lozgti

Seems they are next on the hitlist.I admit if I buy a sandwich from a garage I'll grab bottled water not pop.Certainly not for the snob value.

The story of a top restaurant flogging it for £20 a bottle and 'water conoisseurs' debating which are the best made me choke

Bottled water industry is bordering on the immoral, says minister - Times Online

TopBanana

I drank Evian at my last house. The tap water was so heavily chlorinated that even the smell would make me wretch.

Much nicer at the new place... no water meter either!

Snazy

lol thats just daft!
I have cheap bottled if im out, or Brita when im at home.

StickyMicky

everybody knows that tap water has mind control drugs in it

Snazy

*drone mode
No....it....does....not.....

Or is that the drugs speaking for me lol

davegtt

I drink bottled water all the time although that will have something to do with the amount of exercise I do and I can tell the difference in flavours off it too.

boxst

Tap Water does have a fair amount of hormones, metals and other things contained within it. Whether it does you any harm is another question. Because my wife is not very well, we were recommended to filter all tap water.

Steve

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

I just drink tap water. Bottled water is for homos

mamoon2

I just fill up empty Evian bottles up with tap water and take them to work

wilffive

Depends where you live. Tap water in places like London and Bristol is just rank so has to be bottled. Elsewhere it can be fine.

subaruturbo_18

even though a few comments before yours it says taht tap water has hormones in it, which would make you more feminie. and then gay. so think your wrong there

Mew

u could just boil ur water..... then let it chill in the fridge....

[Davey]

I recon its because they cant Charge VAT on it so they dont like the fact we are buying it

Hanslow

We drink tap water at home, but prefer to buy bottled water if out and about and in dire need of refreshment. Much better than drinking sugar water.

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

I like the ***** I've grown. Seems a superb side effect to me!

The Trooper 1815

iTrader: (31)

If tap water was so bad for us we would all be ill. Living in Wales the water is very clean and not hard like in the South East. It's good enough for most for the West Midlands.........................hang on they all talk funny!

But it's is calorie free so then must be bad for us..............

It's also more expensive per lt than petrol.......................

Why not import beer instead of making it here eg. Bud, Fosters etc that will **** people off even more.

Abdabz

Where I lived a few years ago, the tap water was laced with creamy death and floating evil bits
The only solution for any consumption was bottled water. Even the creamy evil death baths were nasty, masked by half a bottle of Matey!

dpb

Used to think people who buy bottled water were extravagent/mad but i can half see the point of having liquid on you to keep hydrated thus conentrated so now i fill the 2 ive ever bought from the nearest available faucet - im not paying all that money for potable water and then use it for washing up

mj

I use Volvic cordial, and water it down to taste. Much more eco friendly.

Gymbal

Sorry to Hijack, can anyone buy flouridated bottled water????
Tap water is fine here, (with filters into house too).

[Davey]

I'm sure one of the brands does water with Calcium and Flouride in it for strong blones and teeth.. its called "Active" or some such tosh.

Brendan Hughes

Most bottled water in our supermarket is about 12p/litre (except Evian which is 50p / litre). Where do you find petrol for that price?


Can you post some of your tap water to my wife please

STi-Frenchie

Panorama tonight:

Bottled Water - Who Needs It?.
Reporter Tom Heap sets out to discover if the popularity of bottled water is a triumph of marketing over common sense and challenges UK consumers to end their love affair with the bottle. Environment Minister Phil Woolas says the amount of money spent on bottled water in the UK is approaching 'morally unacceptable' levels. He is urging consumers - who spend two billion pounds a year on bottled water - to go back to the tap.
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StickyMicky

dont have a problem with tap water at home, but i`m not keen on the carwash tap water, i dont like the fact that the tank has no lid?

and anything can fly/climb/experiment in the tank

plus the place is always getting water spray when the wind changes which could blow various chemicals and recirculated rinse water in, not good IMO

BlkKnight

Evian = Naive

robby

they don't want us to drink beer, they say fizzy pop is too bad for us, now they don't want us to buy bottled water?

it's ok for them with their spirits though isn't it...........

dpb

I blame Maggie Thatch

SWRTWannabe

Slight aside...

According to the Buxton water website, the water you buy today fell as rain 5000 years ago.

So why the best before date??

dpb

Probably all the preservatives they have to pump into it - to 'enhance' the flavour

boomer

So Panorama put together some "documentary" about bottled water, and thus the BBC make it headline news on all of their channels and "hey presto", viewing figures go up

"You make it what it is", and "due to the unique way that it is funded", and "cLIEmate change is real" - such an impartial bunch

mb