Selecting safe bottled water

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  1. Tb0n3

    Tb0n3 Road Train Member

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    I'm not quite following. Could you clarify what you're talking about? Is the colored liquid a pH tester?
     
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  3. Diantane

    Diantane Light Load Member

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    You can test chlorine with a simple/cheap pool tester. It has been said tha chlorine adsorbs into the body, but how much? We came up with a test for this.

    We would fill a 3 cup container with city tap water. We tested the chlorine level to be 7 parts per million (the same as swimming pool water). Then we would make a fist using a clean hand and lowered it into the water. After one minute we pulled out our hand and re-tested the water. In only one minute the hand adsorbed a little over 75% of the chlorine.

    I never went in a swimming pool again. Just fresh water lakes and the ocean.
     
  4. Tb0n3

    Tb0n3 Road Train Member

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    Chlorine in Tap Water Is Safe to Drink
    "No known or expected health risk" according to the EPA. Just because you don't like the sound of something doesn't mean it's bad. Better than e. coli. I'm planning on putting a water treatment system into my home to treat my shallow spring well water. I'm thinking UV treatment because it's just less maintenance and testing required.
     
  5. tommymonza

    tommymonza Road Train Member

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    I drink a half pot of coffee in the morning

    Than a half gallon of either tapped water from my buddies house or my gallon jugs refilled at the local market for 50 cents a gallon. After lunch I fire up the ice maker and make ice to pour my LaCroix waters over.

    I actually drink the Aldis brand for half the price. I usually go through 12 of those a day

    I probably Pee 20 times a day
     
  6. skellr

    skellr Road Train Member

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    Why would you do that? The body needs minerals and some places add minerals.

    If you want to "purely" deprive your body for "purity" buy distilled water....
     
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  7. Rubber duck kw

    Rubber duck kw Road Train Member

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    Once upon a time they also figured asbestos were harmless too, just saying.
     
  8. D.Tibbitt

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    The way i test water is i take a couple sips, if it tastes good i take a couple more, after about 30 minutes to 1 hour if i aint dead or ####tin myself then rest assured must be some #### good water
     
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  9. scottied67

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    Any bottled water that says "purified" on the label is basically just local municipal tap water that they ran through a trucker's cotton drawers to filter it.

    I buy "spring" water or "artesian" water lately, brand- Fiji.
     
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  10. GypsyWanderlust

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    If you are that worried about your water buy a portable filter. There are no rules on what they can throw in a bottle.
     
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