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Does Anyone Drink Tap Water Anymore?
When I was a kid, I drank water straight from the tap. I wasn’t allowed soda, and juice was a rare treat. Drinks were milk with meals, and water any other time. I’ve always enjoyed water, and I didn’t know any other way than straight from the tap. In fact, I used to be too lazy to get a cup most of the time and stuck my head under the faucet like it was a drinking fountain.
But now, as an adult, the only time I drink water from the tap so to speak is from drinking fountains. I don’t drink bottled water generally, but we do have a Brita pitcher in our refrigerator and we filter all the tap water we drink. Not because I think it is unsafe, but I honestly think the tap water we have now tastes weird . In fact, when the water in the pitcher starts tasting weird to me, I know it is time to change the filter.
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About a year ago, we installed a reverse osmosis water filter in our home. We weren’t particularly concerned about any specific contaminant, but just wanted to make sure we were drinking and cooking with safe, clean water. In this last year, we’re not as happy about the water filter as we thought we’d be. First of all, we don’t have the correct pressure in our household pipes to adequately pump our water through the filter system, so the water practically trickles out. We leave a pitcher under the faucet to let it fill while we’re doing other things. Second, reverse osmosis filters waste about 3-4 gallons of water for every gallon of filtered water it creates. That’s not very efficient! And lastly, we’re a bit dismayed that the filter takes out all the good and beneficial minerals like calcium, potassium and magnesium. We have other friends who add natural sea salt back into their water to make up for that, but we’re not willing to drink salty water.
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