Bottled water

Wheniwasyourage

Our mains water is lovely and cold and tastes just like water. I think in England cold water comes through a tank in the attic, doesn't it, not like here?

No tank in my attic. All water comes from the mains.

Guilty as charged here as well Luckygirl3 I drink bottled water with added magnesium to combat frequent cramp.
I do take your point about plastic bottles. Maybe I should have a rethink.

Tap water mostly for me, but I go to a spring and fill a good few bottles whenever I'm in the area. I always feel its doing me the world of good, but thats probably wishful thinking.

Nothing wrong with the tap water here in the Midlands. It is quite hard so we have to put up with limescale on the taps etc but fine to drink. I do buy soda water, I'm in two minds whether to get a Sodastream type machine for that.

Sodapop can't you take a magnesium supplement with tap water instead of buying water? It might be cheaper.

MawsRosie

^When we lived in a City I was always amazed at the immigrants who had trolleys full of bottled water^

How could you tell their residential status?

They were 6 ft tall blonde Amazons with a Swedish accent ?

I watched a tv programme about bottled water some time ago, lots of bottled waters were tested and some had very high mineral content.
Conclusion was that as bottled water wasn’t tested you could be consuming dangerously high levels of minerals.

I prefer the chalky tap water across the southern downlands, but I do get English carbonated water occasionally.
I do feel there's something wrong with transporting water in lorries, especially from Italy and France.

butterandjam

MawsRosie

When we lived in a City I was always amazed at the immigrants who had trolleys full of bottled water

How could you tell their residential status?

They were 6 ft tall blonde Amazons with a Swedish accent ?

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Luckygirl3

Some of the bottled water sold in supermarkets is filtered tap water!

I only buy water if it's been hand-cupped out of a river by virgins, filtered through their linen petticoats and carried down the mountain in oak barrels to Click and Collect in Tesco car park.

We fill a bottle from the tap several times a day and keep in the fridge. We live in a southern water area. The water is lovely. When we lived in outer London the water didn’t taste as pure and nice. We also buy fizzy water to have with cordial and soda water to make spritzers. When I think about it, we drink a lot of water one way or another.

MawsRosie

Wheniwasyourage

Our mains water is lovely and cold and tastes just like water. I think in England cold water comes through a tank in the attic, doesn't it, not like here?

No,drinking water comes through your kitchen tap from the rising main. You should not drink water from eg bathroom taps which are fed from the tank in your loft

Ah, thanks MawsRosie. That explains it, and I didn't realise that your kitchen water comes from the mains. All our cold water taps have mains water and it's only hot water which comes from a tank (unless you have a combi boiler, of course).

I only buy water if it's been hand-cupped out of a river by virgins, filtered through their linen petticoats and carried down the mountain in oak barrels to Click and Collect in Tesco car park.
Love it !

kittylester

I shoild also own up to having 24 large bottles in the garage. Just in case.

Best keep an eye on the use by date or you will need to water the garden with it. The plastic degenerates and gets into the water.

The only time I have bottled water is when the supply stops ... rather frequently! ... and Welsh Water kindly deliver me loads.

We’re lucky to have great tasting water, thank you Affinity Water! I bought a SodaStream and now make my own sparkling water, so no need for all those plastic bottles, although I must admit to having a few bottles in a cool dark place in case of emergencies.

Water comes from Kielder here - soft which is good for various reasons. It’s also known as ‘Council pop’. I’ve a built in water filter, but rarely use it.

I buy bottled water and recycle the plastic bottles. Our tap water does not taste very good. I’m not a great water drinker and a little lemon squash makes it more tasty.

I buy bottled water . My favourite is San Pellegrino which you can still get in glass bottles, though its getting hard to find. I remember once in a smart Italian hotel asking for sparking water and being given a menu with about 12 different waters to choose from.

I have a dozen bottles in our cool hallway just in case the very hot weather interferes with the water supply. I dont usually buy bottles as our water tastes fine. I recently was picked randomly to have our water supply and taps tested. It passed!

Wheniwasyourage

Our mains water is lovely and cold and tastes just like water. I think in England cold water comes through a tank in the attic, doesn't it, not like here?

No most properties have mains drawn water.