Which water is best?

IrishHomer

I am confused which water is best for drinking.

Pat Divilly States States Irish tap water is not good as too much chlorine can impact thyroid and also metabolism.

Others say bottled water is full of bad chemicals

Alf Veedersane

I've drank tap water all my life and I'm doing alright.

You'll be doing well when tap water is the only thing you need to improve on.

Zillah

It really doesn't matter.

Thud

Is he about to release Pat Divilly branded water?

Cabaal

So drink bottled water and screw the environment and ignore any issues of BPA and other plastics.
Oh and pay a massive premium for the water you drink.

Personally I very rarely drink bottled water, infact one thing I've encountered and I only know one other person who experiences this is anytime I drink river rock water it tastes of plastic to me.

Mousewar

River Rock is piss.
I always drink bottled water, can't stand the taste of Irish tap water.
Always enjoyed the taste of Tipperary Water.
Best water I ever tasted though was the tap water in Sweden. Like the nectar of the gods so it was.

connollys

Water : a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.

Dunno what they are putting into it in Sweden.

papu

Don't like the taste of bottled water , but chilled tap water is lovely.
Reverse osmosis water is meant to be the best

Mousewar

connollys wrote: »

Water : a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.

Dunno what they are putting into it in Sweden.

Possibly it what's they're not putting in it. I presume chemicals aren't tasteless?

mathepac

connollys wrote: »

Water : a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms. ...

If you must use unattributed copy & paste from an online dictionary, (Oxford in this case), could you at least avoid the mis-spellings please e.g. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/water

Zillah

Mousewar wrote: »

Possibly it what's they're not putting in it. I presume chemicals aren't tasteless?

Everything is a chemical. Some chemicals have a taste, some don't.

Taste is all relative. If you're used to heavily treated Dublin tap water, and then get spring-quality water from a tap elsewhere it can seem absolutely amazing because of what you're used to, even if it's the same as bottled water.

Chancer3001

Evian always seems velvety smooth to me.

Maybe I'm crazy.

Cabaal

Cabaal wrote: »

So drink bottled water and screw the environment and ignore any issues of BPA and other plastics.
Oh and pay a massive premium for the water you drink.

Personally I very rarely drink bottled water, infact one thing I've encountered and I only know one other person who experiences this is anytime I drink river rock water it tastes of plastic to me.

Unless it's cold I find that with Deep River Rock as well. I'm not a fan of really cold water either.

Sangre

Tap water in North London is rank, I actually can't drink it and I had to buy a Britta filter. Drank gallons back home though.

Dexters16

Ask Ming Flanagan about the water here in Roscommon.... Ya wouldn't let a dog drink it!

rubadub

IrishHomer wrote: »

Pat Divilly States States Irish tap water is not good as too much chlorine can impact thyroid and also metabolism.

You can just leave a jug of water in the fridge and the chlorine will dissipate out of it. People making homebrew beer will often leave the water stand overnight to let the chlorine dissipate out. People with fish might do the same.

connollys wrote: »

Water : a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.

Dunno what they are putting into it in Sweden.

salts, pure H2O is not nice to drink at all, I find drinking distilled water is a manky sensation. Aeration of the water will also have an effect on how nice the drinking sensation is, boil some water up in a kettle a few times to get rid of the gases in it and let it cool and it will not be nice to drink.

Alf Veedersane

Dexters16 wrote: »

Ask Ming Flanagan about the water here in Roscommon.... Ya wouldn't let a dog drink it!

Moving out of Roscommon has many more long-term benefits than drinking bottled water.

mick121

@rubadub I was thinking about boiling water and drinking it after it cooled down but was wondering if boiling would affect the benefit as it might remove some of the goodnes.Anyone any thoughts on this

hfallada

mick121 wrote: »

@rubadub I was thinking about boiling water and drinking it after it cooled down but was wondering if boiling would affect the benefit as it might remove some of the goodnes.Anyone any thoughts on this

Water is water. There is practically nothing in it. If its been treated probably. There is no goodness in water, but helps with metabolism in the body. Drinking one water over another will have no effect on you as long as its clean and treated.

papu

mick121 wrote: »

@rubadub I was thinking about boiling water and drinking it after it cooled down but was wondering if boiling would affect the benefit as it might remove some of the goodnes.Anyone any thoughts on this

Boiling the water will kill off the bacteria and such in the water if you boil it for long enough.

it will NOT remove the Salts , chlorine , flourine, etc.
For this you would want to distill the water, however in doing so you remove all the good and bad minerals from it.

rubadub

papu wrote: »

it will NOT remove the Salts , chlorine , flourine, etc.

actually the chlorine will be driven off during boiling.

sbsquarepants

connollys wrote: »

Water : a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.

Dunno what they are putting into it in Sweden.

Water, my dear connollys is much like pasta - it all starts out pretty tasteless but you can certainly taste all the other stuff that clings onto it. Next time you're in the sea, take a gulp and report back on how tasteless it was.:)

papu

rubadub wrote: »

actually the chlorine will be driven off during boiling.

It depends on the type and nature of the chlorine in the water. Both sodium hypochlorite and Chloramine can be used to treat water ( I dont know what they use here in Ireland).
Sodium hypochlorite can be removed by boiling , but Chloramine is very stable and wouldnt be removed by a quick boil.

rubadub

papu wrote: »

It depends on the type and nature of the chlorine in the water. Both sodium hypochlorite and Chloramine can be used to treat water ( I dont know what they use here in Ireland).

Chloramine is not used in ireland, it can be removed with boiling but takes a lot longer. Some homebrewers will add campden tablets to water to remove it.

Paddywiggum

I cant recommend a Brita filter highly enough for taste not to mind removing lime if you live in such an area. I would honestly prefer Brita filtered at home to any bottled water now. The jug is about €15-€20 and a filter when bought in a pack of 6 works out about €4. drinking 3-4 litres at home a day i go through a filter every 3-4 weeks. Its well worth the investment and WILL get you drinking more water at home.