Water

[Anonymous No.7541036]

Thought I'd create a general water thread for some questions I would like answered from users personal experiences.

Is drinking too much water bad for you?

Should you drink tap water (UK), filtered or store bought?

Does the government put stuff in our water?

[Anonymous No.7541040]

>>7541036
too much can kill you but you have to really drink a lot. I think UK tap water is fine but I'm not sure I life in the Netherlands and the water in Utrecht is the same they sell internationally as Bar le duc mineral water so the water quality here is fine. Mineral water is always better then filtered water. And if you're picky like me and you can taste the difference you might want to consider mineral water from the somewhat more expensive brands but that does depend on taste of course.

[Anonymous No.7541051]

>Is drinking too much water bad for you?

Yes. That's the definition of "too much".

[Anonymous No.7541052]

>>7541036
Depends on where you live and the water supply there. I have great tasting clean well water so I drink from the tap mostly, sometimes filtered from the fridge dispenser.

Who the fuck knows what the hell the government really does. There's fluoride in water, and other things too I'm sure. Waste water is also treated to become
Drinking water. Some water in some
Areas is literally undrinkable and dangerous because Of Contamination, heavy metals, sewage, lack of regulation, etc.

Too much of anything can potentially be bad for you. If you chug a gallon of water every 30 minutes, yeah it could kill you.

[Anonymous No.7541091]

I'm too broke to replace the $40 pre-filters for my RO system and they've become saturated so I've been drinking tap water. I don't mind it on its own, but my coffee hasn't been as good.

[Anonymous No.7541185]

>>7541036
>Is drinking too much water bad for you?
The only people that have died from drinking too much water are those dickheads doing challenges or competitions.

[Anonymous No.7541196]

>>7541185
Obviously. Though I mean will drinking excess amounts result in any body or lifestyle changes?

[Anonymous No.7541197]

>>7541196
You would probably piss more but thats about it, water has no calories so thats a plus if you want to keep your weight down.

[Anonymous No.7541199]

>>7541196
Excess water can bring about electrolyte imbalance, which has its own set of problems. Fluid retention is also possible for those with underlying medical conditions.


Other than that it temporarily fills the stomach, flushes your kidneys, and makes you pee a lot.

[Anonymous No.7541201]

Too much water can kill you.

Drinking tap depends on your location. I live in New York City, and we have some of the best tap in the fucking world. So yea, it's fine for me and I grew up drinking tap. I still drink tap all the fucking time.

My government does put stuff in our water, but it's perfectly fine. It's treated with fluoride (proven teeth benefits), chlorine (kill bacteria, the amount isn't enough to have any effect on humans), and orthophosphate to prevent lead from from pipes from contaminating it.

I'm drinking tap right now.

[Anonymous No.7541207]

>>7541199
I was wondering about something like that because I've become slightly more tired after drinking water. Or maybe I've just been working too much.

[Anonymous No.7541210]

>live in Kentucky for a year
>open tap the first time
>a cloud of thick chlorine smell starts lingering in the entire house

How do Americans deal with this?

[Anonymous No.7541212]

I only buy bottled water when I'm travelling. It seems ridiculous to buy it at home.

[Anonymous No.7541222]

>>7541207
If your drinking an excess of water and not getting enough salt, potassium, and magnesium in your diet it could certainly be the culprit.

[Anonymous No.7541223]

>from city called Eau Claire
>french for Clear Water
>tap water quality is actually good

[Anonymous No.7541229]

>>7541210

brita filter or bottled water

sorry

[Anonymous No.7541236]

>>7541185
And people using ecstasy.

[Anonymous No.7541237]

>>7541210
What is it with Jack and that giant tub of shitty salsa?

[Anonymous No.7541268]

>>7541223
>In La cross are water is pure rust and chlorine

[Anonymous No.7541297]

>>7541201
I live in Colorado, so all the water I get is just melted snow from the Rockies

Feels good man

[Anonymous No.7541355]

>>7541210
Yeah, I don't know why, but most places in KY I've been to have more chlorinated water than anywhere else.

[Anonymous No.7541361]

>>7541207
Are you an alcoholic?

[Anonymous No.7541870]

>>7541361
No, I don't drink alcohol or even smoke for that matter.

[Anonymous No.7542111]

>>7541236
>all amphetamines

[Anonymous No.7542119]

>>7541268
The closest lac la croix is filled with shit.

[Anonymous No.7542128]

>>7541199
Excess water also affects your heart in some way, if I recall correctly.

But anyways, Op, too much of anything is bad for you.

[Anonymous No.7542136]

>>7541237
It's not just salsa, he adds cream cheese to fucking EVERYTHING.

Seeing his webms used to give me a laff, but now they just upset me. I had to stop watching his videos because Youtube started suggesting them to me.

[Anonymous No.7542169]

>>7541201
>fluoride
>good for you
Good goy

[Anonymous No.7542175]

>>7541036
>Does the government put stuff in our water?

http://www.water.org.uk/policy/drinking-water-quality/water-quality-standards

It depends on where you live and where the water that reaches your taps is sourced from.

If you live in a remote area and get your water from a borehole, no, the government doesn't (but there will possibly be fertilizers and other contaminants from local farms and other businesses, as well as natural sources of contaminants).

If you live in a city most of the water that reaches you is probably cycled through from treatment plants. People have shit and piss in it so it has to be cleaned, and funnily enough you can't just rinse it under the tap and call it done, so it gets filtered and bleached to kill microorganisms and prevent the survival of anything that happens to get into the drinking water reservoirs - which is highly effective.

Some areas run fluoridation schemes but you'd need to contact your local water treatment plant to find out if they do it where you are. If you're in Cumbria? I think that's one area that does. Might be Northumbria. The site above has some of the details but the data is badly organised.

All UK tap water is safe to drink unless a warning over quality has been given - those warnings apply only to specific areas and periods, and alternative sources are provided for affected populations for the duration of the contamination. Not all UK tap water tastes great, but taste varies. Filtered water is useful for saving your kettle but not a lot else (though you can essentially piss into those filters and drink what comes out - not that I'm advising you to). Store bought is most likely just tap water from the bottling plant anyway - again, the tap water of certain regions is naturally filtered and requires very little treatment.

All water sources contain mineral salts and this is largely unavoidable, but you can always go to B&Q and buy out all their distilled water if you want to be a twat about purity.

[Anonymous No.7542239]

>>7541036
Any other UK lads have hard water? I think it's tasty as shit but it's not as nice to have a shower in. Our kettle also develops an inch of limescale every month so we have to keep scraping it off.

[Anonymous No.7542360]

I live in Hull in the UK and I think Ive heard that we have the hardest water in England... refreshing as fuck, nothing else quite beats it for me. It tastes cleaner and less chemical-y to me.

[Anonymous No.7542504]

>>7542239
West Midlands here. Pretty hard water apparently.
Whenever I visit my brother in Cornwall the water tastes off to me. I don't know what it is I'm tasting but it makes for a terrible brew.
Luckily Bovril can mask it just fine.

[Anonymous No.7542530]

>>7541036
i lost almost 100 lbs and a lot of that was because i started drinking more water. it really makes a difference

[Anonymous No.7543429]

>>7541036
>water

[Anonymous No.7543477]

What's the best water for preserving the purity of my precious bodily fluids?

[Anonymous No.7543502]

>>7543477
H2O

[Anonymous No.7543531]

>>7541210
It's not an American thing, dummy. Apparently some municipalities in Kentucky have issues it.

[Anonymous No.7543573]

Love water. Drink water. Drink water from a water fountain while living with 30 other dudes. Fill your day's ration of water from this source. Love water. Drink water.

[Anonymous No.7543664]

>>7541036
Drinking too much water is not bad for you. If you're not drinking too much, you're not drinking enough.

[Anonymous No.7543708]

>>7541201
>New York City
>some of the best tap in the fucking world

[Anonymous No.7543719]

>>7543573
You just reminded me of the month I spent sleeping nights in a homeless shelter. Color me triggered

[Anonymous No.7543740]

Where can I buy caned water?

[Anonymous No.7543748]

>>7543740
CHINA. OR IS THAT CANNED AIR. I FORGET

[Anonymous No.7543751]

>>7541297
Same, but it does depend on the city. Some cities were shit at managing their water rights and have shitty treatment; most of the eastern suburbs on the Front Range have meh tap water, western suburbs along the foothills have generally decent tap water (although I'm not sure about the newer ones between Boulder and Denver).