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http://green.yahoo.com/blog/the_conscious_consumer/110/cities-with-best-and-worst-tap-water.html
"By Lori Bongiorno
Posted Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:55am PST
How safe is the water that flows out of your tap? The answer very much depends on where you live.
It's now easier than ever for consumers to find out what's in their tap water. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) today released the results of a three-year investigation of municipal water supplies across the U.S.
The research and advocacy group looked at water quality tests performed by water utilities since 2004 and created an extensive database that contains info on the contaminants found in 48,000 communities in 45 states.
EWG also rated 100 big city (population over 250,000) water utilities. Below are the top and bottom results.
Cities with the best water:
1. Arlington, TX
2. Providence, RI
3. Fort Worth, TX
4. Charleston, SC
5. Boston, MA
6. Honolulu, HI
7. Austin, TX
8. Fairfax County, VA
9. St. Louis, MO
10. Minneapolis, MN
Cities with the worst water:
1. Pensacola, FL
2. Riverside, CA
3. Las Vegas, NV
4. Riverside County, CA
5. Reno, NV
6. Houston, TX
7. Omaha, NE
8. North Las Vegas, NV
9. San Diego, CA
10. Jacksonville, FL
Your city not on the list? Here is the full 100-city listing.
If you live in one of the few areas that weren't investigated, you can get an annual report of what's in your public drinking water. If your water comes from a well, then see the EPA's guidelines for those who use private wells.
The results of the investigation raise some concerns about municipal water supplies in the U.S. EWG says 316 different contaminants were found in the nation's tap water. The group also points out that more than half of those contaminants aren't regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Establishing more effective source water protection programs and developing enforceable government standards for contaminants would go a long way toward improving the nation's water supply, according to the EWG.
In the meantime, no one is suggesting that you go out and start drinking bottled water (although, of course, in emergency situations it can be necessary). Experts still agree that drinking tap is preferable to drinking bottled water. Bottled water is much more expensive than tap, it takes a huge toll on the planet, and it's not necessarily any safer than tap. "Bottled water is not regulated in the same way as tap water," says Olga Naidenko, a senior scientist at EWG. "With bottled water, consumers often do not know what they are getting, and 25 to 40 percent of bottled water on the market is simply tap poured into a bottle."
Knowing what's in your water is the key. Once you know which contaminants are present, you can find the best filter to get rid of them. EWG put together a thorough buying guide to help you find an affordable water filter that works for you. You can read the guidelines or search for products based on contaminants you want to get rid of. "
I didn't read the rest of the article, but literally laughed out loud when I saw the listing for worst cities.
I go to UC Riverside, and always thought the water was kind of crap here. Everyone was always like, "oh no, California utilities should all be the same and are fine!" I have no idea how the infrastructure works in that area.
But damn...second worst in this survey? Good god, LOL.
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Arlington's number 1 because of all the clean burning propane
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Orlando is 81... Good thing I filter the tap water.
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Surprised Seattle isn't up there.
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haha this actually reminded me of WCG 2007 when i went and met all the US players I hadn't met before. We went to eat somewhere and Nero asked for water but he got kind of serious with the waitress stressing how he needed that it to NOT be tap water and how tap water in orlando was the worst thing ever. Me and tasteless just start laughing at him for being such a dork knowing like the track record and all the reports of the orlando water "crisis". I remember tasteless screaming "ohhh nooo orlando water ahhh we're all gonna die"
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On December 13 2009 18:05 DooMeR wrote:
haha this actually reminded me of WCG 2007 when i went and met all the US players I hadn't met before. We went to eat somewhere and Nero asked for water but he got kind of serious with the waitress stressing how he needed that it to NOT be tap water and how tap water in orlando was the worst thing ever. Me and tasteless just start laughing at him for being such a dork knowing like the track record and all the reports of the orlando water "crisis". I remember tasteless screaming "ohhh nooo orlando water ahhh we're all gonna die"
maybe he was right after all
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apparently. =]
but hes still a dork lol
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Here is the full listing part needs to be linked.
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gg.
i live in san diego >_<
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
I can testify. San Diego water tastes like shit.
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On December 13 2009 18:30 Wala.Revolution wrote:
Here is the full listing part needs to be linked.
Or you could just go to the article, which is linked up top, and click on in there.
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On December 13 2009 18:57 PH wrote:Show nested quote +On December 13 2009 18:30 Wala.Revolution wrote:
Here is the full listing part needs to be linked. Or you could just go to the article, which is linked up top, and click on in there.
wow, somebody's touchy 
something in your water? :D :D :D
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Hooray for Charleston! Spent most of my life down there. 
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Why I love costco... tons of super cheap bottled water. (of course I am also a mineral water fan)
Otherwise I would have to drink the San Diego water, of course not sure it applies for Rancho Santa Fe water.
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I was looking for my city then was like OH LOL BIG CITY T.T
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Must really suck to live in a place without good tap water  Having superb tab water where I live, I never really think about it, but we are really spoiled here. Pretty certain I have the best tap water of all of Teamliquid
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san diego is in the 10 worst
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#1 should be Christchurch New Zealand
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Katowice25012 Posts
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Lol, only USA? I like to know how it is compared to here. We have decent water everywhere, some areas have harder water than others (more minerals) but it's clean and fresh everywhere.
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PH you are a noob. I challenge you to a 1v1 on bgh.
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Wow, really interesting because I live in Boston which is rated very highly, but my hometown is in Montgomery County, MD which is rated 82nd...
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San Jose is 84.. that's.. pretty shitty.
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Hmm... I have really good tap water. Since my city is taking it from the same source as the most popular mineral water on the market
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I vouch for the LACK of quality in Houston water. Tastes like shit, everyone here buys bottled water or has a decent filter for the water. >.> Though water is dirt cheap around here.
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On December 13 2009 18:23 meegrean wrote:
oh, just the US -_-
Yeah, adding "US" to the thread title would have been helpful.
Regards,
Final_Judicator
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woot im in number 8 on the list
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On December 13 2009 19:18 Oystein wrote:Must really suck to live in a place without good tap water Having superb tab water where I live, I never really think about it, but we are really spoiled here. Pretty certain I have the best tap water of all of Teamliquid
I'd take you up on that. :p We have this awesome spring water from a spring only 100 or so houses in the neighbourhood have access to.
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Lol US.
According to my biology teacher, when we talked about water awhile back he said that Finland had the best tap water in the world as a country, with Sweden soon behind it.
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Anywhere in Thailand I'd say. I was using bottled water to brush my teeth.
Edit: And there is a small mining city in the north west of Australia called Port Hedland, there is so much calcium in the water, everyones kettle is completely white on the inside. I'm pretty sure everyone living there gets a kidney stone by the time they are 35.
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konadora
Singapore66163 Posts
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On December 13 2009 20:41 Energies wrote:
Anywhere in Thailand I'd say. I was using bottled water to brush my teeth.
Edit: And there is a small mining city in the north west of Australia called Port Hedland, there is so much calcium in the water, everyones kettle is completely white on the inside. I'm pretty sure everyone living there gets a kidney stone by the time they are 35.
Bottled water for that? lol. Tap water has less bacterial than bottled water. At least in Finlandd that is.
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konadora
Singapore66163 Posts
On December 13 2009 21:03 Too_MuchZerg wrote:Show nested quote +On December 13 2009 20:41 Energies wrote:
Anywhere in Thailand I'd say. I was using bottled water to brush my teeth.
Edit: And there is a small mining city in the north west of Australia called Port Hedland, there is so much calcium in the water, everyones kettle is completely white on the inside. I'm pretty sure everyone living there gets a kidney stone by the time they are 35. Bottled water for that? lol. Tap water has less bacterial than bottled water. At least in Finlandd that is.
if you ever visit SEAsian countries.. lol
All countries I visit around Singapore, I don't use their tap water unless absolutely necessary. My friend used tap water to brush his teeth while in Indonesia, and he had severe diarrhea the next day lol
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I always boil all tap water before drinking them.
I brush my teeth in the shower so hopefully the temperature kills the gems or whatever.
You guys have it good. Back in China, drink tap water is the preferred choice for skipping school lol.
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konadora
Singapore66163 Posts
On December 13 2009 21:18 haduken wrote:
Back in China, drink tap water is the preferred choice for skipping school lol.
rofl why am I not surprised
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Outside of London I'm pretty sure the tap water is only of the finest quality, or at least it is in my city.
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I can testify to #7 Austin's tap water being pretty good. I drink it all the time and putting it in the fridge makes any distaste go away!
I've always thought water in Colorado tasted REALLY good. These tests don't really say anything about taste though....
Texas, with the exception of Houston, has a bunch at the top of the list!
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On December 13 2009 21:18 haduken wrote:
I always boil all tap water before drinking them.
I brush my teeth in the shower so hopefully the temperature kills the gems or whatever.
You guys have it good. Back in China, drink tap water is the preferred choice for skipping school lol.
Ahaha, this made me chuckle a bit :p.
I'm not sure about the status of Norwegian tap water, but I have to admit that I've sometimes suspected it of giving me a loose stomach.
For the most part, it's really sweet though. Tastes way better than bottled water.
Don't forget to let the water run for a while before drinking it.
Water stuck in the pipes overnight aren't good for your health.
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In Finland we have very good tap water 100% safe for drinking.
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hm san antonio at 29 not too bad i guess, aquifer is pretty good.
also, wasn't there a report about u.s. drinking water awhile back and the EPA not being able to regulate because some of the pollutants corporations were putting into the water weren't on the clean water act or something?
frontline video (2hrs) http://video.pbs.org/video/1114515379/
oh nvm found an ARTICLE
excerpt
"More than 20 percent of the nation’s water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years, according to a New York Times analysis of federal data. That law requires communities to deliver safe tap water to local residents. But since 2004, the water provided to more than 49 million people has contained illegal concentrations of chemicals like arsenic or radioactive substances like uranium, as well as dangerous bacteria often found in sewage."
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I get best of both worlds. Live in Fort Worth and Arlington is only about 6 miles from me. I dont even know why people buy bottled water here. Other parts of texas the water is not even bearable to drink. I know the cities that run along the rio grande river have it bad, with all the human/drug trafficking that gets dumped into the river, and the cities using the rio grande river as a main supply of city water, even after being purified it still ends up tasting like a dirty rusted spoon.
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im number 13. i've always heard good things about our water so.. no surprise i guess
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No denver or atlanta? Pretty joke list.
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lul good thing i dont drink tap water
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Another thing to note is that the op's name is PH
And this topic is talking about the quality of different tap water
Just thought, I'd point that out
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On December 13 2009 20:39 NonFactor wrote:
Lol US.
According to my biology teacher, when we talked about water awhile back he said that Finland had the best tap water in the world as a country, with Sweden soon behind it.
The city i live in is on the top 10 of the best tapwater in sweden. We were number 1 in the past.
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here in munich we have perfect drinking water quality, if it had a bit more of some specific mineral (dont remember which one XD), it could even be filled in bottles and sold for money.
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i live in san diego. i can atest the water here is really bad.
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
I've been to Solomons Island, Maryland before, the tap water there is like pure sulfur. :r
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On December 13 2009 19:30 -orb- wrote:
Wow, really interesting because I live in Boston which is rated very highly, but my hometown is in Montgomery County, MD which is rated 82nd...
And yet Fairfax Co. isn't more than an like half hour away from you hmmm
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United States4796 Posts
60th. :/ It's not too bad.
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I don't give a crap about tap water, i'll drink it, i don't care.
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Shit, I live in Omaha, NE and actually drink tap water. I think I should reconsider using tap water for my tea instead of bottled water...
Well I don't live in Omaha, Ne but I'm pretty sure my water comes from there.
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The water in Westchester is generally pretty good. Most people in the city get their drinking water from us anyway, so I'm assuming it's safe to drink.
I know on Long Island the water is garbage. They can't drink the water there because of the sea water (elevation is so low).
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#46 Miami, for cleanest tap water. No wonder they always tell us not to drink it. Besides shit taste gross. Lol
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On December 13 2009 19:21 DoctorHelvetica wrote:san diego is in the 10 worst
But it's fine because in beautiful people it's in the top 10 imo.
Haha i drink tap water all the time i'm not paying a buck per 14oz vs like 4 cents or w.e the going rate is at such a small level but i know tap is ffs cheaper by ffs amounts.
On December 14 2009 03:22 ShoCkeyy wrote:
#46 Miami, for cleanest tap water. No wonder they always tell us not to drink it. Besides shit taste gross. Lol
What you taste is usually calcium and the other vitamins that are pumped into that water.
Major cities for the most part in the US are safe to drink their tap water a few parts in the northeast where the underground aqueduct for ny water goes has issues, as the system is old and is leaking water up to the residents along it's path to the ny poisoning their water all before it ever reaches the treatment plants for ny :D
If you bathe in the dam water yet it's not good enough to drink? Why would i clean myself in water that i wouldn't drink. What are you playing in the shower
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haha riverside..no suprise there
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Sweden <3 tapwater. It was a few years since I bought a bottle of water.
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I live by Arlington so my tap water FTW!!!!!!
Also, outside of the U.S I would say Bosnia/Croatia/Serbia all have very clean tap water.
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United States12607 Posts
hahaha Riverside, how unsurprising
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New Hampshire never apart of anything
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On December 13 2009 19:02 pandabearguy wrote:Show nested quote +On December 13 2009 18:57 PH wrote:On December 13 2009 18:30 Wala.Revolution wrote:
Here is the full listing part needs to be linked. Or you could just go to the article, which is linked up top, and click on in there. wow, somebody's touchy something in your water? :D :D :D
rofl. Dude, have you tried letting water evaporate off a plate or something? The calcium and lime caked on it is so gross.
On December 13 2009 19:13 Traveler wrote:
Why I love costco... tons of super cheap bottled water. (of course I am also a mineral water fan)
Otherwise I would have to drink the San Diego water, of course not sure it applies for Rancho Santa Fe water.
I use a filter pitcher thing. It's pretty neat, and a LOT cheaper than using bottled water.
On December 13 2009 19:30 lOvOlUNiMEDiA wrote:
PH you are a noob. I challenge you to a 1v1 on bgh.
Umm...do I know you? O.O
On December 13 2009 21:18 haduken wrote:
I always boil all tap water before drinking them.
I brush my teeth in the shower so hopefully the temperature kills the gems or whatever.
You guys have it good. Back in China, drink tap water is the preferred choice for skipping school lol.
Boiling water kills microbes, but doesn't help in cleaning up water with excess minerals and other substances in it. :\
and LOL about in China. hahaha.
On December 14 2009 00:30 NFL2368 wrote:Another thing to note is that the op's name is PH And this topic is talking about the quality of different tap water Just thought, I'd point that out
My ID is actually completely unrelated, but it is pretty funny, lol.
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Omaha is 7th to last?! Damn the Missouri river, I blame all those rural places in the northwest for polluting it.
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Im drinking tap pretty much everyday since a couple of years and never had any problems with it, so I guess its pretty good.
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yay i live in #8 for best
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On December 13 2009 21:18 haduken wrote:
I always boil all tap water before drinking them.
I brush my teeth in the shower so hopefully the temperature kills the gems or whatever.
You guys have it good. Back in China, drink tap water is the preferred choice for skipping school lol.
Depends where in China, most large cities have drinkable water. I always drink the tap water when I am in China and I have never had any stomach trouble. I usually drink the tap water wherever I go , I even drank the water in Luxor, Egypt from my $2 a night hostel, which was probably pumped straight from the Nile. Sometimes I get a little cocky when thinking what my stomach can handle.
I wonder where Vancouver ranks, probably pretty highly for a city of its size, the water is also super soft so it tastes really good.
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WOOT, ARLINGTON. I used to live there. ^_^
On December 14 2009 03:59 sS.NuB wrote:
I live by Arlington so my tap water FTW!!!!!!
Also, outside of the U.S I would say Bosnia/Croatia/Serbia all have very clean tap water.
Lol, Serbia, must taste like iron with all that Muslim blood. Just kidding, hahaha. Ah, I'm so racist
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Korea (South)11580 Posts
awesome, Fairfax County Virginia has top 10 best tap water! kickass!
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On December 14 2009 02:58 Chuiu wrote:
Shit, I live in Omaha, NE and actually drink tap water. I think I should reconsider using tap water for my tea instead of bottled water...
Well I don't live in Omaha, Ne but I'm pretty sure my water comes from there.
Dont you use hot (boiling) water when you make tea? In that case it should be safe.
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On December 14 2009 03:24 Virtue wrote:
If you bathe in the dam water yet it's not good enough to drink? Why would i clean myself in water that i wouldn't drink. What are you playing in the shower
Wow, are you serious? There's a massive difference between what you use to wash stuff off your body and what you put into your body.
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How is New York City not on the top 10 best?
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Hey, New York tap water is DELICIOUS!!! we make our hot dogs and pastrami sandwiches and our bagels with it. And they taste SO GOOD!!!
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i know! that's why new york has best bagels, pizza, sandwiches, and hot dogs!
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On December 14 2009 05:38 GreenManalishi wrote:Show nested quote +On December 13 2009 21:18 haduken wrote:
I always boil all tap water before drinking them.
I brush my teeth in the shower so hopefully the temperature kills the gems or whatever.
You guys have it good. Back in China, drink tap water is the preferred choice for skipping school lol. Depends where in China, most large cities have drinkable water. I always drink the tap water when I am in China and I have never had any stomach trouble. I usually drink the tap water wherever I go , I even drank the water in Luxor, Egypt from my $2 a night hostel, which was probably pumped straight from the Nile. Sometimes I get a little cocky when thinking what my stomach can handle. I wonder where Vancouver ranks, probably pretty highly for a city of its size, the water is also super soft so it tastes really good.
One of my high school history teachers drank tap water in Egypt and nearly died from dehydration after getting the runs.
On December 14 2009 06:31 Eatme wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2009 02:58 Chuiu wrote:
Shit, I live in Omaha, NE and actually drink tap water. I think I should reconsider using tap water for my tea instead of bottled water...
Well I don't live in Omaha, Ne but I'm pretty sure my water comes from there. Dont you use hot (boiling) water when you make tea? In that case it should be safe.
Boiling water kills microbes. It does not clean the water of impurities.
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On December 14 2009 09:19 PH wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2009 06:31 Eatme wrote:On December 14 2009 02:58 Chuiu wrote:
Shit, I live in Omaha, NE and actually drink tap water. I think I should reconsider using tap water for my tea instead of bottled water...
Well I don't live in Omaha, Ne but I'm pretty sure my water comes from there. Dont you use hot (boiling) water when you make tea? In that case it should be safe. Boiling water kills microbes. It does not clean the water of impurities.
Obviously you should just do what the ancients did just constantly drink everything with a bit of alcohol in it, it's it will kill you but it wont kill you that quickly.
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so should we start stocking up on brita filters?
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Who drinks water in Las Vegas???
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all the cities are in america. This pretty much says that you don't need crazy water purification tablets just to avoid dying from drinking tap water.
besides, drinking distilled water only is actually harmful to your cells as well.
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I live in one of the cities with the worst water. This is unsettling. I've always found it good-tasting. So if it is the worst, then it must have the most toxins?
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ranked 15 buffalo, ny
Dont know i dont drink tap wate
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Ive been drinking filtered tap water for years. NYC of course (#41)
Oh well, whatever.
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On December 14 2009 13:08 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
ranked 15 buffalo, ny
Dont know i dont drink tap wate
Might as well just drink tap water, that Poland Spring was filled up in your local water source.
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On December 14 2009 13:29 Disregard wrote:Ive been drinking filtered tap water for years. NYC of course (#41) Oh well, whatever. i'm surprised its so low. everyone i hear always says how nyc tap water is one of the best because it is piped from an upstate reservoir.
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On December 14 2009 13:47 skronch wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2009 13:29 Disregard wrote:Ive been drinking filtered tap water for years. NYC of course (#41) Oh well, whatever. i'm surprised its so low. everyone i hear always says how nyc tap water is one of the best because it is piped from an upstate reservoir.
Theres so much pollution here, I wouldnt think so anymore.
edit: Yea its from protected reservoirs and springs.
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On December 14 2009 12:30 Virtue wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2009 09:19 PH wrote:On December 14 2009 06:31 Eatme wrote:On December 14 2009 02:58 Chuiu wrote:
Shit, I live in Omaha, NE and actually drink tap water. I think I should reconsider using tap water for my tea instead of bottled water...
Well I don't live in Omaha, Ne but I'm pretty sure my water comes from there. Dont you use hot (boiling) water when you make tea? In that case it should be safe. Boiling water kills microbes. It does not clean the water of impurities. Obviously you should just do what the ancients did just constantly drink everything with a bit of alcohol in it, it's it will kill you but it wont kill you that quickly.
Boiling water intensifies the fluoride in water.
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I live in the second worst riverside, in some taps it smells like oil is in the water or something, it's insane!
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San Diego fail. Oh well, everyone I know filters their tap water before drinking it.
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Woo arlington! Yea my city!
Also it's funny that their tap water is dirty in pensacola because their beachwater and sand is really clean :D!
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Wow, i'm surprised Chicago (31) is as high as it is...
I mean, just LOOK at Lake Michigan
+ Show Spoiler +Chicago's water IS from lake michigan, right?
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I have always liked our water here in Denver.
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On December 13 2009 17:45 Kwidowmaker wrote:
Arlington's number 1 because of all the clean burning propane
hahahaha.
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meh, I drink tap water and it's fine.
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On December 13 2009 21:18 haduken wrote:
I brush my teeth in the shower so hopefully the temperature kills the gems or whatever.
The shower temperature is proboably the perfect breeding ground for bacteria.. better just go with cold tapped water I think. I would personaly never drink tapped water unless its cold.
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FuDDx
United States5008 Posts
Tucson water has caused cancer in people from what some people are saying. Something having to do with improper storage of checmical wastes from Davis Monthan AFB or the airplane grave yard something like that.
(TAA).
The case involves the alleged contamination of the residents' tap water by discharges from the airport containing trichloethylene, which was used at the airport and at the nearby Hughes Aircraft facility.
In this latest chapter of the case, a Pima County Superior Court judge will decide whether or not Associated Aviation Underwriters should compensate the 1,600 or so residents under insurance policies issued for TAA.
http://www.allbusiness.com/operations/shipping-air-freight/567227-1.html
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2. Riverside, CA
ironic isn't it, nxt to a river and suck at water
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On December 14 2009 13:01 Loanshark wrote:
all the cities are in america. This pretty much says that you don't need crazy water purification tablets just to avoid dying from drinking tap water.
besides, drinking distilled water only is actually harmful to your cells as well.
Distilled water can kill you if you drink it since it removes salts and minerals from the body.
If youre refering to regular water it can kill you aswell, but you have to drink hell of a lot then. Something you wont do unless youre on drugs. =P
*Edit: Nvm, I was thinking of deionized water.
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On December 14 2009 16:20 Robinsa wrote:Show nested quote +On December 13 2009 21:18 haduken wrote:
I brush my teeth in the shower so hopefully the temperature kills the gems or whatever.
The shower temperature is proboably the perfect breeding ground for bacteria.. better just go with cold tapped water I think. I would personaly never drink tapped water unless its cold.
actually i'd worry more about all the shit that sits in the furnice for heating the water(rust or what not)
ewwww :/
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On December 14 2009 16:24 evanthebouncy! wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2009 16:20 Robinsa wrote:On December 13 2009 21:18 haduken wrote:
I brush my teeth in the shower so hopefully the temperature kills the gems or whatever.
The shower temperature is proboably the perfect breeding ground for bacteria.. better just go with cold tapped water I think. I would personaly never drink tapped water unless its cold. actually i'd worry more about all the shit that sits in the furnice for heating the water(rust or what not) ewwww :/
That too. I cant think of one good thing with using hot shower water to brush your teeth.
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my gf cant stand our tap water (san diego) and you'd think if we have places like sea world, and we live so close to the beach we'd know a little something about water =/
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LOL. Washington, D.C. "could not be included" because of "insufficient data." By "insufficient data" do they mean, "We're embarrassed to admit that the capital of the United States has water with dangerous lead levels?"
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On December 14 2009 16:24 evanthebouncy! wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2009 16:20 Robinsa wrote:On December 13 2009 21:18 haduken wrote:
I brush my teeth in the shower so hopefully the temperature kills the gems or whatever.
The shower temperature is proboably the perfect breeding ground for bacteria.. better just go with cold tapped water I think. I would personaly never drink tapped water unless its cold. actually i'd worry more about all the shit that sits in the furnice for heating the water(rust or what not) ewwww :/
yea in general you shouldn't be drinking hot water from the tap or using it to cook things.
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On December 13 2009 20:53 konadora wrote:
singapore > all of yours
quoted for truth. Singapore water is great, ready to drink from the tap!
sometimes when i turn on the tap in Pittsburgh, its brown. T_T
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82. Montgomery & Prince George's Counties, MD
not surprised here. unfortunately have drank a lot of tap water over last year
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Hm.. I only drink tap wather. Seems strange to me that it's not healthy to do so in so many places.
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On December 14 2009 13:58 SteveStyle wrote:
I live in the second worst riverside, in some taps it smells like oil is in the water or something, it's insane!
I know...sometimes it really does smell funky...
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On December 14 2009 18:16 neutralstate wrote:quoted for truth. Singapore water is great, ready to drink from the tap! sometimes when i turn on the tap in Pittsburgh, its brown. T_T
Singapore tap water is (quite likely) the best on the planet. All that effort goes into purifying the water
represent
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On December 14 2009 23:30 GenericTerranPlayer wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2009 18:16 neutralstate wrote:On December 13 2009 20:53 konadora wrote:
singapore > all of yours quoted for truth. Singapore water is great, ready to drink from the tap! sometimes when i turn on the tap in Pittsburgh, its brown. T_T Singapore tap water is (quite likely) the best on the planet. All that effort goes into purifying the water represent
Doesn't Singapore have the cleanest public bathrooms also?
I envy you people
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some unesco rating/ranking thing about the water quality worldwide
... go germany :<
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I get my water from a well in my backyard. Sometimes the filter goes bad and then the water smells like sulfur but other than that I heard it's pretty good for you.
Go wells!
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