# What water do you drink at home? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 12, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367 "2011-03-12T02:25:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/21 "2011-03-12T03:24:18Z")
Unfiltered tap, also in Michigan. When I lived in California, we had a Brita-like filter pitcher that we used part of the year, when our water was primarily well water (instead of reservoir water). ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/22 "2011-03-12T03:27:27Z")
Tap water, filtered through my fridge. At work, I usually take a bottle filled with tap water, though I’ll also use the drinking fountain there–I just prefer to have it at my desk. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/23 "2011-03-12T03:28:09Z")
We have a well. So we drink well water. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/24 "2011-03-12T03:32:26Z")
Tap, refrigerated but not in a filter container. I live in Minneapolis and I think the water is just right. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/25 "2011-03-12T03:34:08Z")
Plain tap, from Lake Erie. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/26 "2011-03-12T03:34:16Z")
Tap. Always tap, unless I’m somewhere with sulfurous well water or something. I fill a pitcher at home, the chlorine evaporates overnight, no need for a filter. My boss bought her staff stainless water bottles for Valentine’s Day, so now my department is even more obviously clicky than we were before… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/27 "2011-03-12T03:35:19Z")
Tap water here. Tucson, AZ. I have a couple of empty bottles that I refill from my tap so I always have cold water handy. But most of the time I just drink it straight from the tap. In a glass, all of you smarties! ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/28 "2011-03-12T03:37:36Z")
Tap water mainly but I have a water cooler in the basement for convenience (water must be cold, ice cold if possible) and for that I buy from a delivery company called Cedar Springs. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/29 "2011-03-12T03:37:44Z")
Tap water, all day long, and quite a bit of it. I have a 750 ml Camelbak that I fill up, oh, at least 4-5 times a day and drink it all. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/30 "2011-03-12T03:42:31Z")
Memphis has great water, so tap. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/31 "2011-03-12T03:45:29Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Tap water here. Tucson, AZ. I have a couple of empty bottles that I refill from my tap so I always have cold water handy. But most of the time I just drink it straight from the tap. In a glass, all of you smarties! Ew, so gross, so gross! How do you _do_ that? The water here is so yucky! I wish I could drink the tap water here- are you hard of tasting, or what? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/32 "2011-03-12T04:01:49Z")
Tap. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/33 "2011-03-12T04:11:21Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > Memphis has great water, so tap. This is true, Memphis and all of North Mississippi. The tap water where I live now is pretty good, and I drink a lot of it, but one of the first things I do when I go home is go get a big glass of that delicious water out of the tap. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/34 "2011-03-12T04:28:26Z")
tap ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/35 "2011-03-12T04:34:51Z")
Plain tap well water. I can’t tell the difference between that and bottled. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/36 "2011-03-12T04:42:51Z")
50% tap water run through the Pur faucet filter, 50% Kroger sparkling water. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/37 "2011-03-12T05:02:25Z")
Ozarka brand, mostly. The tap water here is awful; several of my friends have been advised by their doctors to either avoid it or install a serious filter/softener setup because it was contributing to kidney stones. (Quite aside from its rather vile taste.) When I move into a house (soon, hopefully), I plan to install a filter system so I’ll have drinkable tap water. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/38 "2011-03-12T06:42:10Z")
We have a water cooler and buy bottles at home depot. The reason is that DC tap is notoriously problematic ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/39 "2011-03-12T06:50:28Z")
Filtered tap water at home and work. I’d buy a bottle of water maybe once a year. Last time was to take a tablet while out shopping. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367/40 "2011-03-12T06:53:29Z")
Depending on where I am in the house, I’ll either fill up from the tap or drink filtered tap from the dispenser on the fridge door. Our tap water tastes great, the only reason why I get it from the fridge is when I want it nice and cold. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-water-do-you-drink-at-home/574367.md?page=3)