How is your water? / myLot

United States

January 9, 2026 2:09pm CST

I drink bottled water (yes, I recycle). I didn’t always, but the water at my apartment tastes terrible. I used to be able to tolerate it because I’d put it in the freezer to get it ice cold. That quit working, and eventually putting things like Mio couldn’t overcome the taste. I DID get it tested by the city (they do it for free), and they said they it didn’t test positive for any of the bad things they test (for). Funny thing is, my dad’s water comes from the same source as my apartment water. Lest you think it’s in my head, my dad can’t even stand the water from my sink, and he only drinks tap water. I asked around, and no one drinks the water in this apartment complex. Even the manager brings water from her home. We all just figure it’s the old pipes. “Luckily”, you can buy a 24 pack of bottled water from Walmart for $3.00 (what it cost me two weeks ago). Just one gallon in a jug is even cheaper.

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@Nakitakona (59990)

• Philippines

10 Jan

Before we had a good potable water coming from a spring. Now it tsstes bad due to the eruption of Mt. Canlaon. So we buy bottled mineral water insread.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (114164)

• United States

10 Jan

That makes sense.

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@Nakitakona (59990)

• Philippines

10 Jan

@AmbiePam And before the water is free for the consumers or users. But now it's commercialized.

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Trebor Ika

@Treborika (18171)

• Mombasa, Kenya

10 Jan

That's cool

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snowy

@snowy22315 (203934)

• United States

9 Jan

My water is good, comes from a deep well but I am not convinced there are no contaminants in it so I mostly drink bottled.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (114164)

• United States

9 Jan

That makes sense.

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Trebor Ika

@Treborika (18171)

• Mombasa, Kenya

10 Jan

That's so good to hear

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Sandy

@velvet53 (24419)

• Palisade, Colorado

10 Jan

My water does taste the best but it isn't real bad either. But I prefer bottled water too. It could be those pipes.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (114164)

• United States

10 Jan

I really think it is.

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Sandy

@velvet53 (24419)

• Palisade, Colorado

10 Jan

@AmbiePam From what I read bad pipes are one of the main reasons water tastes so bad.

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Stacey

@xstitcher (38194)

• Petaluma, California

10 Jan

My water tastes okay. I like to put it in the fridge to get it cold.

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Trebor Ika

@Treborika (18171)

• Mombasa, Kenya

10 Jan

Same to me here

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@DaddyEvil (169410)

• United States

9 Jan

Our water has a slight chlorine taste but not nearly as strong as surrounding towns/cities. It tastes fine to us. I even drank the water from the Walmart fountains in Republic when I worked there and it tastes strongly of chlorine. *shrug*

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Fleur

@Fleura (34270)

• United Kingdom

9 Jan

Ours is OK. It's very odd that yours is so nasty when it comes from the same place, but glad you can get something drinkable cheaply.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (114164)

• United States

9 Jan

What’s even more odd that if I take a shower at my apartment my skin breaks out in a terrible rash. When I shower at my dad’s house nothing happens. I even changed the shower head, but it doesn’t matter. My skin breaks out and itches like crazy.

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Fleur

@Fleura (34270)

• United Kingdom

10 Jan

@AmbiePam That is very odd. There must be something in the pipes or somewhere. Does the water come directly from the mains pipe or is there some sort of storage tank? Or does the building have a water softener system or anything like that?

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Amber

@AmbiePam (114164)

• United States

10 Jan

@Fleura It comes directly from the main pipe. No storage tank or water softener system.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (49321)

• India

10 Jan

Here, the water we get from the taps is not good enough for drinking. We have an RO (Reverse Osmosis) system. Some houses use Water filters. We cannot directly use tap waters. I have seen and read that Scandinavian countries and Switzerland have tap water fit for drinking. Very rarely elsewhere.

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MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (89051)

• United States

11 Jan

When I lived in NY we had the best water that you could drink right from the tap. But, although our water here in PA isn't bad I prefer to drink filtered water. Luckily I have a dispenser on my refrigerator so all I have to do is change the filter maybe twice a year, Getting water from Walmart sounds like a better solution to your sink water.

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NJ Chicaa

@NJChicaa (126540)

• United States

9 Jan

I drink the tap water here. It is fine IMO. I don't like using bottled water. Even though we recycle plastic around here I still feel guilty about it. I have a big Stanley tumbler that I use. At work we have water filling stations. In the morning here I fill it up with ice cubes but don't add the water until I get to work. It just makes my work bag a bit less heavy.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (114164)

• United States

9 Jan

I admit I feel bad about it too. I took a tumbler to Disneyland, and it was so much more convenient because they had water filling stations, and then when we’d stop at a fast food place I’d just fill it to the top. It never leaks unlike bottled water. Well, the cheap bottled water I buy leaks, anyway. I figured it also had to be the pipes because when I take a shower here my skin breaks out in a rash, and I itch. Nothing happens when I shower at my parent’s home.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (215562)

• United States

10 Jan

I drink water from my fridge; but the filter hasn't been changed in years.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (114164)

• United States

10 Jan

Maybe cousin #2 can change it before she movies to Florida.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (215562)

• United States

11 Jan

@AmbiePam I have it on the list for cousin #3's husband; but I'm going to ask cousin #2 to do it.

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April

@thislittlepennyearns (66809)

• Defuniak Springs, Florida

10 Jan

Our fridge has a walter filter thingy in it. But honestly I either drink bottled or use my Cirkul its supposed to filter and flavor the water. lol.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (114164)

• United States

10 Jan

A Cirkul sounds like a good idea.

April

@thislittlepennyearns (66809)

• Defuniak Springs, Florida

10 Jan

@AmbiePam I need to get new flavors. Someone tossed the one in our bottle when they washed it. And it made me mad.

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Winterishere

@thedevilinme (4855)

• Northampton, England

10 Jan

Branded bottled water is the biggest con going. Its just tap water. In the U.K we have clean drinking water yet people , especially foreigners, buy it by the crate load. Young women here seem to think it will keep their skin smooth but just getting a gut full o microplastics

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Amber

@AmbiePam (114164)

• United States

10 Jan

I buy the generic, and it tells you where it is from, which is basically tap. I buy it because it simply tastes better. I’m not worried about micro plastics. I don’t expect to live long anyway. There is something very wrong when your water causes you to break out in a visible rash and make your skin itch.

Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (55605)

•

10 Jan

When I first moved here, I had some issues with getting used to the water, it is way softer water than what I had where I used to live. But it doesn't taste bad. I have a Britta thing with a spout I keep in the refrigerator that son likes, he wants super cold water. I do keep some bottled water for car trips, etc. and emergencies as well.

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Aparna Sen

@Dreamerby (9981)

• Calcutta, India

26 Jan

We have an RO machine so we drink from there.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (167965)

• United States

10 Jan

In our town our water source is a spring. It tastes good to me. I know it is heavily mineralized, though. I just assume that it makes strong bones. At school they have installed those filtered water fountains to fill our water bottles. When I visit Guthrie I do not like the city water. It tastes musty and moldy to me. My brother has a home outside of town but does not want us to drink the water (well water) as he has not had it tested.

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