Mineral Water - are they for real or a con?

Biggins

Mineral water - are they for real or a con?

I ask because I genuinely don't know myself if its all a con, if some are of decent quality or is it all a capitalist plot to rob us!
(I wonder if I barrel rainwater, can I sell it?)

If anyone has any info or thoughts, I look forwards to relishing in them in my thirst for further awareness.

OutlawPete

Evian is divine, like springtime in a bottle.

Ruu_Old

I can't tell the difference between bottled and tap water from my own house. Biggest waste of money evah!

LimeTime

God I HATE Evian.

johnmcdnl

evian spelled backwards... naive

Mike 1972

Its illegal to sell tap water labelled as "mineral water" but perfectly fine and dandy if its labelled as "spring water"

I wouldnt write it off as a total scam. The tap water in some areas is pretty terrible.

fabbydabby

-Evian is Naive spelled backwards

-There's a difference between spring water (ballygowan) and mineral water (Tipperary)

-i only buy it because the tap stuff in work tastes like it was stored in a rectum.

-It's cheap in Lidl.

Hookah

Spring water = spring water *

Bottled at source = The tap out the back?


*may not be true

GLaDOS

I use a britta filter thing for my tap water and it tastes just as good

barone

be almost as expensive as oil soon enough,think thats the master plan anyway.........

kerrrrrrrrrrrrr chiiiing

Biggins

Does anyone actually test the stuff or is there a org/regulation section that regulates the content for certain aspects, to decide what is and isn't genuine?
Anyone know?

OutlawPete

LimeTime wrote: »

God I HATE Evian.

Evian is beautiful, why would you hate something beautiful??

What you wanna hate is Volvic, now there is some muck water.

LimeTime

OutlawPete wrote: »

Evian is beautiful, why would you hate something beautiful??

What you wanna hate is Volvic, now there is some muck water.

Naw, I can only drink Isklar water.


Agree about Volvic. Vile.

Chuck Stone

Bottled water sales in places where there is clean water on tap is the triumph of marketing over logic.

Gunsfortoys

Dasani water is awesome *twitches*.

EverEvolving

This is where it's at -

Bling H2O

$2600 for a bottle of water

McChubbin

I like me some Volvic.
Also, relative to the thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ef0dWD9ccc

Biggins

EverEvolving wrote: »

This is where it's at -

Bling H2O

$2600 for a bottle of water

Holy crap or holy water! :eek:

Gunsfortoys

McChubbin wrote: »

I like me some Volvic.
Also, relative to the thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ef0dWD9ccc

Peckham spring.

One of my favourite fools episodes.

Technoprisoner

i remember hearing that deep river rocks "deep under ground source" was the pipes it came up through from the local council lol

mickdw

I studied all aspects of water treatment and supply some years ago. If I remember correctly, tap water must meet stricter regulations than normal bottled water. Anything labelled 'mineral water' is of a higher quality than normal bottled water and most tap waters.
In short, bottled water is a scam but if you must buy it, buy one labelled mineral water.

Obviously some tap waters look terrible and dont taste so nice but in terms of the likelyhood of making you sick, even the worst looking tap water is meeting higher standards than normal bottled water has to meet.

bleg

It takes 6 bottles of water to process a bottle of water.

Dravokivich

EverEvolving wrote: »

This is where it's at -

Bling H2O

$2600 for a bottle of water

You would be paying for the diamond encrusted bottle, not the water...

PandyAndy

Back home in Tipp we have a filter installed. All normal tap water and bottled water tastes a lot less clear than the filtered water.

A kilometre or two down the road from us there's also a spring too. Water tastes lovely from there.

pockets3d

barone wrote: »

be almost as expensive as oil soon enough,think thats the master plan anyway.........

kerrrrrrrrrrrrr chiiiing

It already is a litre of oil in its processed form (petrol/diesel) costs roughly the same as half a litre of bottled water.

I'm just waiting for people to start drinking inkjet printer ink because it must be good to cost so much.

Doom

ScienceNerd wrote: »

I use a britta filter thing for my tap water and it tastes just as good

+1....but saying that I remember the tap water in Silgo had floaters in it...:eek:

iPlop

Technoprisoner wrote: »

i remember hearing that deep river rocks "deep under ground source" was the pipes it came up through from the local council lol

That's true, a few years back someone did an investigation and found out that it's just tap water bottled in Coca Cola, they responded by saying that they never said it was "spring water" and that's why it says "INGREDIENTS: PURE STILL WATER FROM DEEP UNDERGROUND"

Funnily enough, they're still achieving growth in the market with it.

Benny-c

mickdw wrote: »

buy one labelled mineral water

San Pellegrino is beautiful-high mineral content beautiful sharp finish..mmmmmm:D

Capt'n Midnight

Biggins wrote: »

Does anyone actually test the stuff or is there a org/regulation section that regulates the content for certain aspects, to decide what is and isn't genuine?
Anyone know?

Depends, in general the public water system has more testing than the bottles.

If you bottle tap water you can put the results of the public tests on the bottles.


Deep River Rock is what Desani is now called here. That's because Coca Cola screwed up and put bromates in the filtered tap water.

I could mention Perrier and Benzine.

Or the plasticisers in plastic bottles , Ballygowan talk about 800 years of purification but the water has a best before date.

iPlop

There is one water I thought was genuine ,this stuff

Biggins

Sink The Banana wrote: »

There is one water I thought was genuine ,this stuff

Never heard of that stuff before but by god it must be a miracle cure! :pac:

Sourced from the famous ‘Holy Well of Cartmel’ in the Lake District, this region was once a prehistoric forest of white willow trees, the source of the salicin. The water has been legendary for its restorative qualities since the 1700s.

Salicin - a derivative of White Willow bark – has been known since Hippocrates’ days for its anti-inflammatory properties. The calcium comes from the filtration process as rain from the Cartmel Fell penetrates down through natural limestone layers.

Drinking Willow everyday improves the complexion making it clearer and blemish-free. At the other end of the scale, Willow can help with more serious skin conditions. Willow has received hundreds of testimonials from its loyal customers, many of whom suffered extreme skin problems for years until they tried Willow - there truly is something in the water.

That's it ladies, you can now throw away the facial Pollyfiller!

southsiderosie

Biggins wrote: »

Mineral water - are they for real or a con?

I ask because I genuinely don't know myself if its all a con, if some are of decent quality or is it all a capitalist plot to rob us!
(I wonder if I barrel rainwater, can I sell it?)

If anyone has any info or thoughts, I look forwards to relishing in them in my thirst for further awareness.

Carbonated mineral water ('agua con gas') is so different from regular tap water that I don't even think of them as the same thing. It's a good alternative to soda if you want something cold and fizzy when the weather is warm. Vichy Catalan is lovely and isn't terribly expensive - it's cheaper than soda and has a bit of flavor and bite to it.

iPlop

Biggins wrote: »

Never heard of that stuff before but by god it must be a miracle cure! :pac:



That's it ladies, you can now throw away the facial Pollyfiller!

You can buy it in dunnes, I had a few bottles of it before, It does taste nice and theres usually silt in the end of the bottle.I saw a documentary about it a few years back.

gman2k

I was involved in a major supermarket setup in the NE at one stage.
There was a local water supplier that all the locals kept asking for, but we didn't stock it.
A buyer for my company was in store one day so I asked him why we didn't stock this local product as customers were always asking for it.
He responded that they had visited the plant with a view to getting them on board, but the conditions there were so bad he wouldn't give it to his dog.
BTW, there is plenty of evidence of high levels of faecal contamination in bottled waters around the country.
Why people don't buy home filters and bottle their own water for work etc always boggles me. They obviously haven't been hit by the recession yet.
Petrol is cheaper than water FFS!

Capt'n Midnight

southsiderosie wrote: »

Carbonated mineral water ('agua con gas') is so different from regular tap water that I don't even think of them as the same thing. It's a good alternative to soda if you want something cold and fizzy when the weather is warm. Vichy Catalan is lovely and isn't terribly expensive - it's cheaper than soda and has a bit of flavor and bite to it.

sodastream FTW

c_man

Always thought it funny how people order bottled water in a pub... and then ask for ice.

moonflower

Our tap water tastes like mould with a hint of bleach. It's vile, even with MiWadi in it it's barely drinkable. I never drink it unless I really have to.

Biggins

moonflower wrote: »

Our tap water tastes like mould with a hint of bleach. It's vile, even with MiWadi in it it's barely drinkable. I never drink it unless I really have to.

Yuck, that can't be good! :eek:

losthorizon

OutlawPete wrote: »

Evian is beautiful, why would you hate something beautiful??

What you wanna hate is Volvic, now there is some muck water.

Just came back from that part of France. Volvic is big there. The taste you get is probably because its from a volcanic region hence volvic

kowloon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfPAjUvvnIc

our tap water tastes yuck

SeaFields

If you fill the bath in my house, before you add any soaps or whatever, you can smell chlorine. Friends have said the same. It tastes woeful too.

Water jug and filter very necessary.

Big Nasty

OutlawPete wrote: »

Evian is beautiful, why would you hate something beautiful??

What you wanna hate is Volvic, now there is some muck water.

Both supplied by the same country here:
http://www.richmondmarketing.com/brands.html

OutlawPete

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Both supplied by the same country here:
http://www.richmondmarketing.com/brands.html

Aye, but so are Guinness and Beamish.

Big Nasty

OutlawPete wrote: »

Aye, but so are Guinness and Beamish.

Eh, no - Guinnes is now a Diageo product while Beamish orignally came from Beamish & Crawford brewery in Cork, now ownd by Heineken Ireland.

EDIT: I meant company in the first post not country - will edit this one to highlight my mistake.

mickdw

SeaFields wrote: »

If you fill the bath in my house, before you add any soaps or whatever, you can smell chlorine. Friends have said the same. It tastes woeful too.

Water jug and filter very necessary.

If you notice with the chlorine, the water filled into a glass will settle quite like guinness if left for a few moments and will then become clear. The chlorine actually goes off into the air once the water exits the pressurised system and at that stage has done its job of keeping the water safe for comsumption.

So if chlorine is your only problem, just keep a jug of water for drinking in the fridge or whatever - this way, the chlorine will have had time to disappear after filling from the tap. A filter is not really needed for anything to do with chlorine
The only way I can see chlorine being present in bath water is if the bath is fed direct from the mains under pressure. If the bath is supplied from attic tank, the chlorine will already have evaporated off at the point of filling the attic tank. Perhaps its a different chemical problem. If so, it is worth looking into.

OutlawPete

MCMLXXV wrote: »

I meant company in the first post not country - will edit this one to highlight my mistake.

Fair enough ..

Okay, well .. I didn't want to have to do is, but you've left me with no option, behold my secret weapon, Gareth Gates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mcgw5fteBY

Lando Griffin

It is also not recommended to make baby formula from bottled water, although I did one morning I was short a drop of milk for my corn flakes so I had to improvise.

Biggins

Lando Griffin wrote: »

It is also not recommended to make baby formula from bottled water, although I did one morning I was short a drop of milk for my corn flakes so I had to improvise.

:eek:

suicide_circus

OutlawPete wrote: »

Evian is divine, like springtime in a bottle.

Read this as springsteen in a bottle.