Taking bottle to cafeteria for fountain drink

PoorCookie
Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:14:34 +0000

A lot of people, including myself, brought a filter. It saves you money and the trouble of having to lug water to your room (then again I was on the third floor with no elevator), plus you get to cut down on plastic waste.

Actually, you can get water from the bathroom or kitchen. It doesn’t really matter unless someone stuck gum into the faucet or something gross. It’s all the same kind of water anyway. It’s the same as getting a drink from the fountain in the park.

You said you’re not sure whether a filter will give you “clean water” but think about it. The water must be purified and cleaned before going back through the system for people to bath in, brush their teeth, cook with, drink with. Toilet water is only gross because it touches the toilet bowl where lots of body waste has been deposited :P

It’s been debated before: some people believed tap water (even without being filtered) is healthier than bottled water unless you live in an area with unclean water. I myself don’t know what to believe, but if there are people out there drinking tap water without a filter, I’m sure you drinking from a filter won’t do any harm.