Comments on: Water Store

By: vt

vt — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:36:59 +0000

I have a Pure Water Store. Do i need to be certify, do I need to regrister my Water with Municiplty of the city? does anyone know?

By: cwf

cwf — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:46:24 +0000

I use a simple countertop water filter.
It costs around 10 cents a gallon! Plus it tastes a lot better than bottled water. And knowing I’m not contributing by throwing away plastic bottles feels good.

By: GrimJack

GrimJack — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:50:44 +0000

I lived in Tucson which had CAP water; it was terrible stuff so we went to a store that just sold water that they reverse-osmosized and double distilled on-site. There really was no option there.

We buy bottled water by the case when it is on sale for use as our emergency supply of water. In order to keep it fresh, we drink it up at about a case a month; we keep about 5 cases in ‘the shed’. We hope to add a couple of water purifying pumps for extended use. Seattle, like almost all cities, has disasters in its past and future.

Also, I MUST have my Talking Rain sparkling water – I think I may have an addiction to carbonation??

And the convenience – instead of washing 2 or 3 glasses per day, we recycle the plastic bottles (crass rationalization – I know)

Grim

By: Frugal Momma

Frugal Momma — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:22:38 +0000

I did a recently poll do you buy bottled water?

Yes 53%
No 47%

I was suprised that so many said yes as I have a frugally minded reading audience but I guess taste and convenience sometimes win out.

http://budgetdial.blogspot.com/2006/06/bottled-water-poll-results.html

By: edenz713

edenz713 — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:36:10 +0000

That’s also a problem in some parts of the US. When I lived in Buffalo we got all of our water from Lake Erie. In the summer the tap water became cloudy and tasted terrible. At our old apartment complex the pipes were old and the water tasted metallic. But a water store is a little ridiculous – the cheapest option at the grocery store is good enough.

By: traineeinvestor

traineeinvestor — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:05:29 +0000

Depends on where you live. In Hong Kong the drinking water meets WHO standards but (i) comes with a funny (i.e. bad) taste or discoloration on some days and (ii) for older buildings is run through some rather dubious and unsanitary piping. In our current building we use a combination of the cheaper bottled water or boiled tap water.