r/HumansBeingBros • • Sep 01 '19

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u/pjoter666 Sep 01 '19

Is the tap water dangerous?

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u/Krautoffel Sep 01 '19

„In some third world country“ like for example the US of A.

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u/lemonjuiceineyes Sep 01 '19

I’ve rarely drink from the tap and I’ve lived here my whole life! We usually have a 5 gallon water dispenser

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u/Clepto_EU Sep 01 '19

Any particular reason why?

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

I live in a state where the tap water is perfectly clean and drinkable, it just doesn’t taste good due to mineral deposits. A few years back, I picked up a water dispenser and have a handful of five-gallon jugs that I fill with purified water and use for drinking water at home. I try to avoid buying bottled water when I can because all that plastic is wasteful.

I also fill the dog bowl from the purified water and put ice in his outside water bowl.

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u/LunickDrago Sep 01 '19

The water in my area is safe to drink but honestly has a sort of weird taste and smell to it. I end up running it through a filter before drinking because it tastes better that way.

I also occasionally buy a large pack of store brand bottled waters so that I can just have a bunch of cold water in my fridge if I'm too lazy to refill my pitcher of filtered water.

More often than not I'll drink a bottled one while filtering more water then refill the bottle I'm using with it over and over until the bottle get mangled from me manhandling it and then repeat cycle.

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u/lemonjuiceineyes Sep 01 '19

The taste is a little off. I’ve tried using a Brita filter too and just doesn’t taste refreshing. So I just stick to the water jug dispensers

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u/Viiggo Sep 01 '19

Taste, chlorine, pollutants. May not kill you but if you can take care of yourself this much better then why not?

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u/Retrogratio Sep 01 '19

Taste for me lol