Bottled water

greenfreak said:
I drink at least two liters of "bottled" water daily. I reuse the same bottle and fill it up from the water dispenser at work. We have Britta water filters at home and reuse plastic bottles there too. If I know I'm going out for a while, I'll fill up a bottle from the filter and take it with me. When I'm done with the bottle, I recycle it.

If people would stop contaminating their ground water by dumping their crap down sewer drains and in the ocean or bombing their lawns and plants with chemicals, maybe our drinking water would taste better and be healthier. But we would find another way to contaminate it, I'm sure.
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If you're talking about reusing water bottles that you bought with water in them then I suggest against it. The plastic in those begin to break down as soon as they're opened (which is why, aside from the fish tank taste) it's a bad idea to drink a bottle of spring water that's been open for a few days...the more you reuse the bottles the more broken down plastic is getting into your system. I suggest you invest in a good brita or nalgene water bottle for each of you, the plastic in those is designed to not break down.
 
Inkara1 said:
Is breaking-down plastic the reason bottled water often has an expiration date?
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It very well could be yes. I would assume that it is possible for the plastic to break down before it's open but the process is accelerated once the bottle is open.
 
I'd be interested in knowing how the outside of the bottle doesn't break down, if the inside does.
 
Professur said:
I'd be interested in knowing how the outside of the bottle doesn't break down, if the inside does.
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The outside isn't exposed water??
 
Sure it is. That's why superglue sets. Atmospheric humidity. But so's the inside. It can't be a reaction to only the air since there's air in the bottle already too. So if it's not the air, and it's not the water, what's the cause?
 
after visiting the water treatment plant for an Ecology class i find drinking municipal tap water disturbing but if I’m thirsty i'll drink it.

give me distilled well water!!!
 
Winky said:
That should last ya.
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:laugh5: No one has that many gallons...but 3 should be enough until we can set up a dew collector or find an uncontaminated natural supply or until the radiation kills us.
 
ekahs retsam said:
after visiting the water treatment plant for an Ecology class i find drinking municipal tap water disturbing but if I’m thirsty i'll drink it.

give me distilled well water!!!
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Funny, after visiting our treatment plant here in hamilton I feel BETTER drinking the water...their system is one of the few using activated carbon (as in a brita filter) instead of whatever most use...I wanna say charchoal...I can't stand the Brampton water but have no issue with Hamilton water.
 
3 gallons will last 4 people about a day. Add in another couple of gallons from your toilet tanks, .... I sure hope you've got that dew collector ready to go, coz last time I checked, it takes a fair bit of time for it to produce a mere glass. Not to mention that dew and rain would be contaminated right off the bat.
 
Prof and obtuse a nice combo

how about this?

Duh ya know why mi reverse Osmosis systems sez

iffin' ya don't use any water fer 30 days run duh tank til empty

so can ya get a clue Y thar might be a nneed fer an expiration date?
 
Winky said:
Prof and obtuse a nice combo

how about this?

Duh ya know why mi reverse Osmosis systems sez

iffin' ya don't use any water fer 30 days run duh tank til empty

so can ya get a clue Y thar might be a nneed fer an expiration date?
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Can I get a translation on this please? Fraid I don't have a good grasp of gibberish.
 
Professur said:
Sunshine, did you actually read that article you linked to? The only thing it says about the plastic is that it's gonna break down over time. Doesn't say anything about it being safe until it's openned.
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Says it's good for one use...once you open it bacteria starts to grow...and if you wash the bottles to get rid of the bacteria you accelerate the process of it breaking down. If you read one of my posts above I said that they will probably break down over time regardless hence the expiry date...but it's faster once it's opened (that is where I was mistaken...it's the washing that accelerates the breakdown but without washing you have bacteria so it's lose lose situation if you're reusing)
 
You asked how they break down faster if you're reusing them than before they're opened...and that articles answers that...because people wash them...
 
SouthernN'Proud said:
It is drinkable. Especially when compared to Canadian whiskey.
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Oh now you have done it!

Crown Royal is my second best friend! He has been by my side many nights! It threw up with me, got smashed around a bit with me, and most of all... it stood beside me when I made an ass of my self, over and over again!


Don't even think of putting down my very best friend, Morgan!

The capt'n doesn't like that, and he has a very sharp hook!
 
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