If you filter the tap water, it will probably be fine. For most people, the only defect in their tap water is the faint taste of chlorine, but that will disappear if the tap water is chilled for a while in a container that isn't tightly sealed.
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/top-6-myths-about-bottled-water Many bottles of "designer" water have strange tastes in my experience. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > Similar here - the city well water is usally clear but sometimes picks up > too much iron and can range in color from pale amber to something close to > weak tea. The municipal water department assures all citizens that city > water, regardless of color, is perfectly safe to drink. Nonetheless, I keep > bottled water on hand for particularly bad days or when guests stop by. That > doesn't stop the ice cubes from occasionally being brown. > > And - I use distilled water for rinsing film, of course. I think deionized > water would be better, but the local grocery store does not stock it. > > Mark > > > On 5/26/2015 2:09 PM, John wrote: >> >> I mostly drink tap water when I'm not drinking coffee. A touch of lemon >> helps to kill the metallic taste from chlorination. >> >> I only buy bottled water under two circumstances: >> >> 1. During long distance travel via automobile my refilled water bottles >> sometimes run out. If there's no convenient way to refill them with safe >> water, I'll buy bottled water when I stop for gas. >> >> 2. I still use distilled water from the grocery store to fill my steam >> iron. >> >> I recycle the bottles, but usually I'll refill a bottle several times >> before doing so. >> >> On 5/25/2015 4:54 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >>> >>> I filter our water at home and at the office, and we fill water >>> bottles with the filtered water. It is just fine. If one is so >>> inclined, one can add a drop of flavor to the water. >>> >>> When we visited Switzerland, I was amused to see the locals filling >>> empty Perrier and Evian bottles with local tap water from the public >>> fountains. >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>> >>> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel J. >>>>> Matyola >>>>> Sent: 25 May 2015 21:23 >>>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> Subject: PESO: Food for Thought >>>>> >>>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18027589 >>>>> >>>> >>>> I agree - don't buy bottled water, unless you're in the wilds of >>>> Ethiopia or >>>> similar. >>>> >>>> A few years ago I was in a taxi in France which went past a >>>> water-bottling >>>> plant (this one: >>>> http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu%C3%A9zac_%28eau_min%C3%A9rale%29). The >>>> taxi >>>> driver told me that the water comes out of the ground naturally >>>> carbonated, >>>> but for health and safety reasons they have to take all the bubbles out, >>>> clean the water, then put all the bubbles back in again. I now have a >>>> picture in my mind of billions of bubbles, each in their own tiny little >>>> pigeonhole waiting to put back in the water, with tweezers. >>>> >>>> Similarly, when I asked at a nearby brewery where they get their water >>>> from, >>>> they told me "the Thames" (meaning the Thames Water Authority - tap >>>> water, >>>> in other words). But they clean it and then program into it the specific >>>> mineral composition of the source they want to imitate when making >>>> particular styles of beer. >>>> >>>> Who'd 'a thought? >>>> >>>> B >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >> > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
