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Tonights Panarama is about the bottled water industry said to be £2 billion a year in this country, do you use bottled water and why. I do buy bottled water but only for the bottle which I refile dailly as they are ideal, especially at night. I used to have a glass of water at night, but lost count of the number of times I knocked it over, thse bottles are ideal.

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I use bottled water in the car and generally will have surplus in the boot. Obviously it’s there for drinking when travelling any distance, but I also stock up when I know the weather might be changeable especially if I’m going walking and for things like wound cleaning. In the office I have a water cooler which uses 19L bottles. I’ll use one a fortnight at the moment.

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I use a Watergem filter which I installed myself
Water gem filter system. Replacement water gem filters.
The filters last 6 months for a family
I change mine yearly - so get good water on tap for £15 a year

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i only drink bottled water when i go to work and then reuse the bottle for a couple of days

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I drink bottled water and have a Brita filter kettle & a jug for the fridge. This is because I am very sensitive to the chlorine that United Utilities pump into the water supply and drinking water from the tap makes me ill. Why I pay for fresh drinking water is beyond me :confused:

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No I don't buy bottled water at home and I suspect that quite a lot of what's supposed to have come from mountain springs etc. has really come from a tap. I use a Brita filter jug and I'm not averse to asking for tap water in a restaurant. I buy bottled water when I'm abroad, even in Malta where the water is perfectly safe to drink but tastes revolting, but I buy 2 litre bottles of the cheapest I can get.

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How many realise that Evian is Naive spelled backwards, do the manufacturers think that about us for buying their water.......Must admit we buy it when camping .

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only buy when abroad, read an article a couple of years ago that reckoned tap water in the north west,is as good as any bottled, but if ya wanna get suckered,be my guest.:D

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i use bottled water when i go to visit my family in Batley (near Leeds) but that because their water smells like dog breath when you boil it for a brew!

Out of interest, where does our water come from? over Colne it comes from Barley, does that make it Barley water?

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I heard on the news this a.m. that Lancashire C.C. spends around £50,000 per year on bottled water and Manchester City Council spends a similar amount.

I wonder how much of our hard earned cash HBC spends on bottled water?

Are there any figures Graham?

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That £50,000 is out of your hard earned cash Bob

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On the telly this morning some fella was talking about, why do we drink bottled water when we have water from our taps and that the bottled stuff could be sent to poor countrys who have no water at all or its unsafe to drink:rolleyes:

he quotes...."the discomforting fact that while we have perfectly good tap water we spend approaching £2 billion on bottled water when a billion people around the world don't have safe water. "

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I just drink tap water, tastes fine to me, especially if left in the fridge for an hour or so. At work im always filling up my lucozade sport bottle with water from our cooler. I drink about 3 litres a day.

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I drink bottled water when I'm on the go but not when I'm home. Even if home at the moment is Yorkshire which has an interesting taste about its water :p

Check this $42 bottle of water: Water for $42 per bottle. What is wrong with people!? - Gadling

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Where abouts in Yorkshire?? like i said near leeds it smells like dogs breath

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I drink tap water, never done me any harm

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The cheaper water I would suspect is the worst in reality, because they dont spend less money on providing the water, they just pay their employee's less money in wages like every other cheap product.

We dont ship water to Africa because of many reasons I should imagine. Firstly, they probably dont have recycling centres and would have to create dumps to get rid of the plastic waste, or ship it back over. Then there will be the carbon emissions from transporting it back and forth, which harms the environment.

I dont understand why water can't be taken from the sea via piping systems and purified for 3rd world countries, surely it couldn't be that expensive for all the countries to chip in together and do it. I think there must be technology advanced enough for that.

I once wondered why someone doesn't just take over the poor countries and build an economy there but the idea didnt go down well with my religious friend. I still don't see why they don't do it though, it would provide millions of jobs, homes, welfare, wealth. In fact the only two things I can think of that could cause problems with this idea is the health problems already epidemic in those countries and the fact that every country would fight over the land. And both AIDs and Greed lack a cure.

I very rarely buy bottled water, I dont drink the amount of water your meant to intake per day because I never find time!

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It's limestone filtered rain water with sheeps **** aditives. Plus, I had to the mixture two are three times a year by taking a leak on the top of Ingleborough....:D:D:D

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Taking the pee apart, I will stop buying botted water. I will keep my water cooler as it's cost effective and my only means of chilled water in the office at this time. I'll buy a 2L bladder for the car for when I'm traveling round. I already have bladders for the rucksacks.

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ewwwww....we go swimming there AND my grandad likes to collect the spring water in a bottle for us all to drink......:eek:

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i buy bottled water when i'm out, the water down south is the worst in this country, its so hard and ewwwww its 'orrible'

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Don't knock it, it is good for you if its running when he collects it. I always take fresh spring water when I'm up in the Dales. That said that's up land and not down below. It's worth looking out for dead sheep and the old odd welly boot floating around....:D

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I would have thought that you carry enough water of your own without having to buy it my daugther darling......:D:D:D


whoops....:do-one:

:hesoff:

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Not if you'v peed in it!!!!!

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run quick daddy run

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Give up, it's only one part in a billion. :D

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i dont drink bottled water or the water from machines - i just dont like the taste and for some reason it makes my mouth feel dry - i know water doesnt really have a taste but i would rather have good old tap water - from being brought up on cooperation pop i guess - thanks mum x

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Blazey, does expanding the genepool figure into your future plans :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

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Why? are you scouting for Hammer?:D

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I'm at University in Hull so living in Cottingham... tastes really weird compared to Accrington

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does that mean having children? Stop speaking American ;) I intend to adopt a child of every colour like angelina jolie. So technically that would be no wouldn't it?

Is that what you are asking me :D

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I'd go for Virgin Cambodia.

God you people are sooo unimaginative, why doesn't anyone suggest anything spontaneous and outside the box for once! Wild ideas are fun, and lets face it, there isn't enough people thinking of 'solutions' for the 3rd world, so wild ideas are better than no idea.

Would rather leave the plight of the 3rd world to virgin or microsoft than bono and bob geldof.

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Yes I do drink bottled but only when the tap is not about. Like in the car or if staying away from home. I often find hotel water tastes like rats pee.

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was one place in london where they have a "Water Menu" (claridges i think) 32 differant waters on menu, the most expensive was £9 a bottle, was sent to experts for analysis along with tap water n none of em could tell the differance, knew there was some real dummies about, but £9 a bottle.:eek:

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Well womens magasines often have found cheap outfits that look really alike the designer ones so that us ladies can have the top fashions too within our budget. It's only material at the end of the day and a name to it that puts the price up. Its probably just the same with the water right? People are always willing to pay more expensive amounts for a name, besides, some people just have too much money to know what to do with it.

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agree totally,still makes em dummies in my book.:D:D

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I like drinking our Lancashire tap water. Much better than the muck I used to get out of my faucet in London, and having returned tonight from warmer climes, and after drinking nothing but bottled water for a fortnight, even to clean my teeth, I'm so happy to be back, and look forward to seeing a solid stool once again.:D

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When I worked down in Norfolk 3 years since the tap water down there was also 'hard' I knew of some people who used a water filter that connected to the mains water supply, never seen one or heard of such a type used since mind, but I also fairly sure that limescale coursed by the lime damaged peoples appliances quicker then around here as well.

I also drink normal tap water around here at least and again it has never done me any harm.

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Oh Please Rindi, Please, you think were're going to believe you had NO falling down water:D

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Have a look at this. I know Americans are a bit on the dumb side but it could happen over here as well. Especially if you went down south.

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I once went to Harrods (as i always do when in London) and bought a bottle of water in a champagne type bottle and it only cost me just over a quid

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Well its easy to see why the Americans gave the world Goerge W. Bush:rolleyes:

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I just don't like the chlorine that they have to use to make tap water safe -- which it is.
The chlorine is removed by filtering - which is what I do.
I know that there is rather a lot of chlorine in my supply because I can smell it when I run a bath.
Chlorine is hazardous to health
Water sources of pollution

I consider that bottled water is more likely to have untreated contaminents than tap water. I don't believe that mountain springs aren't polluted.
Filtration of your tap water is the way to go

See my post#3 for the system I use - easier than jug filters

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Mountain goat's have to wee somewhere as well :D

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It's just a fashion and all clever marketing, when most of us know full well that tap water is much safer with less bacteria, and 1,500 times cheaper.

Had the big water dispensers at work, but at lunch always used to get my water in the canteen from the tap (as none in there) .. colleagues used to comment "Ugh, you not drinking from that tap, are you?" Didn't argue as they sat there with their expensive bottles .. just drank with smug thoughts.

Remember re. the survey where you could pick up the most bacteria/viruses .. the water fountain came out on top at work as against keyboards, toilet seats, etc .. but this slightly different subject I know .. just put me off getting one from the dispenser at work !

Once went to a lecture given by a gentleman from the Water Board, he explained that the clear plastic bottles let in more bacteria than the ones in blue/green plastics.

They are useful to get when you are out and about though and very few water fountains available like there used to be, as in parks.
Neil: Is there one in Rhyddings now ?

Not a very thirsty person anyway and even in warm weather, never long for a drink. Like everyone else, always take one out with me (and drink inside) when abroad as you can feel yourself going a little dizzy when really warm if you don't tank yerself up.

Yes, should concentrate on the countries that die through lack of pure water .. sure the stastitic I heard the other day was 15,000 people per day throughout the world .. how lucky are we !

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I buy the flavoured water and when empty fill them up and take them to work because i refuse to pay £1 for a bottle of oasis out of the vending machine at work when you can buy it up town for £1.40 for 2 bottles. I also have one on my bedside table, basically though only buy it when im out and about and im thirsty otherwise its tap water - made into brews - for me.

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i re-use plastic bottles for ty to take his drink of water into school, he has his own drinks bottles but they kept coming back broken or got lost (they all have his name on!!)

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The advantage of having it on tap, when compared to a jug filter, is that you can wash salad and fill pans for boiling veg without running out of a filtered supply - no waiting for those slow filtering jugs.

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Mine is exactly the same, it seems to have got worse over the last few weeks. I rang them up last week and they came to take samples as the chlorine level has irritated the skin on my face (I look like I've got a chemical burn!) I'm still waiting for the results, but it looks like I'm going to have to install water filters on all the taps & the shower.

Another member of my family rang and complained about the bleach smell & was told that it was because her washer was next to the sink! :rolleyes:

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I only use my Brita filter jug for drinking, and not always then - if I'm thirsty I'll grab a glass and head for the tap. I would never think to use filtered water for salads or cooking.

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I have a rule -
If it goes down your throat - filter it
(Boiled veg - washed salad- both can be affected by the chlorine)
That way no chlorine gets into you