Would you drink a bottle of purified sea water?

To be honest, I could easier drink purified sea water than the water in my locale which is a blend of the normal drinking water that I grew up on and purified reclaimed water. I must admit to still being ticked off that my County decided to go in for the use of reclaimed water in drinking water because and used threats of water scarcity to do it. I dislike that I and the other residents of my county are like guiena pigs as this has not to my knowledge ever been studied here in the States. I think that sea water would be better than reclaimed sewer water any day. I must admit that I am now a bottled water drinker.

I don't know if I could, I wouldn't trust it to be safe. If they didn't tell me what it was, I would probably drink it.

I would not. We have a Brita filter that makes our tap water taste like sea water anyway, so I just drink it straight out of the tap. Besides being a cheapsk-thrifty, I prefer to drink it out of the tap. We are getting our water filter plant fixed. It would cost over a million dollars, but it will be worth it.

They are going to do it here in Melbourne Australia so I would have to drink it like it or not but I would have that then the other option we had (recycled water including what comes out of the toilet)

Hi I would drink any water that was safe to drink no matter where it had originated from. Afterall most of the drinking water from the tap is recycled sewage water hat has just been through purification processes I would think, don't know this for sure though. Huggles. Ellie :D

in some arab countries if i'm not mistaken they have used this proses to make drinking water.yes i would drink it if it was purified and checked for cleanliness.

I don't' see why not. Water is a very simple molecule, it shouldn't matter where it comes from.

ANYTHING has to be better than our disgusting,metallic tap water. sure i'd drink it.as long as all the salt's out.

Yup, i would ^_^ It's water after all.. If water dun come from the sea, it will be the reservoir.. ANd when there are no other alternatives to get any water source, sea water is the next solution.. SO by then, we will have no choice but to drink it.. hehe ^_^ PLus, since it has been purified b4, it should be safe to drink, and it's definitely better than pure sea water.. lol

Well, I heard on the news the other day that NASA is working on trying to "recycle" urine into drinking water for the astronauts at the space station .... want to be an astronaut?

Yeah, why not? I read a report once saying how many people's bodies the average glass of tap water had passed through in it's lifetime. I can't see how seawater could possibly be worse!!

sure why not .i mean v drink the water supply water water which is generally the sewage or river water after many treatments and purification processes.if v can drink that then why not this.i would do it without much of a thought.

For as long as it is purified and has passed the test as proof that it is safe for drinking then I find no problem drinking a purified sea water. In fact even while swimming I also get to drink some sea water by chance. (ha!ha!ha!)

What's the big deal? After all the purification it's just water. We have 2 desalinization plants in my country and a few more in the works. The water is mixed with water from other sources and flows from taps in some parts of the country. In Eilat at the southern tip, by the Red Sea, everyone who drinks tap water, drinks desalinized water. That's what flows from the taps there. When I'm there on holiday, that's what I drink. I don't even think about it. Well I do think about it in the shower. It's the only town without a water shortage so I can take a longer shower. I don't need to have a 2 minute shower like I do at home 4 hours to the north.

If I could get pass the thought of all the yucky stuff being dumped in the sea, Yeah I could possibly give it a try. Think about what is in our tap water before they add chlorine to it to sterilize it. Might be healthier then our own tap water maybe.

Yes I have drunk desalinated water in the past and would do so again. It is simply water and probably better for us that the water than comes from other areas like some of the reservoirs. The Navies of most countries in the world desalinate their own water supply when they are at sea and they seem to survive quite well drinking it. There are already desalinate plants here in Australia and at present at least 2 of our states are planning to build large desalination plants. Any country which abuts an ocean can desalinate their own water and it would certainly help relieve the pressure on the other water supplies. Many countries do not have adequate water for their population and in some of the poorer undeveloped countries, the water supply does not cover even the most basic of their needs. If desalination plants were built in those countries not only could they improve their health and hygiene issues, they could also grow more crops. Use some of the water for irrigation of the crops and be better able to feed their own population. I am sure if the people in some of those countries were given a choice they would willingly drink desalinated water. Better that than no water at all to drink.

Yes I would actually. Especially now that the world's freshwater supply is slowly depleting because of global warming and such. There would be a time when the fresh water supply would not be enough to sustain all of the lives here on earth. So with the technology of converting saltwater to fresh water then that would definitely go with the survival of life.

This is the first time I've heard this one yet. Well, there is nothing wrong with the sea water? I might try this if I will have a chance to see one int he store. I would like to taste it so that I can also share to others the experience drinking that purified sea water.

sure.. as long as its safe and face it our future may be going to where we have to use a lot of that type of thing because we are screwing up everything

Every drop of water on this planet has always been here. In other words, the molecules of water we drink today, could be the same ones found in a mud puddle that Abraham Lincoln stepped in years ago. As long as it is purified, water is water to me.