Bottled water being tap water

LighterGuy

Random after hours thread 1,306,182 :pac:

Was watching this video on youtube (skip to 1.55 seconds) Nothing really shocking but it makes you rethink of the likes of ballygowen, etc. That you can pay 1.50 for a bottle of water you could of poured yourself from the tap. So why pay? ... and why is buying bottled water so popular?


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staker

U r ine ly joking surely??

*Gets coat*

PseudoFamous

We have to buy bottled water, as often after heavy rainfall, there's discolouration in our tap water. We are also told often enough that the tap water is currently undrinkable, and we're given special water trucks for a month or so. If this is changed by water charges.. Great.

oppenheimer1

PseudoFamous wrote: »

We have to buy bottled water, as often after heavy rainfall, there's discolouration in our tap water. We are also told often enough that the tap water is currently undrinkable, and we're given special water trucks for a month or so. If this is changed by water charges.. Great.

Is this Ireland? and are you on a public (not group water) supply?

TeddyTedson

To be honest if I'm in work or just out and about and want a drink, I'll buy water. I know I'm being ripped off, (I buy Volvic) but I don't want any **** like Coke that's filled with sugar or even worse a diet coke with aspartame. Occasionally I'll buy a juice drink, but it's hard to find a decent brand that aren't actually ****ing you over in the health regard.
Also the water in my tap tastes too much of fluoride. Take it out please FG!!!

Victor

LighterGuy wrote: »

Random after hours thread 1,306,182 :pac:

Nope. This is thread 2056532075 (non-sequential), but here are only about 68,685 (not sure about deleted ones) in AH.

Fromthetrees

TeddyTedson wrote: »

To be honest if I'm in work or just out and about and want a drink, I'll buy water. I know I'm being ripped off, (I buy Volvic) but I don't want any **** like Coke that's filled with sugar or even worse a diet coke with aspartame. Occasionally I'll buy a juice drink, but it's hard to find a decent brand that aren't actually ****ing you over in the health regard.
Also the water in my tap tastes too much of fluoride. Take it out please FG!!!

Yes, take out the fluoride, you're not meant to ingest the **** all day, everyday forever, it's ****ed up, I drink tap water btw.

stupidusername

I buy bottled water purely because I hate the taste off tap water. It's not out of pretentiousness or anything silly like that. If what was in my bottled water was tap water then I would taste the difference.

brummytom

Buy a very cheap bottle of water (do you have home bargains there? 19p a bottle) and just fill it up with tap water. Stick it in the freezer though, water always tastes better cooler.


Bottled water's just a con, and people are idiots. That's why it sells.

ballsymchugh

TeddyTedson wrote: »

To be honest if I'm in work or just out and about and want a drink, I'll buy water. I know I'm being ripped off, (I buy Volvic) but I don't want any **** like Coke that's filled with sugar or even worse a diet coke with aspartame. Occasionally I'll buy a juice drink, but it's hard to find a decent brand that aren't actually ****ing you over in the health regard.
Also the water in my tap tastes too much of fluoride. Take it out please FG!!!

what does fluoride taste like?!!

TeddyTedson

Some people (myself included) seem to get a really strong taste off different branded waters. For example I hate Ballygowan, it's utterly disgusting. Volvic though is lovely. I have friend though who don't notice a difference in the taste, so perhaps it's like cucumber. Some people apparently get a strong taste off cucumber, I don't really taste anything from it though. Genetics.

I'd love to have Vovic on tap. :)

oppenheimer1

Fromthetrees wrote: »

Yes, take out the fluoride, you're not meant to ingest the **** all day, everyday forever, it's ****ed up, I drink tap water btw.

Why? It keeps your teeth healthy.

davetherave

Peckham spring?

TanG411

Deep Riverock is like drinking water and sh1t, except they filtered out the water.

Volvic is my choice.

Sindri

Bottled waters a scam and you're a pigeon if you drink it.

It's yuppies like ye why this country is in the state it is.

policarp

ballsymchugh wrote: »

what does fluoride taste like?!!

Toothpaste minus the minty flavour.

Fromthetrees

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Why? It keeps your teeth healthy.

That's a crazy point, do you brush your teeth, use mouthwash, floss? If your answer is yes to any of these questions than your teeth will be fine, there's plenty of fluoride in toothpaste and mouthwash as it is, I remember my mam always told me to spit out the toothpaste when I was finished brushing, weren't you? Fluoride isn't good for your body, why drink the stuff?

oppenheimer1

Fromthetrees wrote: »

That's a crazy point, do you brush your teeth, use mouthwash, floss? If your answer is yes to any of these questions than your teeth will be fine, there's plenty of fluoride in toothpaste and mouthwash as it is, I remember my mam always told me to spit out the toothpaste when I was finished brushing, weren't you? Fluoride isn't good for your body, why drink the stuff?

I look after my teeth, but my housemate and plenty of others don't.

The concentration of fluoride in Irish water has been shown to have no ill effects because it is quite low. Toothpaste has a higher concentration of fluoride.

PseudoFamous

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Is this Ireland? and are you on a public (not group water) supply?

Yes, Arklow, yes public, I'm in the town. We also have no sewerage treatment, its pumped straight into the sea. Public services are of incredibly poor standard here, and regardless of whatever others might say, I put that down to the town never having a TD to lobby for it. We're the only town of this size to never have had a TD or sewerage treatment in Ireland, and I suspect the facts are related. Any improvements to the town are done by private companies, we seem to be incredibly short changed in improvements from the public sector here.

stupidusername

Sindri wrote: »

Bottled waters a scam and you're a pigeon if you drink it.

I've had to ask my flatmate to confirm for me, but I am in fact not a pigeon.























coo

Fromthetrees

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

I look after my teeth, but my housemate and plenty of others don't.

The concentration of fluoride in Irish water has been shown to have no ill effects because it is quite low. Toothpaste has a higher concentration of fluoride.

That doesn't make it right, to effectively put this chemical into everyone's body because it will benefit some of the people is insane from my point of view.

oppenheimer1

PseudoFamous wrote: »

Yes, Arklow, yes public, I'm in the town. We also have no sewerage treatment, its pumped straight into the sea. Public services are of incredibly poor standard here, and regardless of whatever others might say, I put that down to the town never having a TD to lobby for it. We're the only town of this size to never have had a TD or sewerage treatment in Ireland, and I suspect the facts are related. Any improvements to the town are done by private companies, we seem to be incredibly short changed in improvements from the public sector here.

The council are upgrading that facility at the moment. When water is discoloured it always doesn't mean its not safe to drink. If the water is drawn from a source that runs through bog it is notoriously difficult to get clear again (it also makes it bitter/metallic tasting too). That may be the case in Arklow, if the water there is drawn from the Wicklow mountains.

Sindri

stupidusername wrote: »

I've had to ask my flatmate to confirm for me, but I am in fact not a pigeon.























coo

If you had to ask you are.:p

My father would give me a whippin' if he saw me with one of those nancy boy 'brands' of water. It falls from the sky for ****s sake! It's actually like the term grows on trees but it's more abundant.

PseudoFamous

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

When water is discoloured it always doesn't mean its not safe to drink.

By discoloured, I mean that silt settles at the bottom of a glass of water if it's left to sit. It is definitely not safe to drink a lot of the time. There was a thread in the Wicklow forum about it.

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

The council are upgrading that facility at the moment

No, they aren't. They're building a new plant entirely, and as far as I saw, the development hasn't progressed in six months.

Luap

Am I the only one that prefers the taste of tap water to bottled?

Naomi00

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

I look after my teeth, but my housemate and plenty of others don't.

The concentration of fluoride in Irish water has been shown to have no ill effects because it is quite low. Toothpaste has a higher concentration of fluoride.

Ireland has an unusually high rate of Alzheimers. Flouride has been proven to contribute to the disease. You can work that one out..

Sindri

Naomi00 wrote: »

Ireland has an unusually high rate of Alzheimers. Flouride has been proven to contribute to the disease. You can work that one out..

So fluoride would be the only contributing factor to contribute to the high Alzheimers rate here?

Fromthetrees

Fromthetrees wrote: »

That's a crazy point, do you brush your teeth, use mouthwash, floss? If your answer is yes to any of these questions than your teeth will be fine, there's plenty of fluoride in toothpaste and mouthwash as it is, I remember my mam always told me to spit out the toothpaste when I was finished brushing, weren't you? Fluoride isn't good for your body, why drink the stuff?

The whole fluoride in water is really bad for you thing really gets on my tits. The amounts that you would have to take to have a detrimental effect on your health is huge. In fact if you drank tap water continously, you would get water poisoning before any ill effects relating to the fluoride. People who tend to believe that the MMR injections cause autism tend to also spout this fluoride ****e.

Naomi00

Sindri wrote: »

So fluoride would be the only contributing factor to contribute to the high Alzheimers rate here?

Haha, putting words in my mouth :rolleyes:

You really need to read up on these things first. There is no point in drinking flouride at all, part of the reason you don't swallow toothpaste is that the flouride is harmful and only needs to be put on your teeth. There is no need to dose an entire country's population with something that they already get from toothpaste. Anyway go and do some research before trying to be a smartarse.

Mr.Biscuits

I like San Pellegrino.

Sindri

Naomi00 wrote: »

Haha, putting words in my mouth :rolleyes:

You really need to read up on these things first. There is no point in drinking flouride at all, part of the reason you don't swallow toothpaste is that the flouride is harmful and only needs to be put on your teeth. There is no need to dose an entire country's population with something that they already get from toothpaste. Anyway go and do some research before trying to be a smartarse.

Jesus, no need to be so confrontational. I won't bother now.

LH Pathe

Like klaus flouride gives a toss

Naomi00

Deleted User wrote: »

The whole fluoride in water is really bad for you thing really gets on my tits. The amounts that you would have to take to have a detrimental effect on your health is huge. In fact if you drank tap water continously, you would get water poisoning before any ill effects relating to the fluoride. People who tend to believe that the MMR injections cause autism tend to also spout this fluoride ****e.

I'm pretty sure that fluoride is a heavy metal. Heavy metals build up in the body and don't leave. So a lifetimes worth of drinking water = a huge amount of fluoride.

hidinginthebush

A relevant and amusing video, more to do with marketing bottled water to people rather than the chemical component debate

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

Sindri

Naomi00 wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that fluoride is a heavy metal. Heavy metals build up in the body and don't leave. So a lifetimes worth of drinking water = a huge amount of fluoride.

Mrs. are you a conspiracy theorist?

It's a mineral. Some forms of it appear naturally in water. It has been recommended by health professionals. There are other worries about it but you'd swear by the way you go on, you worked for Ballygowan.

Jimoslimos

Naomi00 wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that fluoride is a heavy metal. Heavy metals build up in the body and don't leave. So a lifetimes worth of drinking water = a huge amount of fluoride.

Oh dear. Would you care to point out fluoride's position on the periodic table of elements? (If you can't find it - try the elemental form, Fluorine)

Fluoride is highly toxic, in large enough doses.......as is oxygen. Fancy that.

hidinginthebush

Naomi00 wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that fluoride is a heavy metal. Heavy metals build up in the body and don't leave. So a lifetimes worth of drinking water = a huge amount of fluoride.

It's actually the lightest of the halides (chloride would be a heavier well known member of the group), the 9th member on the periodic table. So its the 9th lightest element in the universe.

/pedantic

Jimoslimos

In fact, I don't think it even classifies as a 'metal', never mind a heavy one.

hidinginthebush

Jimoslimos wrote: »

In fact, I don't think it even classifies as a 'metal', never mind a heavy one.

You're correct, it does not.

Son Of A Vidic

LighterGuy wrote: »

why is buying bottled water so popular?

Marketing.

Dubhlinner

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Some people (myself included) seem to get a really strong taste off different branded waters. For example I hate Ballygowan, it's utterly disgusting. Volvic though is lovely. I have friend though who don't notice a difference in the taste, so perhaps it's like cucumber. Some people apparently get a strong taste off cucumber, I don't really taste anything from it though. Genetics.

I'd love to have Vovic on tap. :)

Agreed. Volvic is great. Ballygowan not as good and riverrock tastes a lot like plastic. I suspect they use a lower quality bottle

Maximus Alexander

Hexafluorosilicic acid is tasteless, so I'm not buying the "I can taste the flouride" argument. If you can taste the difference, it's probably because there are a selection of other minerals dissolved in natural spring water. That said, I would be willing to bet that in a taste test you would not know which was which.

The funny things is that a huge proportion of the fresh water on Earth contains naturally occuring flouride at about half the concentration of tap water. All of the ocean water contains naturally occurring flouride at about double the concentration of tap water. So, if your reasoning is that "I want to avoid flouride", you're failing.

If you genuinely have concerns about flouride, run your tap water through a filter and stop paying through the nose for bottled water. You're only kidding yourself and wasting money. But since all humans ever have been drinking flouridated water, you probably don't have much to worry about.

Cookie_Monster

I buy bottled water the odd time, just for the bottle though and use it repeated filled with tap water. Replace the bottle once every 3 months or so so it doesn't get too icky

Azureus

I avoid buying bottled water unless its the yummy lemon and lime flavoured Volvic one-gorgeous! Probably full of sugar beats Coke etc

mikemac1

Spend your cash as you wish but it's madness we're importing water into this country

What's wrong with Tipperary or Kerry Spring and others?

Spunge

A billion dollar a year industry out of something you can get for free that covers 70% of the planet.

xzanti

"Bottled at Source"

'Source' could be anything tbh.. including a tap

:pac:

mikemac1

Way back when I was in secondary school our business studies teacher told us the founder of Ballygowan was on the Late Late Show
And when he said he planned to sell water he got laughed at and made look a fool

Guess he's having the last laugh :pac:

Temptamperu

Spunge wrote: »

A billion dollar a year industry out of something you can get for free that covers 70% of the planet.

You do realise like 10% is fresh and about 2% is potable right?

oppenheimer1

xzanti wrote: »

"Bottled at Source"

'Source' could be anything tbh.. including a tap

:pac:

It often is!

Ghandee

Evian.
One of the largest bottled water companies in the world.


Evian. = Naive spelt backwards.