Which is better,bottled water,or tap water?

Hi laydee!!!!!,thanks for your response.You will recall I did mention that we have the best tap water in our country,but lots of people here argue that bottled water is best.Perhaps I am missing something.I am glad to know that you also have the best in tap water.!!!!lol!!!

Great Scot!!!! can one ever trust anything bought in a store any more?

Yeah, maybe it's because it's the "in" thing. People feel they're "in" the fad if they follow. But I don't believe everyone needs bottled water. Here's a news about bad effects of bottled water to our Mother Earth: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom last month signed an executive order prohibiting city departments from buying bottled water, saying the move would save taxpayers money and be good for the planet. "Each year, people are drinking 30 billion throwaway bottles of water," said the Sierra Club's Ruth Caplan. "If you put them end to end, it would go around the world more than 150 times." Caplan said four out of five plastic water bottles end up in landfills, but even before they get there, they've taken a toll on the environment. To get to a store shelf in Chicago, for instance, a bottle of water from France must first travel more than 5,000 miles on ships and in trucks. And because water is heavy, transporting it requires a lot of fuel. ABC News crunched the numbers -- taking into account mileage and fuel requirements -- and found that even before you drink that one-liter (or a 33.8 ounce) bottle of French water in Chicago, you've already consumed roughly 2 ounces of oil. And that doesn't include the oil used to make the plastic. In addition, the entire process -- bottling, packaging and shipping -- creates pollution and greenhouse gases. "It's ironic that on some of the labels of the bottles, you see snow-capped mountains and glaciers when in fact the production of the bottle is contributing to global warming, which is melting those snowcaps and those glaciers," said Allen Hershkowitz at the Natural Resources Defense Council. =)

I very much doubt that it is anywhere near safe.Stick to drinking tap water girl, and live!!!!LOL!!!!!

Hehehe..actually,i don't wanna spend money just to buy bottled water though i know that it is still safe to drink tap water here in our area.

I think that some people are just showing off buying bottled water.Like you said the water in your area is safe.Maybe theirs is too,but they will buy the bottled water just because Mr. and Mrs. Jones are are buying it.I am glad that there still are sensible people like you around Yvonne. !!!!!lol

Hi!!PinayPrincess,thanks for your response.As far as I know and as I said, my town certainly has the best tap water in the country,but you know whats amazing lots of my towns people claim that bottled water is better."They gotta be kiddin"!!!!!LOL!!!!!

Well I really think the filtration system is the best that you can do,and you should have it installed. It must be awful having white residue after the water has dried.How can one even drink such water?