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Drinking Water - Most economical option?

3,748 578 February 17, 2018 at 11:32 AM in Finance
I'm a single health conscious guy and wanted to know what everyone here think is the most economical option for drinking water. The water in my condo tastes like crap. I've even had plumbers tell me not to drink city water. I have a costco membership, sometimes will buy case of bottled water or just drink from my pur water filter jug. Is it more economical for me to continue to drink from my pur water filter jug, bottled water, or shpuld I invest in a water dispenser and buy the huge galls of water from lowes / home depot? I go through a lot of water.
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ProfessorChaos
02-17-2018 at 11:23 PM.
02-17-2018 at 11:23 PM.
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Messed up my aunt's well, near Lufkin, Texas. Now she has to chlorinate out every month or it smells like sulphur.

Chlorine kills bacteria, it doesn't get rid of sulfur.
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germanpope
02-18-2018 at 12:41 AM.
02-18-2018 at 12:41 AM.
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Chlorine kills bacteria, it doesn't get rid of sulfur.
When I was kid we would go to the hobby store to buy sulfur. I can't remember the other stuff we had to buy. But we made a small pile of gun powder. We lit it to watch it burn. Applause
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02-18-2018 at 12:56 AM.
02-18-2018 at 12:56 AM.
She's talking about shock chlorination for treating sulfur bateria.
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User339811
02-18-2018 at 02:48 AM.
02-18-2018 at 02:48 AM.
in third world countries, peoplekind get water from the river that they use to wash clothes and dump crap.
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Bright_Eyes
02-18-2018 at 07:53 AM.
02-18-2018 at 07:53 AM.
The problem with bottled water is the plastic bottle it is stored in, you get that bottle warm or hot and you start getting stuff leeching in your water. And who knows where that water bottles were stored at, no doubt someplace hot.
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ProfessorChaos
02-18-2018 at 07:56 AM.
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Quote from germanpope :
When I was kid we would go to the hobby store to buy sulfur. I can't remember the other stuff we had to buy. But we made a small pile of gun powder. We lit it to watch it burn. Applause

When I was a kid, we used to make napalm out of gasoline and soap and bomb fire ant colonies.
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Bright_Eyes
02-18-2018 at 07:56 AM.
02-18-2018 at 07:56 AM.
Has anyone actually answered the actual question? What is the cheapest way ?
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euuser3818772
02-18-2018 at 08:41 AM.
02-18-2018 at 08:41 AM.
Answer depends on your location. If you can trust your local water source, then tap is the way to go. And tastes great if you happen to live in a soft watered region. Or you would have to soften it for better tastes with filters which adds to the total cost. Bottled water is a waste of money except in contaminated areas such as the BP oil leaks back in 2010.

Chemically speaking, pure water (distilled water) tastes flat or meh. It's the impurities (minerals, fish poop, etc...) it picks up that adds to the taste, hard or soft, depending on the region. So by filtering these impurities we alter the hardness of the water making it soft. Or adding more minerals, making it's taste less desirable.

Now what is wrong with this picture? For 5 pts
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emelvee
02-18-2018 at 09:49 AM.
02-18-2018 at 09:49 AM.
Quote from Bright_Eyes :
Has anyone actually answered the actual question? What is the cheapest way ?
You must be new here.
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germanpope
02-18-2018 at 11:45 AM.
02-18-2018 at 11:45 AM.
Quote from Bright_Eyes :
Has anyone actually answered the actual question? What is the cheapest way ?
Finding a willing volunteer?
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germanpope
02-18-2018 at 11:48 AM.
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Now what is wrong with this picture? For 5 pts
Attachment 6641575
Jesus hasn't appeared to turn it into wine?
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tukwok
02-18-2018 at 05:19 PM.
02-18-2018 at 05:19 PM.
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Now what is wrong with this picture? For 5 pts
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The green stuff at the top of the bottle 4th on 2nd row?

I once saw a sealed bottled water mostly coated with algae inside on a store's shelf. vomit One would think all stores would have UV window film to protect displayed products and to be energy efficient.
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euuser3818772
02-18-2018 at 05:24 PM.
02-18-2018 at 05:24 PM.
^^^ We have a winner.
Bottled water was on sale, so manager took the overstock ones outside in direct sunlight. A lack of proper training on how to store these. (Picture was of an example found on internet, not the actual unnamed store.)
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02-18-2018 at 07:50 PM.
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Quote from tukwok :
The green stuff at the top of the bottle 4th on 2nd row?

I once saw a sealed bottled water mostly coated with algae inside on a store's shelf. vomit One would think all stores would have UV window film to protect displayed products and to be energy efficient.
really? at many grocery stores in crappy seattle wa. They put bottled water outside.
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02-18-2018 at 09:40 PM.
02-18-2018 at 09:40 PM.
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really? at many grocery stores in crappy seattle wa. They put bottled water outside.
There is no sun in Seattle.
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