It seems to be almost an insult to offer someone a glass of water from the faucet anymore. I can't remember the last time I've had water from a fountain or faucet. When people come to the house or my office, we have bottled water for them. ?
You beat me to the Penn & Teller Bull**** thing. On the other hand I have family who live in West Virginia and there was a recent chemical leak that compromised much of the region's tap water.I have minor issues with Indy water on the SW side. I still drink it, but its pretty damn hard. Not that I care enough to waste the $$ on a softener. I can deal with the crust. the various faucets, valves, etc that I burn through still is cheaper than the softener costs. (dont get soap scum when you use detergent based cleaners instead)
THIS! I laugh at many people who swear by the bottled "drinking water" over tap. distilled or spring is one thing, but drinking? Dude, they literally bottle the water that the municipal system delivers to them. If you are on crappy well water that has lots of iron and other crap in it OK. I understand. But city dwellers who drink the Nestle, etc. crap are just wasting their money.
An interesting watch on bottled water:
Penn & Teller Bull**** On Water - YouTube (Id link it as a video but I dont want the mods coming down on me for the text in the preview)
Penn & Teller nails it.
I drank well water growing up.
City water now.
At work, bottled water. But that's because of the signs on the tap water that say, Non-Potable water. Washing only.
The pipes at the mill are allowing arsenic into the water. Shower and washing dishes only.
years and years ago... I was working with some INDOT fellers up in the Kouts / Hebron / Demotte area.
One of those guys mentioned that his well was like 7' deep - still only in the sand. He lived just off a highway next to an agricultural field.
While sand really is a fine filter for groundwater - having a 7' deep well next to a field would still be a no-go for me. Sheesh. Bet he never bothered to get his well water tested...