Source of water reveals bottled-up controversy

It's the bottle, stupid
I don't buy the water when I buy bottled water. I pay for the convenience of the plastic bottle. In my mind, if I'm paying $1 for a plastic bottle then in that $1 I'm paying the cost to clean up the environment should be included.
-Swandaddy

Spring water
I only buy bottled water if I'm sure that's really natural spring water (from the mountains, especially from natural sources) Otherwise, I use tap water. I try to avoid adding more plastic garbage to our neighborhood.
-horusseth

Tap water is 'nasty'
We drink bottled water because the tap water where we live is nasty!  It is so heavily chlorinated that after a shower the bathroom smells like a public swimming pool.  It tastes terrible, very bitter and slightly metallic.  I don't care where my bottled water comes from as long as it tastes good and clean.
-shannonrjq

'Water snobs'
We are water snobs and have been weaned off tap water for close to ten years now. The water supply here is ample, but the natural water from the tap is so terrible. We budget to spend more on bottled water for drinking and it has become second nature. Even our pets drink bottled water.
-Neb Dem

'An eye-opener'
I am from Buffalo, N.Y., where the tap water (especially in the summer) has a flavor that is hard to describe but it is not good.  I drink Aquafina every day and realize now I was wasting my money and should just filter water through a Brita system.  I have become dependent on bottled water simply because it tastes better and I felt I was drinking purer water than tap water.  I think this was definitely an eye-opener.
-buf24

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Concerned about pipes
We filter our water both because the water systems tap water tastes funny and because the pipes in our house are copper and I don't trust that the solder doesn't contain lead.  We use bottled water away from home because it is usually the only cold drink available except soda.
-TAPT

Bottle safety worries
Bottled water is contained in bottles that are for one-time use only.  The toxins that are released from reusing them or keeping them in a place where there are temperature fluctuations is stupid and dangerous. Why don't people use the energy it takes to lug those stupid cases home and just get a Brita faucet filter? 
-wooohooo

'Disgraceful'
(I) can't get over this latest revelation.  We drink bottled because we were told not to drink the water that comes from our tap.  Apparently where we live is close to where chemicals are put into the water for what purposes we aren't aware of.  We'd never drink it anyway, or take a bath in it or cook with it for that matter.  And to Aquafina — or is it PepsiCo — disgraceful and we will never drink any of your products again.
–Carol12065

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