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Bottled Water Sucks

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ThaLorax
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Cool graphic I found off StubleUpon:
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May 19 2010 1:19AM
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ECB
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Huh?
to me it has no taste....
May 19 2010 2:56PM
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neutralzombie
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i find some waters taste like metal or really sweet. it's weird, i really hate aquafina. and i love naya and evian
May 19 2010 2:57PM
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AB.Zee
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Im sure your family has thought of it but why not go with one of these?

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May 19 2010 3:07PM
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i0z
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ah ya see if i get bottled water i get store brands which are about $.20 a bottle.
May 19 2010 3:13PM
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Mr.Panda
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We use the big ones for cooking. Fill them up at the grocery store. My weirdo mom doesn't want to use them for human consumption though. Weirdo.
May 19 2010 4:50PM
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Hoppy
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Your sarcasm meter is broken.
May 20 2010 9:26AM
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SkierX
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Grew up on well water that sourced from a bunch of natural springs. Had a really high iron content that would turn the inside of the dishwasher orange in a week if left unchecked. My parents ran a softener and it is by far the best water I have ever had the pleasure of drinking. I still fill up a big bottle any time I am visiting.

As for my own place, I am on municipal water. Have a Brita pitcher. Perfectly satisfied with that.

I definitely find bottled water to be completely absurd for everyone. Filtration exists that can turn any water into a pure water. Sure there is an upfront cost, but the ROI is definitely there.
May 20 2010 9:59AM
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ThaLorax
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never seen the documentary but i've read lots of other books on the subject and seen other documentaries.


the worldwide water situation is so fucked. huge catch 22. Dams, groundwater/water table tapping, water displacement are just some of the problems that are being ignored in the presence of the "oil crisis".

Thanks in a large part to LA like you mentioned, the Colorado river has more water accounted for/allocated elsewhere than is in it in the first place. The Colorado doesn't even reach the ocean anymore. We have a deal with Mexico where we are supposed to allocate them X amount of water every year and we don't give them any of it... to the point where we don't even give them the river that is supposed to end up in the gulf down there.

here's a graphic of the places in the US where groundwater depletion is occuring, largely because of tapping into the water table.
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May 21 2010 9:30PM
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Mr.Panda
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The night this thread was started this episode of "Good Eats" was literally playing. Was somewhat creepy.
May 21 2010 11:15PM
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alvy.
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If i could just sit there all day and drink that water....
May 21 2010 11:55PM
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vzdz
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mad +K to the creator of this thead
May 21 2010 11:59PM
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MADDECENT
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AND that shit tastes dusty
May 22 2010 12:10AM
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KiDCuDi
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i only drink it if i must. i dont like it too much.
May 22 2010 12:31AM
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Rachy
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mmmmmmm
May 22 2010 1:19AM
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PacificRimJob
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nom nom.



We sell packets of that shit at work. so gross.
May 22 2010 1:32AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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Since you brought this up, I just checked in to a hotel in Miami and they offer bottled water in your bathroom for the amazing low price of SEVEN FUCKING DOLLARS! Can you guys believe this shit?!?! I'm absolutely floored!! I know, pics or it didn't happen, so here it is:

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May 22 2010 5:25PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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Sorry for the double post, but someone recently pointed out to me that Evian spelled backwards is....Naive. How ironic!
May 22 2010 5:29PM
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Slinger1x1
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the water is my town is incredibly good. high quality H2O
I carry a sigg bottle to school every day
my school sells bottled water for outrageous prices and people used to buy them like crazy. i have noticed that it has stopped a little, but people still buy way to much bottled water.

our school actually gave out these shitty knock off sigg bottles, and they installed these spouts at all water fountains that are made for refilling bottles
May 22 2010 5:49PM
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B.Snow
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I'm on a well cause I live in the country and I have to drink bottled water. We found out a couple years back that my water has about 60 times the amount of tolerated uranium in it so its not safe to drink and apparently you're not even supposed to shower in water with such high levels.
May 22 2010 5:55PM
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ThaLorax
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that's cool. i was in an enviro. group at my last uni and we got the school to give us some money to hand out knock off sig bottles (with our labeling) at the end of the school year/music festival.
May 22 2010 6:01PM
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NickSki.
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i hate it, especially when it gets warm.
May 22 2010 6:25PM
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ECB
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My school when I was in high school sold bottle water for 25 cents because the water wasn't drinkable haha
May 23 2010 1:22PM
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