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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Been working out today and chatting to a friend and they are horrified that I fill my water bottles up from the tap and that I don't drink bottles water..
Apparently I'm on a slippery slope to death and blindness... However as I have always drank it I shall continue to so( unless I'm far from home as different areas make me poorly )
So do you drink it from the tap or am I really a cave woman as been suggested x |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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Honestly you would have thought I had told her I fill my water bowl up from a muddy puddle lol
I did laugh but then she is also not sure about the fact I grow some of my own fruit and veg.... And I would be safer getting it from the supermarket. For the same reason she won't buy from the small grocer either as apparently you don't Know where it came from.  |
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"What's in your tap water ?
When was the last outbreak of cholera or typhoid in the UK ?
I think some people should get a grip  "
I drink it straight from the tap at my Mums but when I moved into my flat, I filled the bath and it had this yellow tinge to it so I sent a sample to the waterboard and they analysed it. When I got to the bit about there being arsenic in it, I bought a filter jug.  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Since we moved, no. The water is pretty cloudy and it puts me right off.
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Funny if I go back home ( feltham middx ) I won't drink the water for the same reason... But its nice and clear up here. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Tap water for me too.
One friend used to bang on about fluoride in our tap water so only drank bottled water. I must admit a got a little kick from pointing out her bottled water contained chloride etc |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Honestly you would have thought I had told her I fill my water bowl up from a muddy puddle lol
I did laugh but then she is also not sure about the fact I grow some of my own fruit and veg.... And I would be safer getting it from the supermarket. For the same reason she won't buy from the small grocer either as apparently you don't Know where it came from. "
Blimey, don't mean to sound insulting to your friend but she has a serious case of paranoia going on there. Can't beat a bit of home grown veg and fruit |
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"What's in your tap water ?
When was the last outbreak of cholera or typhoid in the UK ?
I think some people should get a grip "
Last August there was a parasite outbreak in the mains water supply in Lancashire. It was on the news, Google it if you like. |
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What does she think people drank before bottled water was popular.
I keep bottled water in to put in my bag when going out or to put up stairs when I have guests. Otherwise its council pop.
I do remember working in the pub when Perrier water started to be popular and we thought it was for posh people  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Read somewhere that tap water is better than bottled. And eventually the water will react with the plastic bottle. Don't suppose there's a sell by date on them for nothing? And aren't they filled from a tap somewhere anyway, don't imagine there's a guy standing in a mountain stream somewhere filling them |
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"Read somewhere that tap water is better than bottled. And eventually the water will react with the plastic bottle. Don't suppose there's a sell by date on them for nothing? And aren't they filled from a tap somewhere anyway, don't imagine there's a guy standing in a mountain stream somewhere filling them "
Have you been watching Only fools and Horses, Peckham spring episode? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Been working out today and chatting to a friend and they are horrified that I fill my water bottles up from the tap and that I don't drink bottles water..
Apparently I'm on a slippery slope to death and blindness... However as I have always drank it I shall continue to so( unless I'm far from home as different areas make me poorly )
So do you drink it from the tap or am I really a cave woman as been suggested x "
Carry on living dangerously  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Honestly you would have thought I had told her I fill my water bowl up from a muddy puddle lol
I did laugh but then she is also not sure about the fact I grow some of my own fruit and veg.... And I would be safer getting it from the supermarket. For the same reason she won't buy from the small grocer either as apparently you don't Know where it came from. "
You should put a warning on your profile.
I drink tap water. Bottled if I'm out and want to carry a bottle. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Read somewhere that tap water is better than bottled. And eventually the water will react with the plastic bottle. Don't suppose there's a sell by date on them for nothing? And aren't they filled from a tap somewhere anyway, don't imagine there's a guy standing in a mountain stream somewhere filling them "
My dreams are dashed. 
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Honestly you would have thought I had told her I fill my water bowl up from a muddy puddle lol
I did laugh but then she is also not sure about the fact I grow some of my own fruit and veg.... And I would be safer getting it from the supermarket. For the same reason she won't buy from the small grocer either as apparently you don't Know where it came from.
You should put a warning on your profile.
I drink tap water. Bottled if I'm out and want to carry a bottle. "
What like this couple may be fruity... Or maybe a pesticide free warning |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What's in your tap water ?
When was the last outbreak of cholera or typhoid in the UK ?
I think some people should get a grip
Last August there was a parasite outbreak in the mains water supply in Lancashire. It was on the news, Google it if you like. "
We had an outbreak of cryptosporidium a few years back. I don't think anyone died, they just got the shits so no big deal |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Someone mentioned about mountain water . Water that flows from the fells where i live is full of arsnic and has to be filtered properly, just be carefull when filling bottles up from rivers or streams |
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"Since we moved, no. The water is pretty cloudy and it puts me right off.
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Fill a clear glass and leave it for a minute. If it clears from the bottom up, it is caused by tiny air-bubbles from high-pressure mains, and is safe. If it clears from the top down report it.
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"There's nothing wrong with tap water"
Unless you then add carcinogens to it, call it 'Dasani', and market it as "bottled spunk" without first checking if that phrase means something different in the UK...
(Not quite 'the real thing')
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By (user no longer on site)
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Richard Hammond did a docu a few years ago about water and bottled up some tap water and letting people test it and people were actually buying it from him saying it was nice! Other companies probably do this too |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I used to work in the analytical industry and nearly all the water authorities were my customers. The equipment I worked on checked (amongst other things), you 'potable' (drinking) water for metals etc. Other equipment checked it for organics etc.
APART from when there are accidents(usually from human error), our water in this country is one of the finest in the world and far safer then most waters. People buying bottled water are often buying water that is in plastic which if it has been subjected to strong sunlight COULD leech plasticisers into the water. these can be carcinogenic.
A lot of bottled water is no better then tap water, but some areas do have 'brackish' tap water. If that is the case then filter it or buy bottled water. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I think the tap water in my area is excellent.
All this shite about drinking bottled water shows how effective they are at marketing.
Considering some of the water in bottles is shipped from abroad think of the environmental damage of the transportation.
You are drinking from a plastic bottle that may or not be recycled.
The standards for bottled water is lower than straight forward tap water.
A work mate of mine told me you MUST drink two litres of Bottled water a day. I asked him to show me where any health service recommened Bottled water, I am still waiting three years later on any scientific proof.
Nothing wrong with the odd bottle but I am happy with good old fashioned tap water !!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Richard Hammond did a docu a few years ago about water and bottled up some tap water and letting people test it and people were actually buying it from him saying it was nice! Other companies probably do this too"
Was it Peckham Spring from Only fools and horses ???? |
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Of course I drink from our taps, the water is generally of very high quality.
I'm disturbed that big companies have taken over water and hoodwinked people into buying it in bottles. Overpriced nonsense and robbery. Many of these companies are also taking it from drought stricken areas, leaving locals with even less of their natural resource - which should be their right : Such as in California. It's immoral.
Coca cola also sold Dasani bottled processed tap water, that was full of carcinogens, due to their processes. A lot of bottled water is just public tap water, so don't assume it's not coming from a public water plant.
If I was bothered I would process my own water. My family's spring source is still flowing and was great to swim in during heatwaves but I've always been happy with tap water. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I think a lot of the worry is due to the fluoridation of tap water in England.. Not sure about Wales but I know we don't do it in Scotland.
Fluoride was used by the nazis to keep the Jewish prisoners complaisant. It has also been linked too cancer,ADHD and autism to name a few |
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Fluoride was used by the nazis to keep the Jewish prisoners complaisant."
Noooo!
That was the communists/catholic church/upper classes/feminists/aliens*
(*insert chosen conspiracy theory of the day.)
This one has even made it onto Wikipedia's 'mad conspirary theories' page.
" It has also been linked too cancer,ADHD and autism, by no reputable scientific studies whatsoever, to name a few"
Corrected your last bit too
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By (user no longer on site)
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Bugger that, I always drink tap water*. Life is too short for being paranoid about minuscule quantities of incredibly diluted stuff that will probably have no effect on me whatsoever.
*Except in london where it tastes rank. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Fluoride was used by the nazis to keep the Jewish prisoners complaisant.
Noooo!
That was the communists/catholic church/upper classes/feminists/aliens*
(*insert chosen conspiracy theory of the day.)
This one has even made it onto Wikipedia's 'mad conspirary theories' page.
It has also been linked too cancer,ADHD and autism, by no reputable scientific studies whatsoever, to name a few
Corrected your last bit too
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I think we shall agree too disagree. Don't tend to try prove myself to people who use Wikipedia for info. I assume you also think jet fuel damaged steel to the point it caused not 1, but 2 buildings to collapse at free fall rate?.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Been working out today and chatting to a friend and they are horrified that I fill my water bottles up from the tap and that I don't drink bottles water..
Apparently I'm on a slippery slope to death and blindness... However as I have always drank it I shall continue to so( unless I'm far from home as different areas make me poorly )
So do you drink it from the tap or am I really a cave woman as been suggested x "
I wonder if your friend is aware that the rules and regulations for bottled water are not a tight as the water in your taps  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think a lot of the worry is due to the fluoridation of tap water in England.. Not sure about Wales but I know we don't do it in Scotland.
Fluoride was used by the nazis to keep the Jewish prisoners complaisant. It has also been linked too cancer,ADHD and autism to name a few"
Can you post links please? |
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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago
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"Since we moved, no. The water is pretty cloudy and it puts me right off.
Fill a clear glass and leave it for a minute. If it clears from the bottom up, it is caused by tiny air-bubbles from high-pressure mains, and is safe. If it clears from the top down report it.
Mr ddc"
Thanks...will try that later.
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Anyone remember the Coca-Cola scandal a few years back?
They launched a 'new' bottled water brand called Dasana (or something named like that?!) 'Sourced and captured in Essex' c. £2 a 330 ml bottle.
Turns out is was nothing more than tap water, and they finally admitted it came from the mains supply... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think a lot of the worry is due to the fluoridation of tap water in England.. Not sure about Wales but I know we don't do it in Scotland.
Fluoride was used by the nazis to keep the Jewish prisoners complaisant. It has also been linked too cancer,ADHD and autism to name a few
Can you post links please?"
Do you have TOR... Could send you privately if you do.. Not really advised to post these links in open if people don't proper protection in place... |
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I think we shall agree too disagree. Don't tend to try prove myself to people who use Wikipedia for info. I assume you also think jet fuel damaged steel to the point it caused not 1, but 2 buildings to collapse at free fall rate?...."
In addition to water purification techniques and public health improvements, yes, we were also taught about failure mechanisms in steel, including plastic theory, in our university civil engineering course... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think a lot of the worry is due to the fluoridation of tap water in England.. Not sure about Wales but I know we don't do it in Scotland.
Fluoride was used by the nazis to keep the Jewish prisoners complaisant. It has also been linked too cancer,ADHD and autism to name a few
Can you post links please?
Do you have TOR... Could send you privately if you do.. Not really advised to post these links in open if people don't proper protection in place... "
Sorry I'm not understanding why you can't post links here. |
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"I think a lot of the worry is due to the fluoridation of tap water in England.. Not sure about Wales but I know we don't do it in Scotland.
Fluoride was used by the nazis to keep the Jewish prisoners complaisant. It has also been linked too cancer,ADHD and autism to name a few
Can you post links please?
Do you have TOR... Could send you privately if you do.. Not really advised to post these links in open if people don't proper protection in place...
Sorry I'm not understanding why you can't post links here."
Only certain links are allowed as stated in the forum rules. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"i use a water distiller to purify my drinking water ..if you saw what was left in the bottom you'd be horrified .i cant drink rap water now it tastes disgusting"
Coming from experience in plumbing, when fitting a new boiler, I'd get the water in the system down to within 10% of tap water quality. Usually around 10ppm on a TDS meter for around here.
Safe levels are considered under 500ppm and anything over 1000 really isn't for human consumption.
Using a home water purifier/filter, I'm presuming it's an RO filter? You must have quite high levels in the water in your area. If you're down at really low levels to start with I'd say a filter is pretty pointless. |
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"Been working out today and chatting to a friend and they are horrified that I fill my water bottles up from the tap and that I don't drink bottles water..
Apparently I'm on a slippery slope to death and blindness... However as I have always drank it I shall continue to so( unless I'm far from home as different areas make me poorly )
So do you drink it from the tap or am I really a cave woman as been suggested x "
Did he then head off in his volvic sponsored car? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I drink filtered tap water, only cause we live in a hard water area."
My reply was going to the other post I quoted but it fits well here.
Where we live it's around 20ppm and the other post Bournemouth I think.... Was around 320 so a filter would be well worth it. But totally pointless for us to get one.
You can look it up pretty quickly for the water quality in your area online. |
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tell your friend her bottled water is full of Dihydrogen Monoxide
some facts you should know about it about it
Death due to accidental inhalation of DHMO, even in small quantities.
Prolonged exposure to solid DHMO causes severe tissue damage.
Excessive ingestion produces a number of unpleasant though not typically life-threatening side-effects.
DHMO is a major component of acid rain.
Gaseous DHMO can cause severe burns.
Contributes to soil erosion.
Leads to corrosion and oxidation of many metals. |
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I think we shall agree too disagree. Don't tend to try prove myself to people who use Wikipedia for info. I assume you also think jet fuel damaged steel to the point it caused not 1, but 2 buildings to collapse at free fall rate?....
In addition to water purification techniques and public health improvements, yes, we were also taught about failure mechanisms in steel, including plastic theory, in our university civil engineering course..."
Plastic theory would support that claim to an extent regarding creating a hinge eat. But still doesn't explain two buildings collapsing at free fall rate. If the buildings had toppled and not collapsed in their own footprints I'd maybe support that claim. Then we would still be talking about tower 7!!!!
Also steel doesn't melt till over 2000f aviation fuel no longer exists after around 1700f. Plus we can tell from the BLACK smoke coming from the buildings that the fire was struggling and most likely wouldn't generate the heat required to damage the steel.
Oh and the small fact that these 3 buildings are the only buildings in history to collapse completely in their own footprint caused by fire...... |
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I think we shall agree too disagree. Don't tend to try prove myself to people who use Wikipedia for info. I assume you also think jet fuel damaged steel to the point it caused not 1, but 2 buildings to collapse at free fall rate?....
In addition to water purification techniques and public health improvements, yes, we were also taught about failure mechanisms in steel, including plastic theory, in our university civil engineering course...
Plastic theory would support that claim to an extent regarding creating a hinge eat. But still doesn't explain two buildings collapsing at free fall rate. If the buildings had toppled and not collapsed in their own footprints I'd maybe support that claim. Then we would still be talking about tower 7!!!!
Also steel doesn't melt till over 2000f aviation fuel no longer exists after around 1700f. Plus we can tell from the BLACK smoke coming from the buildings that the fire was struggling and most likely wouldn't generate the heat required to damage the steel.
Oh and the small fact that these 3 buildings are the only buildings in history to collapse completely in their own footprint caused by fire......"
You know when people talk about conspiracy theorists being unhinged? It's probably because they shoehorn their favourite theory into conversation at any possible opportunity.
"A discussion about bottled water, you say? Then it's definitely the place for me to launch a blistering expose of how 9/11 wasn't real!" |
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Tap water ( in UK) is better quality water than bottled water; there are more controls on the quality of tap water than there are on bottled water.
A number of well known brands were tested and would have failed public water supply standards. Public tap water is tested daily; ( by law)
A water bottling plant is only required to test it's water production once a month. The water bottle you but may also be at least a month old.
In addition, you should not re-use old bottled water battles constantly; chemicals leach from the plastic into the water; you should buy a plastic water bottle, ( made for the purpose) and use that to fill from the tap.
Bottled water is a rip off anyway; you are paying silly money ; it is about 5 times more expensive than your home supply.
And unless it is named as coming from a particular source ( eg malvern water), it is just public water in a bottle anyway.
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Bottled water is the biggest con trick and eco disaster ever visited on the British. What on earth did we do before it came along and the marketing men sold it to us? The UK has one of the safest most plentiful water supplies on the planet and yet people go buy unhealthy bottled water.
Worst of all the bottled water is often just that, tap water put into bottles !!!
Bottled water is actually worse for your health due to its mineral content and the leachate from plastic bottles.
The best thing to do is use tap water passed through a filter jug and stored in the fridge.
A part of it is imagery. If you are seen scurrying to work in the morning then to be uber professional, you have to be clutching either a bottle of water or a coffee.
No wonder evian is naive spelt backwards.. |
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"Been working out today and chatting to a friend and they are horrified that I fill my water bottles up from the tap and that I don't drink bottles water..
Apparently I'm on a slippery slope to death and blindness... However as I have always drank it I shall continue to so( unless I'm far from home as different areas make me poorly )
So do you drink it from the tap or am I really a cave woman as been suggested x "
I drink water straight from the tap all the time. The water I wash my car with is filtered though! |
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Tap water is spot on, as long as you're taking it off the mains feed. If you're drinking it out of your bathroom tap or for that matter brushing your teeth with it, then that's the manky stuff that's been sitting about in the tank in your roofspace......if indeed that's the sort of system your house has. |
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"Tap water is spot on, as long as you're taking it off the mains feed. If you're drinking it out of your bathroom tap or for that matter brushing your teeth with it, then that's the manky stuff that's been sitting about in the tank in your roofspace......if indeed that's the sort of system your house has."
Which is why we used to have red, blue and green taps, to differentiate between the cold water tank and the mains. I often wonder why we stopped doing that...'progress' I guess
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I think the powdered water that's included in lifeboat rations should be made available in shops...
It's got a longer shelf life than any of those expensive bottled waters and it's much lighter to carry about...  |
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By *hugwelMan
over a year ago
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Working in the fitted kitchen industry we sell many filter taps and find out the clients never change the filters.
Supermarket water can be couple years old before reaching the shelves the worst is the large bottles used in offices those can be three or more years old .
So you feed you're baby formula milk i bet you turn on the tap fill the kettle let it boil make the milk let it cool before feeding the infant its said 95% use tap water |
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