Comments on: Water money http://ipickuppennies.net/2010/04/water-money/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 May 2012 10:03:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Red http://ipickuppennies.net/2010/04/water-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2241 Red Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:05:14 +0000 http://ipickuppennies.net/?p=1349#comment-2241 I grew up in a rural area where we used water from our well. So I never purified or drank bottled water. Then I moved to a larger city and had my first taste of tap water. Yuck. Now we have a purifier attached to the sink spout, and we keep large (about 2 liter) reusable plastic bottles in the fridge to drink from throughout the day. I grew up in a rural area where we used water from our well. So I never purified or drank bottled water.

Then I moved to a larger city and had my first taste of tap water. Yuck. Now we have a purifier attached to the sink spout, and we keep large (about 2 liter) reusable plastic bottles in the fridge to drink from throughout the day.

]]> By: Shevy http://ipickuppennies.net/2010/04/water-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2238 Shevy Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:46:40 +0000 http://ipickuppennies.net/?p=1349#comment-2238 I'm very sensitive to the chlorine in water and can't stand even the supposedly "great" water here in Vancouver. And I don't like really cold water so a Brita (aside from taking up valuable fridge space) is kind of useless. Besides, I tried one in Calgary years ago and found the water still tasted...funny. I've had Canadian Springs for about a decade and average between $30 & $40 per month for water. We use it for drinking, making coffee, tea, oatmeal, etc. and for all cooking. I have a crock on a wooden stand and pay $4/month for that. It doesn't use any electricity and I couldn't imagine living without it. I'm still not a big water drinker but I never, *ever* drank water before the advent of bottled water! I'm very sensitive to the chlorine in water and can't stand even the supposedly "great" water here in Vancouver. And I don't like really cold water so a Brita (aside from taking up valuable fridge space) is kind of useless. Besides, I tried one in Calgary years ago and found the water still tasted…funny.

I've had Canadian Springs for about a decade and average between $30 & $40 per month for water. We use it for drinking, making coffee, tea, oatmeal, etc. and for all cooking. I have a crock on a wooden stand and pay $4/month for that. It doesn't use any electricity and I couldn't imagine living without it. I'm still not a big water drinker but I never, *ever* drank water before the advent of bottled water!

]]> By: Shevy http://ipickuppennies.net/2010/04/water-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2239 Shevy Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:47:16 +0000 http://ipickuppennies.net/?p=1349#comment-2239 Part 2 of my comment. When we go to our rural home bottled water is even more important, as the water supply is very delicate there and every year there's at least one "boil water" advisory. I mean, it's bad enough that they put big sandwich board signs out on the highway near our house, warning everyone and deliver flyers in the mail. Even when it isn't an advisory, there are visible particles in the water and it's kind of a yellowy brown colour. Gross! I'm not even totally comfortable washing the dishes with tap water there! Part 2 of my comment. When we go to our rural home bottled water is even more important, as the water supply is very delicate there and every year there's at least one "boil water" advisory. I mean, it's bad enough that they put big sandwich board signs out on the highway near our house, warning everyone and deliver flyers in the mail. Even when it isn't an advisory, there are visible particles in the water and it's kind of a yellowy brown colour. Gross! I'm not even totally comfortable washing the dishes with tap water there!

]]> By: Jersey Mom http://ipickuppennies.net/2010/04/water-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2227 Jersey Mom Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:13:05 +0000 http://ipickuppennies.net/?p=1349#comment-2227 We actually have a well so we don't pay for water except for the filter once a year. =) We actually have a well so we don't pay for water except for the filter once a year. =)

]]> By: Abigail http://ipickuppennies.net/2010/04/water-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2219 Abigail Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:29:24 +0000 http://ipickuppennies.net/?p=1349#comment-2219 You are lucky! One of the upstairs neighbors says you can still taste the chlorine -- if only somewhat -- after they've finished filtering their water. Perhaps we just live in an especially bad area. You are lucky! One of the upstairs neighbors says you can still taste the chlorine — if only somewhat — after they've finished filtering their water. Perhaps we just live in an especially bad area.

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