Aquafina labels to spell out source - tap water

[Bouncer]

That's a negative. They don't add anything to the water once it's gone through the distilling, reverse osmosis, etc.

I know what you are saying about the swimming pool. I don't want to sound like a water snob, but I just think tap water is gross. I mean just look at that movie "Erin Brockovich"- who knows what's in the ground water. There are so many pesticides and such that seep into the ground. We all have to die of something I know...but I'd rather not take my chances.

so why does tap water smell like chlorine? if it is added before the boiling process the chlorine gas would boil off and thus no smell.

[redsquirrel]

so why does tap water smell like chlorine? if it is added before the boiling process the chlorine gas would boil off and thus no smell.

Oh, wait. That didn't come out right.

I'm saying that when regular tap water is distilled or put through reverse osmosis, the contaminants are boiled out of it, or otherwise destroyed...thus eliminating 99% of the contaminants. So, just because a Aquafina says that the water source is from public water, doesn't necessarily mean its not 99% free of contaminants. The end product does not have any chlorine added back in because it was destroyed when the water was filtered.

Water treatment plants use chlorine to kill off most ground water contaminants that are present in the holding ponds. That's why it smells & tastes of chlorine. It's a small amount that they use, but its still present in tap water. It's supposedly the safest and cheapest way to reduce the amounts that's present in regualr tap water.

[Bouncer]

Water treatment plants use chlorine to kill off most ground water contaminants that are present in the holding ponds. That's why it smells & tastes of chlorine. It's a small amount that they use, but its still present in tap water. It's supposedly the safest and cheapest way to reduce the amounts that's present in regualr tap water.

So it is added after the boiling process right? Because if it was added before the boiling process all the vapors would boil off and there would be no smell.

[Gods Son]

so why does tap water smell like chlorine? if it is added before the boiling process the chlorine gas would boil off and thus no smell.

That depends on where you are and how clean or dirty the water is.It probably takes alot of chlorine to clean up that nasty place you live in....LOL but serious my water is great,my mom lives 30mins away and the tap is almost undrinkable...Hmmmm by the way she lives near a nuclear energy plant....

[Shibby]

I know in Texas and Oklahoma there are times of the year that the water kind of tastes like dirt.

[NYCmitch25]

Cost per gallon:
tap water = $0.01
spring water = $6.40
gasoline = $3.05

Water is expensive ppl bitch about gas. Spring water is one of the most profitable items on the market.

I am looking to use the tap more frequently to keep cost down. Installing filtration system and got the water tested. It failed the first time with chloriphyll or chloroform(dont think i spelled it right) the less harmfull of the two but its corrected now. I guess your suppose to get your water tested once a year.

[Shibby]

The experiment was to show how some people can taste certain chemicals or flavors dependent on their genes. The paper strips just was about sweet, sour and bitter.

[phatchopper]

He likes the square bottle with the pretty colors on it, we all know thats what it boils down to