Many of the commercial bottled waters are simply local tap water, that has been filtered maybe a bit more than what you receive through your tap. Read the labels carefully, is your water truly coming from mountain springs or...

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is not in use anymore. At the moment, they’re building the 4th Aqueduct and IIRC, it still feeds off Catskills. Another interesting thing about NYC tap water, is that it’s not filtered, which is usually fine, but when...

There’s been a recent discussion on the Boston board (see link) comparing Boston and New York bagels. I think I have heard before that New York bagels are “the best” because of New York City’s tap water. I...

hot water to cook with. Basically, there are nearly uncountable variables. The only circumstance I know of when there is no possible dire consequence to using hot tap water to cook with is if you have a whole house water filter...

FYI... So the new trend in Los Angeles fine dining appears to be selling filtered tap water as spring water. Should this be legal... do restaurants have a moral responsibility to have a disclaimer. Here is the link for the filter:...

. Therefore, my husband and I drink tap water filtered through a Brita pitcher, and when we are out and about, we take SIGG water bottles filled with our filtered tap water. We do have bottled water in our earthquake kit, which...

restaurants to offer tap water. I mean, they clean their dishes with it. I’m not a cheapy, I just don’t mind drinking filtered water sometimes and that’s what I wanted with my lunch. Does anyone know if...

How adding carbon dioxide can reduce your carbon footprint.

I mainly drink tap water that I filter with a Brita. For sparkling I really like La Croix. The bubbles are very fine like in a top notch champange. It comes in plain and several flavors. I find the lemon very refreshing...

Recently moved in to East Moriches New York any info on water quality to either drink from tap or to cook with thankyou

to monitor. Are there say 5 ingredients (that have a factual base) that we should try to avoid regardless of whether or not our cities may or may not be removing them from the tap water. To me this seems to be the crux of the...

Isn’t Dasani, like Aquafina, just purified water? As in, filtered tap water as opposed to natural spring water.

I don’t have a problem with how my tap water tastes either. I keep a jug of it in the fridge to keep it cold, but stopped using a Brita filter a while ago because I felt it was unnecessary with a safe, clean source of water...

Embee’s thoughtful post on making tap water taste better has been split to the General Chowhounding Topics board. You can find it at the link below: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/615483