Tap Water Day

Dragonsong12 · Post by **Dragonsong12** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 9:33 am

Krazy Krow wrote:Drink a glassful of Lake Michigan and tell me again how spoiled you are

Or try Lake Erie...

...is water supposed to be able to burn?

LAGtheNoggin · Post by **LAGtheNoggin** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 9:53 am

For some strange and inexplicable reason Tap Water here in good ole London isn't all that bad! At least in the Richmond & Twickenham area of it all... Probably because the Richmond council's so rich they can pipe it straight from Sweden.

MmMMmm, crisp and clear and full of Vikings... ... possibly...

Psiogen · Post by **Psiogen** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 10:49 am

Yes indeed, as shown by the latest advances in electron microscopy!

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 12:18 pm

Yar, back home we had fantastic water. All from resovoirs and such. Here...I don't know how they made it so bad, but they did. Eh. At least it's not like out west, where every time you use water you drain that aquifer a little more.

Saganaki · Post by **Saganaki** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 12:59 pm

Over here on PEI, the tap water's actually fine to drink. I use a filter, though, because I don't like the taste of chlorine when I'm drinking it.

Taiwanimation · Post by **Taiwanimation** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 1:14 pm

mmm mmm chlorine... part of your daily dose of halogen elements.

I know in some places water is not only chlorinated but also flourinated, to improve dental health. The effects of this are questionable since many people don't drink water.

Salt is iodized, because a deficiency causes retardation. Bromine is toxic (though its cool being the only liquid element at room temperature), and astatine is radioactive and manmade.

Nd · Post by Nd » Sun Nov 17, 2002 1:21 pm

I live in a city that crosses two states lines... THis last election they once again voted NOT to flouridate the water. I want htem all shot for being stupid.

I used to live in the city that had the cleanest water in Texas... Mmmm goodness.

And I've lived in an area where the water was so soft an alkaline that I'd rather drink Pepsi Blue.

Meanwhile, I'n drinking tap water RIGHT NOW. Spooky, no?

Careksims · Post by **Careksims** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 1:32 pm

Got Tap Water?

KODAMA · Post by **KODAMA** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 1:34 pm

:o.... hudson river's got the best water around... yup.. yup...
(hold up a cup of water stained with plenty of PCBs) Cheers everyone! :D

Psiogen · Post by **Psiogen** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 1:48 pm

Hey, don't knock the Hudson! I caught a huge mutant catfish in there once! Well, almost... it broke my fishing line.

Nd · Post by Nd » Sun Nov 17, 2002 1:53 pm

Are you sure the line didn't just melt?

Psiogen · Post by **Psiogen** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 1:54 pm

Well, it was out of the water by that point.

Nd · Post by Nd » Sun Nov 17, 2002 2:05 pm

So it was a SLOW dissolve

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 4:20 pm

Tap-water here is drinkable. Somewhere even tasty.

Taiwanimation · Post by **Taiwanimation** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 5:24 pm

wow, do they add anything to it?

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 8:39 pm

Nah, I think they just use some arhaic cleaning system, so it remains some salts that give it a taste.