How 'good' is your tap water?
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Very good.  Michigan has the best water and cleanest aquifers!  Very very good!!!
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Hi, here is the official link to the World Health Organization WHO's standards for water purity. The standards vary on the basis of usage purposes of water e.g. drinking, washing utensils, bathing etc. Follow the search results on the official site for all the details.\nGood Luck\nhttp://search1.who.int/search?ie=utf8&site=who_main&client=who_main&proxystylesheet=who_main&output=xml_no_dtd&oe=utf8&q=water+standards&btnG.x=37&btnG.y=7&btnG=Submit
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For all intensive purposes, yes, it is homogeneous usually.\nThe impurities in the tap water are in a solution and are distributed equally through out the water.  Unless you get some type of insoluble particles in your water (like sand), nothing should settle out.
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there are different levels of purity of water and other solvents. the more pure the solvent is the more expensive.\nfor most introductory labs or where the results aren't critical then walmart quality distilled or deionized water is ok.\nfor other purposes you'd want to use the really good stuff.
922908
well any water will have life in it except bottled. the best would be from a pond, stream, or river. or the ocean if you live near it. Have fun.
92288
No way!!!  It is the only water I will drink. I don't want all the weird additives they put in "bottled" water.  I think the "it's bad" comes from the fact that distilled water has fewer salts and other trace things in it.  If you eat food every day, you don't need these minerals from water.  So drink away......
253953
I would say that would be a bad idea. I don't think that it is good for you to drink it strait or anything. If you want to clean out your system drink lots and lots of water. That is the healthiest way to go.
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The Australian Consumers' Assocn analysed tap and bottled water. It found that both types had to be treated to remove bacteria, contaminants, etc to bring them up to standards.\nThe only differences were that bottled water contained no fluoride, and that bottled water was extremely expensive compared to tap water. A panel of taste testers couldn't tell the difference between tap and bottled.\nFluoridated tap water is helpful in maintaining tooth strength.
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Distilled water is pure with out minerals, where as tap water contains all the minerals. Meaning tap water probably gave a higher reading because of the minerals it contains. \nhttp://www.k12science.org/curriculum/boilproj/S00reports.html
633474
Your local water purification center is bound by law to provide you with decent water.  It's silly to buy bottled water unless your tap water has a taste you can't abide.
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is mineral water spring water?\nehh i don't know\n\nBut, in the case of water as a whole, Spring Water is BY FAR the best water to drink ever.\n\nAny other water such as purified water and drinking water is just gross.\n\nexamples of purified and drinking water: brands: Aquafina, Dasani, there are many more.\n\nSpring water is the best water you could ever drink. Although Evian Spring water is kind of gross and reminds me of purified water for some reason, it really doesn't taste like spring water.\n\nmhmm.
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"Plant's Best Water"\n"Healthy Plants"\n"What Water Do Your Plants Want?"\n"Big Plants Come From the Best Water"\n"Are Your Plants Growing to their Full Potentail?"
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5 to 6 glasses of water is good enough for your body... do not drink to much soda and drink alot of tea, caffene free... when your pee looks clear than your in the clear...
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Water from the tap has several ions in it.  Some are added by people (like fluorine) and some arent (like sodium).  Also, water from the tap has several impurities.  \n\nWhen water is distilled, it is purified.  This water is deionized (some people call it DI water).  The water is free of impurities.  Without impurities, chemical "tests" can be run very efficiently and effectively with water.
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The greatest phenomenon that I have come across in my life - 65 years old - is the sale of water, bottled water.  I know that there are places in this world where ordinary tap water is not suitable for drinking for whatever reason, but here in London, tap water is of the highest quality.  Even so, people are willing to pay more for bottled water than they do for petrol.  It must surely go down in history as the best publicity stunt ever (and the most costly).
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Why buy bottled water at all?  Tap water is just fine.  It's more ecologically friendly and economical to just filter it.
763488
Yeah they all taste the same to me, but I have actually heard people say "oh such as such is good.  it is so much better than this and that "  and I'm thinking hello, its water.