Tap Water V Bottled Water

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Tap Water V Bottled Water

Postby karandjon » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:44 pm

How many people, since moving to Spain, drink only bottled water? (I know some people have to, but this is aimed at those with a choice).

With 5 litre bottles being available for under 50c, we havent used tap water for drinking, for years now.

When visitors come over, they all love the bottled water and swear they´re gonna buy it when they go back home....only for them to see how costly it is for them in England.
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Postby pwwm » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:26 pm

The tap water here is super we never buy bottled, our visitors cannot believe that it is straight from the tap :D
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Postby karandjon » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:29 pm

Our friends, who live up a mountain, have wonderful tap water. I must admit ours have never tasted as nice as that or as nice as the bottled though.
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Postby BENIDORM » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:35 pm

We use Brita water filters in Spain and UK...
..Someone told me that they put Bromide in the water...so I'm not taking any chances . :D
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Postby hillybilly » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:26 am

Tap water for me, mineral water for the dog.... :roll:
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Postby avellana » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:25 am

Bottled water in the height of the summer and tap water the rest of the time.
When levels are low in the summer the tap water is a bit cloudy.
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Postby Alan-LaCala » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:07 am

Tap water for me. We have several filters before the water comes into the house.

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Postby country boy » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:31 am

Local Spring Water for us, but just for drinking. Our mains water is perfectly safe but the Authorities can be a bit heavy handed with the chlorine sometimes. Having a shower smells like the public baths they put so much in. :?
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Postby spanish_lad » Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:31 pm

Lidl have bottled water at 17c a litre !
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Postby alisonb » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:59 pm

Tap water for me, but I leave it in the fridge overnight first to get rid of the chlorine smell. It isn't the cost of bottled water, it's just the convenience of it coming out of the tap
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Postby gerryh » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:10 pm

Defiantly bottled water for drinking.
I've seen inside the depositos that supply tap water to our house. :(
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Postby swerve » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:21 pm

We used to use bottled but now use a brita filter system like this and we have had no problems as of yet.

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.100-9692.aspx
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Postby bunty » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:39 pm

I think it really depends where you live as to which water you drink.For example in Almeria I can't drink tap water as it tastes so bad,there is a lot of lime in the water.When I go to Malaga it also tastes bad ,to me it has a salty taste.Here in Granada city it is just fine and you rarely see people buying bottled water.
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Postby Kmoppz » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:11 pm

Tap, then in to the brita filter, and store in the fridge, taste is fine...
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Postby karandjon » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:51 pm

Wow, thanks for the replies. Now having a look at the Brita filter. How long do the cartridges last, because the cost of those add up to many 49c 5litre bottles of water?
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Postby JAKE M » Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:21 pm

No difference. They both taste exactly the same mixed with whisky :)
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Postby Dealer » Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:29 pm

BENIDORM wrote:We use Brita water filters in Spain and UK...
Will these filter out fish pee? :shock:
BENIDORM wrote:Someone told me that they put Bromide in the water...so I'm not taking any chances . :D
If they do it's not working believe me. :lol:
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