What kind of water do you drink? Where do you purchase your water?

United States
April 10, 2011 11:44pm CST
I have tried several water bottle brands and my favorite is Deja Blue water, however purchasing water bottles can be costly and not necessary because you can purchase water by the gallon BUT I am extremely picky too. The machines that are 5, 10, 20, 25, even 30 cents are nasty tasting because their filters aren't clean often and are smaller. I purchase water from a water store where the filter is cleaned on time and the filter machine is HUGE! The water tastes great and is fresh.. when the store opened a few years ago it was only 30 cents, good deal then it went up to 35 cents then 40 cents and recently it went up 50 cents! It is just getting way too costly.... now. My family also cooks with drinking water too! Now, we're buying the Brita water pitcher purifier for water to cook to save money and drink water from the water store. I'm curious what others do about water.. since we all need water. Do you drink water from the bottle, sink water, water from the store??
17 responses
@CONDLAUR (134)
• Romania
11 Apr 11
come on people. Do you really buy water? In my country we make ourselves wells. Pay a guy money to make the hole in the ground and to put the installation. Or if you are a Do It Yourself person will cost you less. Maintenance of well water is cheap. You clean it once per year, take samples to the Health Lab in your town to see if it fits to drinking. In our area there are not so much trouble with pollution and because many people take water from the same well the water is recirculated very rapidly(so the pollution if there is some will be diluted very easily). I stopped at cleaning. Cleaning is removing algae or musk from the walls of a wells if there are. Very few wells grow this such things. You put some rock salt and some lime (that used for painting) to kill the bacteria and its good for drinking after 3-4 days. And after that if you and your neighbors use daily the well it does not catch any mysterious odor, it stay cleaned because the usage of the water is very frequently. We have wells in the city you know. do not need to buy from the store, we buy only mineral water. But if you are lucky like me, and live in Romania, here we have a lot of mineralized waters (all types). Surely we buy products like Dorna, Izvorul minunilor,Tusnad, Perla Harghitei, Bilbor which are extracted from natural springs which are naturally mineralized. I know that are country that buys water because of their geololy, like Greece, they buy water from Romania because they have red stones (red soil) which affect the quality f the water.
• United States
14 Apr 11
Yes, I do buy water! I don't know anyone who has a well in their backyard here in the United States, Southern California to be exact =P
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
14 Apr 11
hi, i dont much spend money just to buy a drinking water as long as im not thirsty,if i buy drinking water i will choose those not expensive,and even at home,sometimes i boil water for 30 minutes as our drinking water,this will be the alternative for purified water.
• United States
15 Apr 11
Hi! Thanks for sharing, thats a good idea
@youless (112108)
• Guangzhou, China
12 Apr 11
I always think that the bottle water is harmful for the environment and it creates a big waste. Besides, I can't tell a difference between the bottle water and the tap water. I will be fine to just drink the tap water. I love China
• United States
15 Apr 11
Lol, thanks for sharing. I am picky with water. I can't drink tap yet.. disgusts me -__- Maybe its where I live.
@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
12 Apr 11
for precaution, i do buy distilled water for drinking at home. Since we have water dispenser then we buy in gallons that will last for 2 weeks. These are only for drinking and the dispenser gives us both hot and cold water. We do not drink water from the faucet for precaution since it might have amoeba in it and for my children's safety i would rather spend more on the distilled water.
• United States
15 Apr 11
Thanks for sharing =]
@dags_03 (42)
• Philippines
12 Apr 11
In our City, many of the people do not buy water from the store because our water here is really clean and safe to drink. So no need to buy water from the store because it is a waste of money. But still some of the people in our City prefers to drink bottled or purified water because they are afraid of getting some disease.
• United States
15 Apr 11
Wow really? That's good to hear! It's not safe to straight out drink water where I live, I don't think. I never heard of drinking straight from the facet or anything.
• United States
12 Apr 11
Check out the documentary Tapped it's about the bottled water industry. I use a Pur water filter on the kitchen tap. Out and about we buy whatever bottled water is on sale cheap.
• United States
15 Apr 11
Thanks for sharing :)
@TazRes (827)
• United States
11 Apr 11
Hello, I drink a lot of bottled water, the brand I drink is usually Icemountain. I use to drink Nicolete but it is way to expensive. I'm very picky when it comes to my bottled water because some brands have a kinda bitter taste to it; Icemountain and Nicolete do not. I most prefer Icemountain because of the price, I can get a 36 bottle case for $3.96 at woodman's I never thought of buying by the gallon, My husband doesn't drink water...and I take water with me to work.
• United States
14 Apr 11
never heard of those before... i love water =] my dad drinks 5 bottles a day for work, my mom drinks 4 & i drink 3 =)
• Philippines
11 Apr 11
We used to drink tap water when I was still a kid. Later on, we started using Brita for our drinking water. Despite that, I caught amoebiasis somewhere, maybe an unsanitary restaurant, and because of that my mom was buying water from a water store while my other relatives drink from the Brita. Outside the house, I would only drink filtered water from restaurants. If the utensils seem slippery and I get suspicious, we would ask for it to be replaced (there was one restaurant that makes use of dishwasher that doesn't seem to get the job done). Overtime, it's become costly and we thought I can start drinking filtered water again. Aside from the cost, the water jugs are quite heavy. Now, we have stopped buying water from the store and I drink water filtered by Brita. Really funny coincidence, we just bought another filter earlier today. A salesperson was offering a filter system for the faucet but sorry for him, we trust Brita more.
• United States
14 Apr 11
Lol, we just bought Brita too :) Can't wait to start trying it out Thanks for sharing :D
@Gothicana (458)
• United States
11 Apr 11
When I am not drinking tea I am only drinking tonic water
• United States
14 Apr 11
What's tonic water?
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
11 Apr 11
I only drink the bottle water or boiled water at home. My husband drins the water from the sink and I don't; he says that it is strange for me to boil the water before drinking it but it is my habbit for years and I can't just get rid of this habit besides, I think to kill all the germs in the water before I drink it.
• United States
14 Apr 11
I don't drink from the sink too -__- you can get sick if its pure sink water??
@o0jopak0o (6394)
• Philippines
11 Apr 11
well in my country it is not advisable to drink straight from the tap so we acquire some sort of purified water company to supply us with clean water.
• United States
14 Apr 11
yes indeed!
• Hong Kong
11 Apr 11
Hello,I drink diamond water amd it is a water systemin my own home. However, I will buy something water in 7-11 once awhile just for convienince.The water in todays world has always been polluted and that's why we really have to pay attention in water. Water has direct relatioship to our health problem and that's why we nned to drink not just more water everyday, but also drink good water.It is fun to know that there are some people earn their living in Toronto that They teach people how to taste good water and how to drink good water as well. Well, no wonder that water is just so important in today's world.Happy Mylot.
• United States
14 Apr 11
Thanks for sharing! My fam should invest in a water system too =P
• Philippines
12 Apr 11
We have this machine called the ozonizer which adds oxygen molecules to water. By the way, our water here is potable so after we fill our water containers in the faucet, we use the ozonizer to practically ozonize the water. We do it for 30 minutes and that's it, it's ready for drinking.
• United States
14 Apr 11
Cool! Thanks for sharing =] Did not know that!
@dab0503 (26)
12 Apr 11
I purchase mineral water in containers from our local supplier here in our place. Their company has been in the business for about 5 years now in operation. I am assured of the best quality mineral water supply having 12 stages reverse osmosis process. Although it cost me around 40 pesos each container times 4 containers a week which are delivered to my home free of charge, i did get a pure, healthy quality drink for me and my family. Nowadays, water supplied by our local water district here is no longer safe to drink, due to the fact our water source might be contaminated from mining leaks. So to make it safe, we have to use mineral water to take care of our daily needs.
• United States
15 Apr 11
I see, thanks for sharing [= It's expensive if its delivered here where I live. sO we purchase it at the store.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
27 Apr 11
I drink Aquifina. I tend to buy the 24 pack of bottles, although sometimes I get the smaller packages. I usually buy it from grocery stores, although sometimes I get it from places such as Target or Wal-Mart. It is pricey (even when it's on sale), but it is worth every penny when it comes to my family. Happy mylotting!
• Philippines
11 Apr 11
We sometimes take tap water but most of the time, we avail of the purified water delivered in our house. Sometimes, we also buy water in the grocery. I know we should really be aware that what we are drinking is safe because we can have so many sickness if we have consumed dirty water.
• United States
11 Apr 11
yeah dirty water is bad.. my friends mom was sick for a week cause he drank water that wasn't purified well. thanks for sharing
@jhayj81 (149)
• Philippines
28 May 11
well, for us. I drink water that we cooked at home. And also we drink fresh water from our clean springs.