<p>When I was growing up, my Dad had a series of kidney and gall bladder stones. He had to drink distilled water and that is what started us buying bottled water. I don’t like the taste of our tap water so we continue to buy the 5 gallon bottles. However, I don’t buy the individual ones because I dislike the amount of plastic needed. I have a large container that holds about 68 ounces of water that I wash and reuse. I fill it from the 5 gallon in the kitchen. My S and D do the same.</p>
<p>Carrying bottled water keeps us from buying and drinking sodas, that fake “vitamin water” and high sugar juices. It keeps me from snacking so keeps the weight down, is good for the skin and hair. </p>
<p>You might ask FijiWater how they are staying afloat in the midst of a military junta that knocked out the elected government. Can you say ‘contributions’?</p>
<p>I understand bottled water when traveling and the local water is unsafe, or when hiking in the desert, etc…but to constantly buy and discard empty plastic bottles when the tap water is perfectly good, just because you can’t be bothered filling your own water bottle… I don’t understand that at all. </p>
<p>Plastic is made from OIL, a finite and diminishing resource. Bottled water from Fiji and France uses fuel to get from there to here. Not to mention the rediculous cost of such bottled water.</p>
<p>Funny thing is, here in the US we have the safest tap water on earth, and we use the most plastic bottled water on earth.</p>
<p>There is a way to avoid using thousands of plastic bottles, that is getting a big jug and filling it up once a week. Or renting/buying one of those water dispensers and having someone come out and refill it. Or get a distiller on your tap.</p>
<p>I have become used to tap water. I do buy my ice, however. I find the ice that my frig makes using the water in the lines is TERRIBLE. I’m a big ice cruncher.</p>
<p>Our water also reeks of chorine, especially in the morning. I let the water run for a while first thing in the morning to clear out the pipes.</p>
<p>Hey doubleplay, off topic and just fyi on the ice crunching. It’s often a sign of iron deficiency. I went through a weird ice-craving binge last summer and researched it. The links to anemia are pretty strong, and most ice crunchers are women. Had my blood tested, and sure enough. Since supplementing with iron tablets, the ice cravings have disappeared. (and the iron is helping my occasional but very aggravating restless leg syndrome, too) :).</p>
<p>Gosh, I hope not!!
I was thinking it’s because we live in Florida and it’s so hot right now- it feels good to always have something really cold in my mouth.</p>