeling you people are ingesting oil.

So later I bought a water distiller... I take the pure water an re-mineralize it because pure water is acidic as fuck. You can literally drop a plugged in toaster in the tub with you of distilled water and you won't get shocked. The natural way is it gets remineralized by eating rocks and sand down which is why certain waters taste good and others taste like nasty bland butt crack water.

Hardon-Collider · Accepted Answer

Filtered water.

By the way, the reverse osmosis membranes that reject 90% of the triple-pre-filtered water, the reject water can be ran through a second membrane, and that reject water through yet a third membrane very easily. Commercislly there are often even more followup membranes. This saves a lot of pre-filter replacements. You do have to configure the pressure levels carefully, but once you do you can replace the filters up to 5 times less frequently. Which would mean, a $40 replacement set once in two years for an entire family. ㅤ

FreyaRed · Accepted Answer

PET bottles aren't dangerous as long as this plastic isn't exposed to UV radiation, high temperature and specific acids. Ergo, water in PET bottles that lies months or years on the beach can be dangerous due plastinator exposure.
In tap water, metal oxides and salts from water pipes can be concerning. However those particles react with filter material in water filters very well.
I use tap water filtered by Brita water filter, coffeemaker uses water filter from DeLonghi as well. I buy sparkling water in plastic bottles sometimes.

CherryLove007 · Accepted Answer

I go with bottled water for all my water needs. I use Mountain Valley Spring Water in the green glass bottle. Eventually I will try to get a filter system that has hydrogenated water.

Massageman · Answer

tap. We get annual reports on our muni water source.

MrOracle · Answer

I drink mostly filtered tap water. I have a filtration system under the kitchen sink and replace the filters about every 8 months.

Bottled water not only has microplastics but also off-gasses chemicals, so I do as much as I can to limit my use of bottled water. I have a couple of large (2 liter) insulated stainless bottles that I take to work to keep cold water in the car - water from my filtration system.

You can only do so much, but I try to be smart where I can. Water is a basic necessity so it's worth making a bit of an investment for.

Rangers · Answer

I almost exclusively drink from the tap. Although I couldn't resist the temptation to get a can of mountain water at a farmers market.

Best water i ever had but I drink a considerable amount of water a day, it's not sustainable to drink perfect ice gold mountain water.

But now that you mentioned it, I should start getting test strips for my tap water cause if there's harmful material in there, I'd much rather find out now and not 20 years when the doctor looks at me with a solemn expression after a scan, and I'd have to ask the saddest question, "How long do I have"?

Nobody deserves to have to hear the answer when they know time is running out. Stay safe out there

ohsheeT · Answer

I drink tap water but I have 2 filters. And a brida water container with a filter

If you buy any plastic bottled water, take a blue light to it. And you can see the green moss in it, even if the water looks clear and clean, it will show you all everything in it and just regular tap water, I wouldn't drink anyway.

I am building a water catcher. That collects water from the air. And it's like a condensation , and it is the purest form of water i think there's only one or two places I have read in the world that has actually clean pure water. But that's on the other side of the globe. So the next best thing is to collect it out of the air

midnightmoon05 · Answer

We have a well.

but we get our drinking water from the springs

we bring 5 - 5 gallon jugs every other week to refill.
it taastes cool, fresh. With natural minerals.
I also found natural herbs with help prevent cancer… but hey… we can try whatever… when the time comes … that’s life and I have lived fully and happily.

NathanDavis · Answer

I've recently installed a filter at my place... and I still don't trust the tap water we've always had purified water to drink, cook and all that we're going to ingest... lol

Likes2drive · Answer

This place by me that actually have special filters and give you a 1 gallon glass jug that they fill with water having a higher pH so you don’t have to worry about contaminants or nano plastics. The place is called pHountain but requires a membership and don’t know if it’s everywhere. I suppose you could get your own special filters on your tapwater and additives for the pH to be higher and just put it in glass bottles or stainless steel containers to carry with you.

Razp_Sorbet · Answer

Tap water in my town is drinkable from an aqufier, its safe to drink from the tap, contains low levels of chlorine to kill any bacteria but, we have a 9 Litre water filter which lives in the fridge that we fill up every day. Buying water is a waste of plastic especially since a lot of it is just the same stuff.

DeeDeeDeVour · Answer

The water filtration system in our home gets the job done.  So, no, I don't drink bottled water at home.  However, we stock up on bottled water at home regardless.

Sunrising · Answer

I would say liquids from glass bottles would be best to drink, and taken from a healthy source.

Lliam · Answer

I have been drinking my pure well water almost exclusively for the past 24 years. I always have two 1 liter bottles, one for the house and one that I take in the car.  I hate buying bottled water.

Simslover92 · Answer

I drink bottled water. I don't trust my tap water where I live.

LiamJHayden · Answer

I am paranoid about it. I have a SpringWell whole house system and then a Waterdrop under sink for drinking water. Probably overkill, but I do not care.

MonopolyGuy · Answer

Always boiled and cooled water. We never know how old city infrastructure is.

Kaneki05 · Answer

I find it funny that when I went to US everyone was scared to drink water from a tap, over here in Uk it's perfectly clean and even cleans your teeth.

Clyde_123 · Answer

I drink filtered water we buy water where I live because I don't trust tap water.

strawberryapple · Answer

Get a reverse osmosis Gizmo at home Depot.  $450

emeraldsaphire · Answer

Mostly tap water. It's safe to drink where I live, and it's cheap!

AviatorTom · Answer

I drink tap water that has flown through the filter in our fridge

douride2 · Answer

The water from my tap comes from a 100 foot deep hole in my back yard. I try to stay away from that bottled stuff.

exitseven · Answer

I drink tap water. My town has excellent water.

888theGreat · Answer

No tap

DarKnight36 · Answer

Allways Bottled Water  My Country Tap water is very dirty.

AgentG111 · Answer

Both depending on location and what I'm doing.

Brady · Answer

We hav a watr filtr n fill it up w/tap watr.

4ngelic · Answer

filtered tap

love_conquers_lust · Answer

Get an RO filter.

Jeff51 · Answer

I do both but mostly bottled.

queenofcardio · Answer

I drink both

Anonymous · Answer

Both filtered tap water and bottled water.

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