Do One Thing: Drink More Tap Water.

October 30th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

Contrary to public opinion, your tap water is probably perfectly safe to drink. Studies have shown that many bottled water brands actually have more contaminants than municipal tap water has! We have used a PUR filter on our faucet for years, and have never gotten into the cycle of buying bottled water week after week. We just fill up our Sigg or Klean Kanteen bottles (we have several of them in different sizes) and head out on our hiking trips or to wherever - we don’t stop and buy plastic bottles full of possibly contaminated water. So if you can remember, pick up some kind of reusable bottle and stop buying the bottled stuff - your tap water is perfectly fine to drink!

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  1. Comment by Envirogarden on 30 October 2008:

    Doing a research on this particular subject and it’s proven that tap water has less purity than bottled water. My family all drink tap water and for some reason,they love it..

  2. Comment by david on 30 October 2008:

    Actually, that’s not true. Click on the link in the article - bottled water, many times, is less pure than tap.

  3. Comment by EP on 30 October 2008:

    Actually, most typical bottled water are poor quality, but look for water that has been treated by reverse osmosis… FAR BETTER (cleaner and with no contaminants) vs. tap water.

    Just be aware that most RO water lack minerals as they have been removed by the filtration process, so either get a brand that adds minerals back, or make sure your getting those minerals from somewhere else!

    My tap water WITHOUT a Brita filter smells like a public swimming pool and there is nobody on the planet that can convince me that it’s safe to drink in the long run.

  4. Comment by Lorraine on 30 October 2008:

    I tried the bottled route but couldn’t deal with the plastic. Luckily my tap water doesn’t smell like a toddlers swimming pool and tastes OK so I’m sticking with that for now.
    Is there anything we can do that won’t kill us all eventually?!

  5. Comment by EP on 30 October 2008:

    @ Lorraine, if you must stay with tap water, just make sure it’s filtered (brita, etc.) If you can afford a reverse osmosis system, go for it.

  6. Comment by Lorraine on 30 October 2008:

    Hey - thanks for the tip - I’ll certainly look into it :)

  7. Comment by B. Wilde on 30 October 2008:

    This is so reassuring. Too much hype surrounds us about bottled water. Thanks for the great recommendations.

  8. Comment by Duncan on 31 October 2008:

    Whilst being a consumer of both tap and bottled water, I happen to run an organisation which produces a bottled water brand, called One, it’s a purified water product made in many locations around the USA. We donate 100% of the profits we make to fund clean water projects in Africa, called PlayPumps. Over the last year or so, we donated $2.6m just from sales in the UK (and you know what a tiny island we are here) - so imagine what could be achieved in the USA. For me, what you choose to drink or buy, is about choice, when you can’t access a tap and need to buy a bottle of water - buy One that will change someone’s life by giving them a free, sustainable water supply for life. Cheers!

  9. Comment by Stephanie - Green SAHM on 1 November 2008:

    Tap water is pretty much all my family drinks when it comes to water. My kids love it.

    We do use a Brita On Tap filter because the water in our area on its own tastes awful.

  10. Comment by envirogarden on 2 November 2008:

    Hi David,
    Still can’t find the article bottled water, not yet convinced

  11. Comment by David on 2 November 2008:

    The link is in the article:

    http://www.thegoodhuman.com/20.....yproducts/

    Its right there in black and white.

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