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Soundman

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39. You had better believe it!

Wed May 29, 2013, 09:04 AM

May 2013

Lead and copper are the two biggies! I doubt that most people are aware that there are still a lot of lead connectors in service out there at the taps. Depending on how old your house is lead used in the solder can be an issue. The stability test is very useful to assure it stays bound.

One of the reasons I dropped out of the industry (even though I had it totally made) is i felt I was poisoning people. Unless something has changed recently, there is no known biological agent that can survive chlorine given the proper dosage and contact time. Yet people are drinking it down every day. I for one can't believe a little of a deadly poison taken every day over a lifetime does not impact ones health.

Not too mention that most municipalities under say 5-6 thousand only staff the treatment plant 8 hours a day and half days on weekends and holidays. And the weekend staff aren't the supervisors or even the senior techs.

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One of the biggest scams ever: bottled water...quote mine .article.: National Geographic [View all] Stuart G May 2013 OP

Lewis Black on Bottled Water baldguy May 2013 #1

Cause if anyone knows bottled water, it's fucking Pepsi and Coke! Initech May 2013 #86

And it's been having a negative impact on the springs here in Florida. Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #2

How? Lurker Deluxe May 2013 #38

They're pumping the aquifer faster than they can replenish it. Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #43

Never heard they were pumping water out of a spring Lurker Deluxe May 2013 #54

Check any bottle of Zepheryhills. Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #63

From your source Lurker Deluxe May 2013 #66

Are you actually claiming that the springs are unrelated to the aquifer? Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #74

I know quite a bit about springs Lurker Deluxe May 2013 #77

A good, long read on the subject Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #78

The information I offered before Lurker Deluxe May 2013 #85

Pumping out too much water also leads to subsidence ... eppur_se_muova May 2013 #67

Yea, that would be a problem Lurker Deluxe May 2013 #69

Goodtime Charlie also basically gave our springs away to Nestle for the cost of a permit. winterpark May 2013 #58

The tire shop had no drinking fountain, but they gave away free bottles of water Kolesar May 2013 #3

as a janitor, I know that happens to a lot of bottled water hfojvt May 2013 #81

On the other hand customerserviceguy May 2013 #4

Perhaps..but if you want a cold drink...how about ..tap water? Stuart G May 2013 #7

I generally buy a 2.5 gallon container and refill my cup. Lisa0825 May 2013 #19

When we moved from the mountains of VA to the piedmont of NC, we noticed that the byeya May 2013 #21

Try an undercounter reverse osmosis system. Fuddnik May 2013 #50

I read up on every system I could find a while back, and none said they would remove salt. nt Lisa0825 May 2013 #111

A good system costs a little bit more but not much more, but agree - R/O is great REP May 2013 #122

Not to throw another wrench into the works, but ice from hotel ice machines is generally filthy. tridim May 2013 #20

Sometimes you plan ahead customerserviceguy May 2013 #115

One of the biggest scams in history? demwing May 2013 #5

The scam is this...people are paying for something that they think is useful, but Stuart G May 2013 #8

Wasteful? OK, but not a scam demwing May 2013 #9

It's a fucking scam pinboy3niner May 2013 #11

I have not seen ads that say tap water is no good demwing May 2013 #13

Call it a run-of-the-mill scam if you like pinboy3niner May 2013 #15

It is Not a Scam! Soundman May 2013 #14

Sounds like your water treatment plant was both shady and incompetent. Buzz Clik May 2013 #18

Sounds like you know nothing about water treatment. Soundman May 2013 #25

And you live in your little fantasy world MattBaggins May 2013 #31

Insult? Hardly. I stated an obvious fact base on your own comments: Buzz Clik May 2013 #37

Wow... Go ahead... Soundman May 2013 #51

Your quotes. You don't like them? You never should have written them down. Buzz Clik May 2013 #56

Love it. NCTraveler May 2013 #83

Were you not required to do your CT calculation daily at your plant? MissB May 2013 #102

Who knew DU had so many posters employed by the water industry. Doremus May 2013 #94

On the internet, anybody can be anything. Buzz Clik May 2013 #109

I've come across a few facilities that fudged their daily CT calcs. MissB May 2013 #104

Were you on the regulatory/enforcement side of things? Buzz Clik May 2013 #112

Yep - regulatory. MissB May 2013 #113

Certainly not in bottled water facilities... LanternWaste May 2013 #44

Pssstt wercal May 2013 #27

True, but that isn't what he was saying. Buzz Clik May 2013 #33

And a lot can happen before the water gets to your bottle. nt pinboy3niner May 2013 #34

I quench my thirst with the nectar of your brilliance. Kurovski May 2013 #118

You had better believe it! Soundman May 2013 #39

Dropped out? Or drummed out? pinboy3niner May 2013 #53

It is a very gradual process wercal May 2013 #89

I guess if one doesn't understand dosage, then your belief about chlorine is valid. MissB May 2013 #100

This message was self-deleted by its author Soundman May 2013 #119

It's my understanding that much bottled water is filtered water from a municipal source, n/t Ed Suspicious May 2013 #48

Nearly all of it. Buzz Clik May 2013 #57

Correct Soundman May 2013 #60

But...but...there's a picture of a snow-capped mountain on the label. nt wtmusic May 2013 #73

Most of it treated wercal May 2013 #88

+1 Buzz Clik May 2013 #17

I dare you to drink water from the tap in Arizona...dare you... blueamy66 May 2013 #121

Selling little more than a bill of goods is by definition, a scam. LanternWaste May 2013 #41

Talk about hyperbolie... brooklynite May 2013 #16

Bingo zipplewrath May 2013 #32

If It's a Scam RobinA May 2013 #82

yes, yes, and yes / NT demwing May 2013 #93

I'll grab a bottle when I'm out instead of soda. phylny May 2013 #110

Yes. Not sure why soda always seems exempt from Chathamization May 2013 #120

The price of a half-litre of bottled water times 222 for each person going into "private" Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #6

bingo laundry_queen May 2013 #22

The problem is the bottles, the waste, not the water. nt bemildred May 2013 #10

There is a lot of tap water in this country that I wouldn't drink cali May 2013 #12

We generally use only jugs of purchased water at the shore Patiod May 2013 #55

There are no public fountains any more. BlueToTheBone May 2013 #23

I drink bottled water because my tap water is disgusting clyrc May 2013 #24

Mine too. bunnies May 2013 #75

So is mine. LisaL May 2013 #97

Bottle here too. kiva May 2013 #107

I drink bottled water wercal May 2013 #26

i have bought more lately dembotoz May 2013 #28

Water SamKnause May 2013 #29

If you understand the need to have emergency supplies, refusing to have them is not bright Bluenorthwest May 2013 #59

Water 2 SamKnause May 2013 #70

I never drink bottled water, and will never, and have never, drank chlorinated water. Zorra May 2013 #30

A wateria is just a local bottler, you use recyled containers, but that water is tap water Bluenorthwest May 2013 #42

well, we don't do bottled water ProdigalJunkMail May 2013 #35

I blame local media who went on a water-rampage SoCalDem May 2013 #36

In our area..we get water from Lake Michigan. Stuart G May 2013 #91

There's more to a beverage than biological safety. jeff47 May 2013 #40

Ah, yes. The refreshing taste of plasticizers. Phthalates give each drink a sense of "ahhhhhh." Buzz Clik May 2013 #61

Well, my tapwater smells like insecticide. jeff47 May 2013 #95

Good grief! City water? Buzz Clik May 2013 #105

Yep (nt) jeff47 May 2013 #116

My family of four and my parents and in-laws all only very rarely partake in bottled water. Ed Suspicious May 2013 #45

Tap water tastes like crap and filters don't remove flouride flamingdem May 2013 #46

You want to remove fluoride from your water? Buzz Clik May 2013 #62

Precious bodily fluids and all MattBaggins May 2013 #90

It's added into our water system, it wasn't previously flamingdem May 2013 #114

There should be a bucket and one dipper for everyone. All this modern 'I want my own cup' Bluenorthwest May 2013 #47

I only drink fresh morning dew. Or snow. Weather depending. n/t Inkfreak May 2013 #98

Our tap water tastes nasty but bottled water is too wasteful to be an answer BrotherIvan May 2013 #49

Consider reverse osmosis if you just want pure, pure water wtmusic May 2013 #64

I would love to get one of those BrotherIvan May 2013 #65

It does take some installation. wtmusic May 2013 #68

Thanks for the info BrotherIvan May 2013 #71

It's not for everyone. wtmusic May 2013 #72

The only time pipi_k May 2013 #52

I drink bottled water because I love the carbonation Zoeisright May 2013 #76

i like beer datasuspect May 2013 #79

Because people are fucking stupid. The same idiots are always broke. we can do it May 2013 #80

I drink from the tap Capt. Obvious May 2013 #84

Me too Inkfreak May 2013 #99

Another aspect of our "fear" society cbdo2007 May 2013 #87

I have known that for a long, long time. RebelOne May 2013 #92

While they claim tap water is safe, mine tastes like it came from a swamp. LisaL May 2013 #96

If I want to spend my money on water that doesn't taste like was pumped out of the bilge Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2013 #101

never bought it. i have my own well DesertFlower May 2013 #103

I never buy the stuff. I have a Brita filter pitcher in my fridge. Honeycombe8 May 2013 #106

There is something wrong... FreeJoe May 2013 #108

As somewhat of an authority on the issue... xenoturkey May 2013 #117