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Bottled water is getting expensive, especially if one drinks a few bottles a day. So is there a way to get safe clean drinking water for a cheaper price and/or possibly free?

Most Health Food stores now have large systems in-store that filter the water and use reverse osmosis. If you take your own gallon jugs in it's 39 cents a gallon. I've also seen these machines at Kroger and Meijer. The Meijer brand name Spring water is Absopure under their lable, and is often on sale at 3 cases for $10 which is quite reasonable. There are two of us and we drink 2-3 per day. We also have filters on the kitchen sink and the shower head.

US tap water is polluted with fluoride and chlorine, two very dangerous and toxic chemicals. That being the case it's very important that you continue to drink clean, pure water. If you do choose to go the 'counter-top' filtered route make sure it's one that rids the water of both fluoride and chlorine.

Good luck!

2007-05-27 03:51:50 by Nelson T

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Clean water is a necessity for life. More than a billion people don't have access to safe drinking water. How can we work together to fix this?

Safe drinking water is so basic to life, but the solution will involve much.
My pipes froze a few days ago and my father asked,
"How will you brush your teeth?" I reminded him that I had lived
in a village in Africa for over 3 years as a Peace Corps Volunteer
and that for me, here in America, one evening without water in
my home could be readily overcome/resolved. So, to answer your
question, I think there are three keys to this solution.
1) Here in America, we need to not take so much for granted.
We fret over gas prices, traffic jams, and cell phone interferences,
while others struggle with basic day to day matters of life and death.
I think we need to get a little more outside of ourselves and reach out
with support versus manipulation or force.
2) People living in areas without adequate water need to
practice safer habits. The entire village I lived in used the
very same river for laundry, bathing, travel, and drinking
water. When mothers had their little ones squat to
use the river as a toilet, my attempts to teach otherwise
were in vain -- education is key.
3) If technology can send folks to the moon and do
MRIs, we have the wisdom to build wells and such,
but communities MUST buy into it themselves. When
things such as wells are just built/paid for instead of being
built by a community, it rarely lasts. Simpler is better,
because it's easier for a community to realistically maintain.
And training must accompany anything new.
Methods for boiling, filtering and otherwise treating water
must be more wide spread as well.

2007-01-02 10:40:46 by Marcus Samuelsson

Price: $45.00

What? Bottled water isn't safe? Then how do I know if my tap water from my kitchen faucet is safe? What if I drink it when it turns....brown? I know bottled water is a waste of money and also the plastic and the not passing the federal tests...but...

Should I buy a filter? First, let me ask this question, is it safe to drink water from the faucet?

Of course its safe to drink water from a faucet... unless you live in certain parts of Nebraska and Kansas that have large quantities of nitrates in the water due to fertilizer and pesticide run off. Other than that, tap water is perfectly fine. Have you heard of towns coming down ill due to their water supply lately? No, you haven't, because its fine.

If you are that paranoid about it, get a filter for the tap or one that is in a pitcher. Bottled water is a huge waste of money... 25% of bottled water is actually the same water that ends up in peoples taps. Its big business.

2009-07-22 14:56:12 by Freaklancer

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I just moved into an apartment and the water is awful. When it first comes from the faucet, it tastes fine but smells like metal or rust, but then after leaving it out for a while, it tastes metallic. Would getting a faucet or water pitcher filter give me safe drinking water? Should I start buying bottled water instead of a filter?
This is in Richardson, TX

It's probably old pipes that is giving your water that metallic taste - not the water itself. So yes, I would buy bottled water.

2008-05-18 09:35:20 by The L

The water main coming into our house recently broke. We had to repair it (it was too expensive to replace the whole thing right now) and we were wondering how long we needed to wait for the water to be safe to drink again. It was broken for about a week. we would turn the water on at the meter to take showers and clean, but we had to replace a piece of the pipe where it was broken. Most of the dirty look seems to be gone from the water, but I do not know how long I should wait to make sure it is safe. Any ideas?

The water coming into your house from the municipality is clean and disinfected, and carries a residual disinfectant in it as well.

Your best bet is to run your water until it is absolutely clear, to have removed any of the debris caused by the repair. The residual disinfectant should take care of any microbes along the way.

If you want to be sure, your local health unit should be able to do a coliform bacteria test for you.

2008-10-21 06:33:32 by Galaldreal S.