Bottled Water

[BertiWooster]

Retailers appear to do a roaring trade in bottled water .

Here in the West Midlands , water straight from the tap tastes great .
We dont waste money buying the bottled stuff .

1. Where are you located ?
2. What is the water from your tap like ?
3. Do you buy the bottled stuff ?

[ummmm]

1. Northampton
2. Nicer than bottled
3. No

[anneasquith]

scotland , very nice, no.

[ttfn]

Bournemouth and the water is very hard - chalk basin. My bottled stuff has no water content whatsoever Berti and it is devilishly expensive - but worth it ;o)

[Jan1957]

1. Hastings
2. Horrible, chalky and warm
3. Yes

[ummmm]

ttfn...your water has no water content?? :-)

[rinkins]

Essex
I like it
Only when I need a new bottle

[lardhelmet]

1. Bedfordshire
2. Vile (tastes like domestos most days)
3. Yes - whatever's on offer (can't stand the sparkling stuff - tastes like Andrews liversalts)

[cazzz1975]

1) west midlands
2) very nice
3) nope

[anneasquith]

tap water in london was disgusting , and hair didnt feel clean after washing it .

[gingejbee]

Thames Water area, excellent, never. Incidentally, hard water may have a nuisance value but is better for you, medically speaking. Also, tap water is better quality (bacteriologically) than most bottled water.

[maggiebee]

Scotland
Lovely soft water, tastes great
Would never buy bottled

[philkool]

essex
crap and white in colour
no

[BertiWooster]

//...tastes like Andrews liversalts) //

Crikey- Andrews liversalts - i've not seen or heard the name for yonks - is it still on sale ?

[boxtops]

Agree with Berti, when I lived in Birmingham the water came straight from a Welsh reservoir, tasted wonderful. Here in south Kent we are on chalk but the water is perfectly drinkable, I drink a lot of it. I do take a bottle of water about with me but it's an ancient bottle bought at the airport, refilled from the tap.
The worst water I ever tasted in the UK was at the holiday camp in Caister in 1974 - yeuk. If bottled water had been available then, we would definitely have bought it!

[lardhelmet]

I remember when I was in Scotland maggie and the water, I agree was lovely. We didn't buy any bottled stuff all week.

[albaqwerty]

west coast of scotland,
nice
no

[shaneystar2]

Norfolk east coast ( not far from Caister :))
Hard as nails ( I buy kettle descaler like it's going out of fashion) and it tastes like iron filings .Vile .
Yes .Pelligrino and still Buxton.

[BertiWooster]

//tap water in london was disgusting , and hair didnt feel clean after washing it . //

It's been a lot of years since I was last in the capital - and yes , one of my abiding memories , was how horrible the water was .

[gingejbee]

If you have "white" or "chalky-looking" water from the kitchen tap it's probably only the dissolved air coming out of solution as the pressure is released. The cloudiness should rise up rather than settle to the bottom.

[rowanwitch]

West midlands
No particular taste preferred water in london
Yes but only for work as water from taps is chlorine treated due to fears about legionella....