Do you buy bottled water?

Linda said:
Mrs. Robinson, our water source, probably an underground river has a lot of salt in it. Most everyone on this side of our road for a few miles here has salt in their water. Some people have a truck deliver water to their cistern every so often. It's $100 a load I think.

About 20 or so years ago we had our water tested and the guy told us we have a lot of salt. I still have the paper showing how it was tested. Its just a couple feet behind me in my file cabinet if anyone is interested. I couldn't begin to explain it. This well is up by the road and about 350 ft deep. About 500 feet behind our house we have a well that is 720 ft deep and it doesn't have salt but it only brings up 15 or 20 gallons a day (and sometimes it's totally dry) so we usually don't use it. We have to use an electric pump to get it up out of the ground, then taken to the pressure tank and then another pump sends it to our house. A lot of electricity for so little water.
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Wow-and I thought ours was bad!
 

Tommy said:
The corrosion from is caused by the softener, not the water. Soft water is corrosive. Good to hear that you're moving to a home with a better well.
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That`s interesting-I had no idea! Our last house had a system that was 30 years old and worked great. The house also had 25 year old bathrooms and kitchen and all of the fixtures looked fine. We replaced the dishwasher about the third or fourth year there and it didn`t have a rust problem like this one does. None at all actually. We did have a new system installed a few years before we sold the place and after two years we started having a cloudy film on all the glasses coming out of the dishwasher. Our well guys (from whom we had purchased the system) were never able to figure out what the problem was. When we sold the place,the new owner was a water guy who worked for the County. He took out the swimming pool and put in several 1,500 gallon water storage tanks.(We had had only one tank, but there was plenty of water.) Don`t know what his purpose was for that,unless he was extremely fire conscious. ( We all are now-that house actually nearly burned in last years fire,but he did that before all the fires started happening here.) No idea if he changed the softening system as well,but I`m betting he did.
 
Lack of fluoride is a concern for me, even though I do occasionally get a fluoride treatment at the dentist. It was always more convenient for me to carry a bottle in my car, so I usually had a bottle of Deer Park in my cup holder.

Today, being retired, I still drink DP, but also tap water to get the fluoride.
 
Interesting thread to me. This is a generational issue because we were brought up drinking tap water and that was good enough.
that was the poor man's drink, when you couldn't afford anything else, so I rarely drank water until I found out
that it is actuallyhealthy and necessary. I knew nothing, so I drank milk and soda. I first saw people drinking bottled water
in Paris in the 80's and thought it was strange.
I never drank bottled water until about seven years ago when I discovered it taste better and I can get a six pack for one
dollar. All my doctors urge me to drink more and the only way I like it in a bottle now, though I am pretty sure
it is not much better or no better than tap water. Basically, I DO NOT LIKE WATER.

Environmentally, we should not be utilizing so much plastic, as we are messing up the oceans and animal life.
 
I had an old friend that was a bartender, he used to laugh when his customers ordered bottled water imported from Italy or France and asked to have it served over ice made from plain old city tap water.
 
Victor said:
Interesting thread to me. This is a generational issue because we were brought up drinking tap water and that was good enough.
that was the poor man's drink, when you couldn't afford anything else, so I rarely drank water until I found out
that it is actuallyhealthy and necessary. I knew nothing, so I drank milk and soda. I first saw people drinking bottled water
in Paris in the 80's and thought it was strange.
I never drank bottled water until about seven years ago when I discovered it taste better and I can get a six pack for one
dollar. All my doctors urge me to drink more and the only way I like it in a bottle now, though I am pretty sure
it is not much better or no better than tap water. Basically, I DO NOT LIKE WATER.

Environmentally, we should not be utilizing so much plastic, as we are messing up the oceans and animal life.
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So much of this rings true for me, Victor. I rarely drank plain water until about 15 years ago, although I've always been a big fan of seltzer. Can't even imagine how much Diet Coke I drank between 1975 - 2000.

I've become so accustomed to water that it's my go-to beverage, along with coffee and unsweetened, highly diluted herbal tea (plus an occasional beer, glass of wine, or mixed drink). Soda is far too sweet for my taste buds these days and artificially sweetened sodas are yuk.
 
Our water is super hard here so we're left with little choice but to buy bottled water and use Brita pitchers. We have been considering purchasing a whole house water softening system. But to stay on topic, yes, we purchase a considerable amount of bottled water. Don...
 
911 said:
Lack of fluoride is a concern for me, even though I do occasionally get a fluoride treatment at the dentist. It was always more convenient for me to carry a bottle in my car, so I usually had a bottle of Deer Park in my cup holder.

Today, being retired, I still drink DP, but also tap water to get the fluoride.
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Why not just buy fluoride toothpaste?
 
Our town has excellent water from the tap but I still don't trust it. Surrounding counties come to us when their water has issues. But I buy 100% Natural Spring Water like Deer Park. It tastes good and my coffee/tea tastes good. Most bottled water is purified tap water. Yes it's in a plastic jug (with a spout) but I don't expose it to a hot car or any heat nor store it near chemicals.

I should probably use the tap water but about 10 years ago I saw suds come out of it and it smelled like chlorine. It only happened once but now I wonder what's in it that can't be seen or smelled. I know exactly what's in Deer Park.

Statement from Deer Park regarding the question, "Is Deer Park safe to drink?":

"We pride ourselves on producing a safe product that goes through not one, not two, but three levels of safety measures to uphold our high standards of quality:

  • Glacial filtration — The unique characteristics of the geology around some our springs, namely fine sand and gravel aquifers, provide one of the most unique natural water purification systems in the world. Pretty cool, huh?
  • Investment in our sources — We lead the industry in our financial commitment to find, scientifically test, monitor and responsibly manage spring sources and their surrounding watersheds. It’s all part of being a conscientious steward of our spring sources and the land that surrounds them.
  • A state-of-the-art, multiple-barrier approach to quality — From source to bottle we use precise filtration and sanitation methods in all of our bottling lines. Our testing standards must meet or exceed those set by the FDA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Our technicians test the product 250 times annually, first when it’s drawn at the source, then when it arrives at the plant and during the bottling process and before it is shipped to market. Consumers have further assurance through the use of tamper-evident packaging. Yes, it’s a lot of work, but for clean, crisp refreshing water? It’s totally worth it."
https://www.deerparkwater.com/faq

WATER QUALITY REPORT 2018: http://www.nestle-watersna.com/asset-library/Documents/DP_ENG.pdf
 
We only buy bottled water when our spoiled (mid 50s) kids come to visit.

We did encounter water in a state park that was like liquid sulfur. That was about 40+ years ago.
 
C'est Moi said:
Why not just buy fluoride toothpaste?
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I do, but when I spoke with my dentist, he told me that when I rinse, I remove a lot of the fluoride, so take a small sip of water and rinse lightly before spitting. I also use a fluoride rinse occasionally. Drinking tap water puts fluoride into the system at a slower rate. It’s surprising how little of fluoride is in bottled water. BTW, I have all of my teeth, except 1.

My doctor once told me that we should drink 64 ounces of water per day. If coffee counts as water, I have that covered.
 
911 said:
I do, but when I spoke with my dentist, he told me that when I rinse, I remove a lot of the fluoride, so take a small sip of water and rinse lightly before spitting. I also use a fluoride rinse occasionally. Drinking tap water puts fluoride into the system at a slower rate. It’s surprising how little of fluoride is in bottled water. BTW, I have all of my teeth, except 1.

My doctor once told me that we should drink 64 ounces of water per day. If coffee counts as water, I have that covered.
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From the ADA: Fluoride can be delivered topically and systemically. Topical fluorides strengthen teeth already present in the mouth, making them more decay resistant, while systemic fluorides are those that are ingested and become incorporated into forming tooth structures.

I have to assume that at our age, the topical fluoride is sufficient since it is unlikely that we have "forming tooth structures." So you don't need to swallow it; just get it on your existing teeth.
 
the water where i live isnt great' very hard ' but I d drink from the tap most days 'and only sometimes I get a bottle for the car 'not really
keen on doing that coz of the plastic container --and god knows how long shelf like ' and want what a disaster they have been to the world !
 

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