OT How many here regularly drink municipal tap water?

[theprunetang]

The worse water I experienced was in Coronado CA, the Special Warfare base. Yuk! I think it was the Amphibious Base then, maybe the water is better now too.

Now that you mention it, the absolute worst I have tasted was from Tule Lake California. It is a relatively geologically rich area south of Klamath Falls. The water tastes like sulfur. Its like drinking water that you boiled your eggs in.

 

[MarAzul]

All you need to know about water in CA.

Geez! It would have been expensive to fill my boat in CA.

 

[Chris Craig]

I drink tap water. At work though they still haven't deleaded the school water, so we drink bottled water there.

 

[Further]

I love my tap water in Walla Walla.

A few years back I decided I should have the ability to purify any water just in case there was an issue so I went out and got several different systems. I have three filter systems, two small backpacking ones and a larger stationary one. I also got two UV light StriPEN water purifiers which are great for traveling and drinking less than potable water in Mexico or elsewhere. Aldo got a bunch of iodine tablets which taste shitty but are small, great for hiking or for emergencies.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I love my tap water in Walla Walla.

A few years back I decided I should have the ability to purify any water just in case there was an issue so I went out and got several different systems. I have three filter systems, two small backpacking ones and a larger stationary one. I also got two UV light StriPEN water purifiers which are great for traveling and drinking less than potable water in Mexico or elsewhere. Aldo got a bunch of iodine tablets which taste shitty but are small, great for hiking or for emergencies.

You're a doomsday prepper. I had no idea.

Dude, I haven't lost the last 70 lbs I want to lose. I'm thinking a good excuse to keep it is if the shit hits the fan I can live off it while other people get weak.

That's my excuse if I keep procrastinating.

 

[Further]

You're a doomsday prepper. I had no idea.

Dude, I haven't lost the last 70 lbs I want to lose. I'm thinking a good excuse to keep it is if the shit hits the fan I can live off it while other people get weak.

That's my excuse if I keep procrastinating.

haha, that's good reasoning.

Ya, I started prepping a bit a few years back. Don't do much anymore, and never took it too seriously but I find it pretty fun to prep a bit. I have a GO bag jam packed full of all sorts of oh-shit goodies from mylar sleeping bag to food and backpacking stove, first aid, wool clothes, handgun and ammo, fire starters and much more. Then around the house I have bunches of canned and freeze dried foods, extra gasoline, candles, lighters, headlamps, and on and on.

Never believed an apocalypse is imminent but have fun planning

 

[PDXFonz]

 

[PDXFonz]

I drink out of the tap. I feel fortunate to be able to stick my head in the sink with the faucet on and have some of the best water in the country.

 

[oldfisherman]

You know most bottled water is tap water that has been filtered don't you?

Hell, wouldn't be surprised if some is straight from the tap. Arrowhead "spring" tastes like shitty tap water

Are you saying they take good clean tap water, run it through a dirty filter, and then charge 300 to 2,000 times more for it than tap water?

Who would be dumb enough to buy that product?

Oh, and to answer the OP’s question.
I only drink tap water at home. Why would anyone want to live where they can not drink the tap water?
When away from home, I drink the same tap water I put into recycled bottle water containers, after I clean the container, with tap water.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Are you saying they take good clean tap water, run it through a dirty filter, and then charge 300 to 2,000 times more for it than tap water?

Who would be dumb enough to buy that product?

Oh, and to answer the OP’s question.
I only drink tap water at home. Why would anyone want to live where they can not drink the tap water?
When away from home, I drink the same tap water I put into recycled bottle water containers, after I clean the container, with tap water.

Drink Vegas water and you'll rethink it.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I'm sure anyplace it rains 200 days a year has better water. Tradeoff

 

[MarAzul]

Are you saying they take good clean tap water, run it through a dirty filter, and then charge 300 to 2,000 times more for it than tap water?

Who would be dumb enough to buy that product?

Oh, and to answer the OP’s question.
I only drink tap water at home. Why would anyone want to live where they can not drink the tap water?
When away from home, I drink the same tap water I put into recycled bottle water containers, after I clean the container, with tap water.

Yep! Carry water from home, boat or vehicle.

 

[Shaboid]

Love my Willamette Valley tap water. When I was in Iceland all the water smelt like sulphur so bad I wouldn't even try it. It's supposed to be fine though I guess.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Are you saying they take good clean tap water, run it through a dirty filter, and then charge 300 to 2,000 times more for it than tap water?

Who would be dumb enough to buy that product?

Oh, and to answer the OP’s question.
I only drink tap water at home. Why would anyone want to live where they can not drink the tap water?
When away from home, I drink the same tap water I put into recycled bottle water containers, after I clean the container, with tap water.

I suspect you meant to use green font in the first paragraph but........for those unaware, Coca Cola takes Wilsonville tap water (who's source is the Willamette River) and bottles it under the Dasani name. Great tasting stuff but tap water nonetheless.......but because it is tap water, it is required to meet much higher standards BEFORE it comes out of the spigot than it does before it goes into the bottle. So it has that going for it.......government regulations at their finest......

 

[MarAzul]

government regulations at their finest

Ha! Shit, that's not funny.

 

[Further]

When away from home I just drink beer.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

When away from home I just drink beer.

At home, away from home. At church, at work....beeeeer

 

[Orion Bailey]

Yes, but with a Brita Filter Jug

 

[barfo]

I would like to see Abdul-Jabbar play with a Brita Filter jug.

barfo

 

[ehizzy3]

I'm living in Colombia and I drink the tap water from my apartment, although im sure it's filtered because its great. In oregon i love the tap water too

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Now that I know why most of you are so emotional I'm going to post links to more tap water crazies.

Here's one

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/tex...inal-day-caps-contentious-legislative-session

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Just read this article and it reinforced my painful choice to not eat fish. Grew up eating salmon and halibut and red snapper all the time. Haven't eaten much for years. I visualize eating a sponge from a wastewater plant. The fish live in filth.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/pharmaceuticals-in-the-water/

 

[Nate]

Just read this article and it reinforced my painful choice to not eat fish. Grew up eating salmon and halibut and red snapper all the time. Haven't eaten much for years. I visualize eating a sponge from a wastewater plant. The fish live in filth.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/pharmaceuticals-in-the-water/

I was at a house party not too long ago and I started drinking a glass of water. This bitch starts telling me how dumb it is to drink the water because it has trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in it - as she looked up from her line of coke.

I was like "You're right, drugs are bad. I'll keep that in mind"

She goes "No I'm being serious! People take Prozac then pee it out into our water!"

I go "Ew gross, do you think people pee out coke into the water too?"

It got silent.

 

[lawai'a]

Just read this article and it reinforced my painful choice to not eat fish. Grew up eating salmon and halibut and red snapper all the time. Haven't eaten much for years. I visualize eating a sponge from a wastewater plant. The fish live in filth.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/pharmaceuticals-in-the-water/

I think they were mostly talking about fresh water fishes and the problems for them. ocean run species would unlikely be harmed much, like your snapper and halibut. that said however think mercury and now radiation from fukashima impacting ocean run. (I still eat sashimi and poke at least twice a week here.) your snapper and halibut live 50-100 years to accumulate toxins. ahi-tuna, mahi mahi grow to harvestable size in less than 3 years.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I was at a house party not too long ago and I started drinking a glass of water. This bitch starts telling me how dumb it is to drink the water because it has trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in it - as she looked up from her line of coke.

I was like "You're right, drugs are bad. I'll keep that in mind"

She goes "No I'm being serious! People take Prozac then pee it out into our water!"

I go "Ew gross, do you think people pee out coke into the water too?"

It got silent.

Reason 500 not to drink tap water. Cocaine cocaine cocaine. Although Portland probably has way more meth in the water.