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Tap water

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Drail
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I live in a small town in BC which is situated halfway up the mountainside. We have some of the best tap water I have ever tasted and I love coming back after a trip and drinking our water.

I was driving up the hill from the valley the other day and thought about all the different towns and how tap water tastes slightly (or drastically) different from one place to the next. I'm curious NS, how is your tap water?
Apr 18 2012 12:49PM
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theabortionator
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Horrible. It's brown with chunks floating in it. People die from it all the time

Like the goonies
Apr 18 2012 12:53PM
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.AR6rider.
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I feel like everyone likes the way their tap water tastes at home because it's what they're used to. I think my tap water tastes great, but anywhere else it tastes gross.
Apr 18 2012 12:54PM
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Errl
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well... i like my tap water, but water at places like the beach tastes terrible

Apr 18 2012 12:54PM
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Spinoza
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Toronto has decent tap water, I'm drinking it right now
Apr 18 2012 12:55PM
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panojibber
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Some HUGE bottled water company got caught bottling tap water in Calgary and selling it as mineral water lol. I forget who it was, but Calgary has ridiculously clean water.
Apr 18 2012 12:59PM
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KEVTRON
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/thread
Apr 18 2012 1:01PM
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Mike-O
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Tastes amazing, some of the cleanest in the world. Such a clear taste, it comes from Lake Päijänne before being processed.
Apr 18 2012 1:03PM
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PJS.
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I hate when people won't drink tap water because they think its not clean, then pay taxes which pay for making the water clean.
Apr 18 2012 1:17PM
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act.resist
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i have well water and its not too bad, ive had better. but my aunt and uncle who live down the road have the worst water ive ever tasted it has to be something to do with there water softener or they just dont have one because after taking a shower there i feel like im weighed down by whatever is in it.
Apr 18 2012 1:18PM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
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people are crazy about tap water, but people are crazy about countless stupid things. ever seen the girls with pieces of tape over their laptop's webcam? it's because they think that it's possible for someone to hack into their computer and watch them. seriously.
Apr 18 2012 1:19PM
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Bill.Nye
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I live in mammoth lakes, the tap water is the bomb shit. Although I've never been to any place in the US where I though the tap water was bad, just slightly different.
Apr 18 2012 1:20PM
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JamesR
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Their reasoning: If tap water is clean then why did I spend $50 on a Brita filter? Therefore, tap water is not clean.
Apr 18 2012 1:21PM
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Tree60
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Portlands tap water is extremely good. But when I go down to southern Cali, it's awful, even my dad, who grew up there, can't stand it.
Apr 18 2012 1:22PM
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howlongcanausern
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well water is always better than any sort of processed city/town water
Apr 18 2012 1:22PM
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cubber
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if you are from the copper country part of MI, then yes your tap water is the best. whatever it is about X amount of copper in your water, its better than anywhere else I've ever been, my tap water is meh. it's very quite.
Apr 18 2012 1:25PM
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zakaroo
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Seattles water is too mineralish. I prefer the water in towns closer to the mountains.
Apr 18 2012 1:29PM
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Mag
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It is POSSIBLE but the chances of it happening are null.
Apr 18 2012 1:53PM
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soulskier
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i prefer the outside faucet to the inside tap, it's "harder"
Apr 18 2012 1:58PM
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HeyImPeter
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Yes. Up north especially cheboygan county has amazing tap water
Apr 18 2012 2:03PM
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Brenone
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NYC tap water ftw!
Apr 18 2012 2:05PM
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Billek
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My parents have well water, they're near the top of a hill in upstate New York.  It's so good, and all of my other well/spring friends have awesome water as well.
Apr 18 2012 2:09PM
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Bar_Down
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am i the only one who prefers tap water to bottled water? i hate bottled water
Apr 18 2012 2:11PM
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Bill.Nye
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I agree, most bottled water tastes overly chlorinated, like pool water.
Apr 18 2012 2:32PM
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hoodratz47
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Portland Oregon. enough said.


Apr 18 2012 2:44PM
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.RYAN66
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Have some of the best tasting tap water in the country. /claim. Aurora water actually just signed a contract to have it bottled. I think it was ranked number three on a taste test.
Apr 18 2012 2:50PM
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mowglii
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waters for camels
Apr 18 2012 2:55PM
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E__
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Also bottled water costs $1+ but with water costs in homes it costs about the same to fill up your bath tub a whole lotta times. Tap Water>Bottled Water in so many ways.
Apr 18 2012 3:10PM
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BrewskiJr
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Oxford, Ohio (Miami University) has fucking TERRIBLE tap water. A SHIT TON of calcium in it, so whenever you wash dishes, it gets a white residue on it from the calcium, regardless of the type of calcium fighting detergent you use. I drank it for a few weeks and had diarrhea for 2 weeks straight. Never again.. Never again..



But my hometown has pretty decent tap water
Apr 18 2012 3:13PM
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REDFRO420
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Ours is from a well so its awesome
Apr 18 2012 4:24PM
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Stickity
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aquafina tastes weird as shit
Apr 18 2012 4:27PM
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smuggs
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to think most peoples tap water comes from someone elses toilet.
Apr 18 2012 4:27PM
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TRASHY.
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Tap water tastes the same to me everywhere i go, same with coke and pepsi.
Personally, I don't taste a difference, I know many people would beg to differ.
Apr 18 2012 4:31PM
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skitheWest.
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tap water in the US tastes like shit. or maybe it's just cause the tap water in BC is amazing
Apr 18 2012 4:48PM
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LivingColour
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this East PA tap water is the best. However, every year when I go down to Buxton, NC they always have the same nasty ass tasting tap water
Apr 18 2012 4:49PM
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Amadeus.
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NYC tap water is so fucking good.
Apr 18 2012 4:53PM
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SurfaceHoar
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Greenwood BC -worlds best tap water.
Apr 18 2012 4:59PM
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lands11
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Northeast PA to be exact. My water is delicious and I love it. I fucking hate when I'm drinking water that came from a tower and not a well.
Apr 18 2012 5:03PM
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Bill.Nye
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Related, and funny


Apr 18 2012 5:05PM
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Amadeus.
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I fucking love penn and teller.
Apr 18 2012 5:23PM
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rareison
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My town has like the 15th best tap water in north America /claim
Apr 18 2012 5:24PM
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TheHamburglar
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the tap water in san bernardino county is laughably horrible. it comes out white because of all the oxygen, tastes like shit, and apparently isn't very good for you.
Apr 18 2012 5:27PM
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taylornicky
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Compared to Sacramento's tap water, ours is incredibly good. I feel like whenever I go to California, the tap is nasty no matter what city I'm in.
Apr 18 2012 5:28PM
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Parks.
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reno's is bleh. not awful but not good

Apr 18 2012 5:33PM
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Drail
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a couple things to add. In 2010 Greenwood BC was voted the 3rd "best" tap water in British Columbia and a few years before that, Chilliwack was voted #1 for tap water.


If you are on a town water supply and not a well, there usually quite a bit of chlorine in your water. If you poor your water into a pitcher or something along those sorts and let the water breath before drinking it, it tastes better and is healthier for your body.
Apr 18 2012 5:33PM
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Puzzled
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Not at all, happened to some of my friends. Webcams should always be facing down when you are not using them.
Apr 18 2012 6:09PM
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AWALLRUS.
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ill drink tap water as long as it looks legit.

mine is just fine, but I have a filtered thing in the fridge anyways that comes out icey cold so i just drink that.
Apr 18 2012 6:13PM
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MothaHucker
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WA tap is best in world.
Apr 18 2012 6:29PM
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JzD.
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Isn't it true that tap water is regulated by the FDA unlike bottled water?
Apr 18 2012 6:40PM
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Bill.Nye
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Tap water is regulated by the EPA, they talk about it in the clip I posted.
Apr 18 2012 6:41PM
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