Comments on: Really good-tasting water for free http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/01/10/really-good-tasting-water-for-free/ Personal finance, commentary, and spending less the easy way Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:24:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Early Retirement Extreme http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/01/10/really-good-tasting-water-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-114821 Early Retirement Extreme Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:57:52 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/01/10/really-good-tasting-water-for-free/#comment-114821 I think I'll just stay with tap water. It's subject to higher standards than spring water whether it's the free kind of the bottled kind. I think I’ll just stay with tap water. It’s subject to higher standards than spring water whether it’s the free kind of the bottled kind.

]]> By: Money Blue Book http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/01/10/really-good-tasting-water-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-114779 Money Blue Book Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:38:28 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/01/10/really-good-tasting-water-for-free/#comment-114779 My parents used to live on the island of Fiji because of my dad's assignment there. I visited a few times and discovered that Fiji Water is indeed collected and bottled in Fiji (it's big there). However, despite it's remote and island paradise image, the water tastes pretty much the same as any purified bottled water brand. I really can't tell! -Raymond My parents used to live on the island of Fiji because of my dad’s assignment there. I visited a few times and discovered that Fiji Water is indeed collected and bottled in Fiji (it’s big there). However, despite it’s remote and island paradise image, the water tastes pretty much the same as any purified bottled water brand. I really can’t tell!
-Raymond

]]> By: Hickepedia http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/01/10/really-good-tasting-water-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-114745 Hickepedia Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:13:58 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/01/10/really-good-tasting-water-for-free/#comment-114745 Unfortunately, it's not just pollution that you have to worry about in water from untreated sources. Ever had giardiasis? It's the most common waterborne disease in the US, and one of the transmission vectors is ingesting Giardia cysts. Since these cysts can live in cold water for months, and Giardia is endemic to all parts of the US, any untreated source of water should be viewed with suspicion. (http://www.medicinenet.com/giardia_lamblia/article.htm) Yes, that water tastes good by itself, but you really need to boil, chemically treat, or filter it before drinking or cooking with it. Getting sick from your free water is not a very frugal choice. Unfortunately, it’s not just pollution that you have to worry about in water from untreated sources. Ever had giardiasis? It’s the most common waterborne disease in the US, and one of the transmission vectors is ingesting Giardia cysts. Since these cysts can live in cold water for months, and Giardia is endemic to all parts of the US, any untreated source of water should be viewed with suspicion.
(http://www.medicinenet.com/giardia_lamblia/article.htm)

Yes, that water tastes good by itself, but you really need to boil, chemically treat, or filter it before drinking or cooking with it. Getting sick from your free water is not a very frugal choice.

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