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[itiswhatitis]

What do you drink?

1) bottle

2) tap

3) dispenser

[Waygeek]

Like Grampa Simpson once said, a little from Column A, a little from Column B...

[Lazio]

Why did you open two similar topics?

Just two days ago a lady from the water company came to our house and tested the water. Of course she didn�t have a high tech laboratory with her but she checked the PH and a few other things in our tap water. She said: �Oh, your water is so good you can drink it straight from the tap�. Than she looked at my wife: �Are you pregnant?� Yes. �You should boil it before drinking!� wtf?

Those water dispensers are for the most part nasty. There was a documentary about them a while ago.

I�ve been drinking bottled water for years now but I feel bad about polluting the earth. I�m planning to buy a filter system that can be built in under the sink.

[wings]

I drink tap water filtered through a Brita. I used to drink just regular tap water but after visiting a neighbour and noticing their water tasted a bit better I bought a Brita at Costco.
If you do any research at all on bottled water you will quickly realise what a scam it is! The only time I buy bottled water is if I am thirsty and have forgotten to bring my own refillable bottle with me.

[schwa]

I use a water delivery service. A 5-gallon jug costs 5000 won. The unit it sits on which provides it hot or cold (is that what you mean by a dispenser?) costs about 100k won or its free if you order enough each month.

I've done this for years & been very happy with the water quality. The jugs get recycled.

[DanseurVertical]

Where I live now has a public 정수기. In the past I'd bring my bottles to the local 약수터. That water was excellent! I got the 5L bottles from the nearest Lotte Mart, which sold them (with water) for pretty cheap (under 2,000)

But really, I still sometimes just drink the tap water.

Beliefs in east Asia are generally based on listening to one's elders, rather than critical thinking. This means, they change very slowly, in spite of evidence for the contrary. And so, people in other parts of east Asia continue to boil treated, sterile water. Empirical evidence is not very well acknowledged, unless there is a profit-driven incentive to convince people of it. In Korea, tap water is purified by the government (which people don't trust) So, not only is the government not trusted, but it is also not profit-driven in the same way as the 정수기 designers / manufacturers.

[CentralCali]

As I mentioned in your duplicate thread, I just use tap water. Never had a problem.

[berniebennybernard]

I'm from Vancouver, so I just drink tap here in Seoul.

I heard the government is trying to promote tap water these days since it's clean.

Water was a bit metallic-tasting back in Incheon though.

[Beeyee]

We have a filtering system that the guy from the company will come and service every 3 months.

We pay 20,000 a month, which I think is a good price when compared against the price of bottled water.

[giraffe]

We boil corn tea. Winter time we leave it on the counter and summer time we put it in the fridge in a jug.

My wife thinks tap water causes cancer HAHAH so she woulnt drink it But honestly if it wasnt for the odd taste I would probably be drinking tap water.

[young_clinton]

Depends upon where home is? In Korea nobody drinks tap water. The word about tap water in Korea varies. Some say its safe, others say you should never drink it, but nobody drinks it anyway. As far as in the USA or maybe the West. A lot of people that are knowledgeable about health food will foremost not drink tap water even before not eating processed foods for some reason. My assessment is they know something about the water in the US.

Also you know that you know there is a difference between distilled water and bottled drinking water? You should never drink distilled water which is pure water with everything taken out of it. You supposedly need some of the stuff that is in the bottled drinking water.

[Steelrails]

SamDaSoo for my straight water. Lotte Icis for my whiskey.

[jvalmer]

[CentralCali]