[SuzeOFan]

You all have very good points and really, you're all right.

I used to get distilled water delivered to the house. This avoids the landfill issue - but isn't great on the pocketbook...So I recently switched to buying it buy the jug to save $$.

When I was a child, we had our own well water in rural Connecticut which was the best tasting water I ever had.

My husband also grew up on well water, but in rural Massachusetts. Then along comes Grace Chemical Company and pollutes the ground water in the surrounding towns. My husbands' oldest brother died of leukemia at 18.
His family (although they feel Grace Chemical was responsible) never pursued any legal action. I suppose they were too devastated by the loss of their child.

But upon hearing that, I wouldn't trust any water coming from the tap.
I might be convinced to use tap water if I knew a filter that would eliminate dangerous chemicals, but even then, I'd still be wary.

As far as bottled water goes, I don't trust it either.
So that's why I drink distilled. Nothing can hide in distilled water (that I'm aware of). And it may not even matter where it comes from. All the bad stuff is left behind in the processing.

But I agree about the landfill issue. It's an important issue.

So what is the best water filter to use?