bottled water or tap?

Question

or are they just the same thing?

Answer 1

In taste tests, most people can't tell the difference between the two.

Answer 2

Generally they take tap water, filter it and use reverse osmosis to remove virtually all minerals then add back a small amount for flavor. That way for example Dasani tastes the same even though it is bottled at dozens of different plants.

Recently people have been upset to realize that bottled is processed from tap water. I do not understand that. What did they think was supposed to be special about the bottled water?

Answer 3

Tap water. They are the same thing. Tap water is safe, and look at all the energy bottled water takes up. The plastic, shipping, and many people don't recycle their bottles. Do you think bottles that say, "glacier spring" and so forth really come from a glacier? They are processed from tap water. Why pay for something when you can get it for free? Makes no sense to me.

Answer 4

I go with the tap water. I have a filter on my tap water that runs the water through carbon so the chlorine is removed. Tastes great, and is very cheap.

Answer 5

Our tap water -- even with commercial filtration (i.e., Brita) still tastes like crap. Bottled water or some kind of flavor (tea, coffee, Crystal Light, etc) is the only way I drink water.

Answer 6

I drink bottled water,our tap water has to much chlorine in it.

Answer 7

TAP WATER HAS NUMEROUS OF MINERALS IN IT ( NOT THE GOOD ONES) AND BOTTLED WATER HAS FEWER EITHER WAY IT WONT KILL YOU IF YOU DRINK IT. IN MY OPINION ITS BETTER AND MUCH CHEAPER TO JUST BUY A FILTER OR BOIL YOUR WATER.

Answer 8

tap water is best .there is no fluride in bottled water !!

Answer 9

I don't know if they are or not but I drink bottled.

Answer 10

bottled