water?

[Anonymous]

I'm curious what water do you drink/cook at home? Tap water, filtered tap water, or spring water?

I'm asking because I got contradicting recommendations. Some say you need to filter the tap water to get rid of those irons, my dentist say that you need to drink tap water to get the needed fluoride.

I've always been using filtered tap water at home as using spring water for cooking/drinking is really some expense. Just curious what everybody else is doing?

[Anonymous]

Filtered tap water.

[Anonymous]

Plain old tap water for everything.

[Anonymous]

We have a Brita filter in our sink.

[Anonymous]

Filtered tap. Supposedly it leaves the flouride in. It's a PUR filter.

[Anonymous]

Filtered tap water, it leaves the flouride in.

[Anonymous]

Filtered tap, only because plain tap tastes gross. (I'm a NYC water snob)

[Anonymous]

Technically filtered tap water but I change the filter so rarely I'm not sure it counts.

[Anonymous]

Plain tap. Lead testing result was very good -- don't live in DC.

[Anonymous]

Why on earth would you use filtered water for cooking?

[Anonymous]

We installed a filter under our kitchen sink with its own tap. The filters last a couple years and I think it is much more sanitary than the tap-mounted filters or those pitchers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why on earth would you use filtered water for cooking? [/quote
Mostly taste if you have hard water. But it's an extra step to remove any lead from the water system. Boiling water increases the concentration of lead.

[Anonymous]

I use filtered water for drinking, always from the fridge and before the fridge, I used a Brita pitcher. Tap water for cooking. Live in NoVa. Fairfax County is supposed to have a pretty decent water supply.

[Anonymous]

In City of Alexandria, we use a PUR sink-mounted for drinking, but I'm probably 50/50 on filtering for cooking. It just takes so long if you're filling a pot. Supposedly leaves in fluoride.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Plain old tap water for everything.

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