frank theriault wrote: > On 9/19/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>A number of magazines have conducted taste tests pitting New York >>City water against all the top bottled brands. The tap water almost >>always wins. Ditto for great lakes water in Chicago, Detroit and >>other midwest cities. I haven't had tap water in Anaheim, California, >>but I've drank plenty of it in LA hotels. Seemed fine to me. >>Paul > > > They did the same tests on Toronto water (which, being Lake Ontario > water, is the same stuff that Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo > drink, only by the time it gets to us, there are that many more > "additives" in it. We have a huge intake pipe some 5 miles offshore, > deep at the bottom of the lake, where apparently the water is quite > cold and clean. > > Of course it's treated, but it tastes good. And, in blind taste > tests, it's preferred to bottled brands. > > Still, I've been using a Brita water filter for some time now, and it > seems to improve the taste of the water (or is it because I ~want~ it > to taste better?). <g> > > cheers, > frank
The Brita pulls some of the remains of treatment out (plus the crap in your pipes). I swear by mine. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
