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Tap water ephemera:
1. You may all recall the testing done by Consumer Reports a few years ago,
pitting NY City tap water against various bottled waters. People thought the
NYC water tasted the best.
2. Comedian Lewis Black has made several astute observations: in the
fifties, when he & I grew up, you could find free water to drink everywhere, in
the basement faucet, the garden hose, etc. But we were supposed to drink four
glasses of milk a day, no one cared how much water we drank. Now people tell
us milk is bad and that we should drink lots of water, like eight glasses a
day (=8 bottles of water that isn't free). And now we have soy "milk"
(technical notes: you get milk from a plant); it is really soy juice. The final
insult is that they put nutritional label on bottled water.
Bob Rusell
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Kimberly asks if anyone has encountered specific tap water flavors.
The most extreme example I have run into is in Saratoga Springs, New
York, where the water spurts from the tap fizzing with natural
carbonation, which is nowhere near as bad as the accompanying whiff
of hydrogen sulfide, also natural. Folks up there use the tap to
wash and shower, but use bottled water to cook and drink.
I heard on NPR that Dasani, the most popular brand of bottled water,
is just Atlanta tap water bottled by the Coca Cola company. Might as
well fill the bottle yourself and save the two bucks.
Happy drinking!
Chuck Howarth
On Dec 6, 2007, at 6:21 PM, jason jay stevens wrote:
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> It took one of my dogs a couple weeks to trust the water in the dog
> bowl when we moved from chlorinated Northern woods river water to
> limestone-filtered South Texas resevoir water. Quite a bit more
> limey out of these taps!
>
> Dogs aren't exactly well-known as conniseurs of flavor, alas, this
> particular mutt knew what he liked, and preferred to stick with it.
>
> A touring musician friend swears by bottled water--says the
> different pHs from different taps around the country mess with his
> alimentary canal. I've toured, myself, and report no such problems
> of which I am conscious.
>
> BTW, the dog never hesitated to drink from a plastic bottle. I,
> however, have switched to a refillable stainless steel receptacle
> for my daily hydration and it gets a resounding Aye vote.
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> On Dec 6, 2007, at 3:24 PM, Kim Collison wrote:
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>> "...Boston tap water is actually quite nice, coming as it does
>> from the Quabbin Resevoir in the western part of the state."
>>
>> Alissa's comment reminded me of my first trip to Boston nearly 20
>> years ago. I remember thinking the tap water had a distinct
>> cucumber flavor. Great for cuke lovers, but not so great for me!
>>
>> Has anybody else encountered specific tap water flavors in their
>> travels? Do you suppose a blind tap water taste test would reveal
>> any perceived flavors?
>>
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