[SFUguy]

Straight out of the tap?
Boiled?
Filtered?
Purified water service?

Oh and if your avatar doesn't say, let me know which city you are in.

TIA

[cho]

filtered, its attached to the tap

[racerman88]

filtered through our fridge

[jeedee]

Water cooler

[donjalapeno]

a cup.

[Hide625]

Richmond, brita filtered pitcher. I used to boil but got lazy.

[OTG-ZR2]

Right from the tap.

[instantneedles]

we get our water from save on foods,

[Excelsis]

^ are you serious, buy yourself a filter and you'll save yourself money plus it'll be more eco friendly

[trancehead]

we boil it, then before we go to sleep, let it cool out through the night.
then each morning, we pour it into a container in the fridge.

if theres none of this, i drink from the tap

[spideyv2]

brita

[turb0fr3ak]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M44GkkN9xzw/TjBuInacrSI/AAAAAAAAAdk/O7rCmwcyW84/s1600/brita+filter.png

[dyan]

Boiled if theres no more, then tap

[Matlock]

I use my mouth.

[unit]

i used brita for a while but its a chore (fills like 2 large cups) and a space taker in the fridge.
tap ftw

[tiger_handheld]

from the tap brah.

[Excelsis]

oh right I forgot I purify the water afterwards by putting into a jug with a silver coin :thumbsup:
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[Culture_Vulture]

either from the fridge or boiled
mostly boiled.

[shawnly1000]

Surprised so many boil their water even though we've got the purest tap water in the world (Canada as a country has the second best)


Some of the world's cleanest drinking water (http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=cc84dca5-587e-4f02-8745-729026e8645b)

Environment Canada - Environmental Indicators - Canada's Water Quality Compared to Other Countries (http://www.ec.gc.ca/indicateurs-indicators/default.asp?lang=en&n=12E5B561-1)

[unit]

that chart actually says 9th best not 2nd

[xilley]

you sure?^ i thought 2nd best too

[illicitstylz]

the water may be clean from the reservoirs, but does not take into account when it runs through kilometres of old piping into your glass you'll be drinking from.

[scottsman]

Has to be bottled. Could boil but lazy. Vietnam.

Whenever I get back home I always make a point to drink a ton of water from the Tap. BTW I think water on the lower mainland tastes better than other water I have had in Canada. Serious.

Are those Japanese Ionized water machines actually as good as they say they are?

[bluejays]

cooler or the kitchen sink, i dont really mind

[Senna4ever]

Reverse osmosis system from Wa2!.

Water Filter, Water Cooler, Bottled Water, Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary | WA-2 Water Company (http://www.wa2.ca/)

[Jer3]

i drink it from the tap and never had any problems.

[chin3se604]

filter in the fridge

[Culture_Vulture]

the water may be clean from the reservoirs, but does not take into account when it runs through kilometres of old piping into your glass you'll be drinking from.
This. When you live in neighborhoods that are 20+ years old, you can never be too careful. Even if you live in a brand spanking new neighborhood, you don't know how long the infrastructure below you has been around for. The gas/electricity it takes to boil a kettle of water is small expense compared to what you'd be spending on drugs/medication in the case that our water happens to be contaminated.

[Culture_Vulture]

Surprised so many boil their water even though we've got the purest tap water in the world (Canada as a country has the second best)


Some of the world's cleanest drinking water (http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=cc84dca5-587e-4f02-8745-729026e8645b)

Environment Canada - Environmental Indicators - Canada's Water Quality Compared to Other Countries (http://www.ec.gc.ca/indicateurs-indicators/default.asp?lang=en&n=12E5B561-1)

you sure?^ i thought 2nd best too

From the second link...
Canada had the second-best water-quality ranking among selected industrialized countries based on the Environmental Performance Index (EPI). Canada ranked ninth overall among the 157 countries assessed.

Even then, the index shows values for countries as a whole, collected from specific water monitoring facilities. It does not reflect the cleanliness of general household taps.
I'd bet, for example, that if you collected samples from random household taps in Canada, many would score lower on the index compared to samples collected from, say somewhere in Utah, despite the United States being far lower on the index.

[dignatas]

water machine with spring water

:fuckyea:

[Great68]

Brita in the fridge. I like my water cold, and it gets most of the chlorine flavour out.

Just straight tap water for cooking though.

[sonick]

Right from the tap.

+1 tap, no filter, in a cup.

[Supafly]

2 charcoal filters + 1 cotton filter before the water even reaches our taps.....then an extra in-fridge drinking filter.

But I dont mind drinking from the tap.....but Im not gonna go to a resto and pay for a glass of water that came from the tap.

[sunny_j]

the tap

[-lincolnboi-]

tap

[fanaticc]

water from superstore into big blue cylinder container? so wherever that's from xD

[figure.09]

brita filter

[Alar]

from the tap, with ice...from the tap. it's delicious.

[teekaywok]

boiled and stored in fridge, filters are too expensive:fuckthatshit:

[Jackygor]

boiled

[Liquid_o2]

Straight from the tap in Surrey.

Brita in Toronto.

[SFUguy]

Has to be bottled. Could boil but lazy. Vietnam.

Whenever I get back home I always make a point to drink a ton of water from the Tap. BTW I think water on the lower mainland tastes better than other water I have had in Canada. Serious.

Are those Japanese Ionized water machines actually as good as they say they are?

The best tap water I had in Canada was in Edmonton. And it wasn't from the kitchen tap. It was water from the shower faucet that I collected in a bottle and drank from.

True story.

[palepilsenpin0y]

Brita. Though I only change the filters like twice a year.

[ziggyx]

filtered through my fridge or my water cooler

[snowball]

filtered in summer, boiled in winter (cause i need my hot water)

[Helga]

boil water
but if im in a hurry for some sport activity... tap water

[xilley]

how do you guys all drink from the tap..
after you let the water sit for a few minutes the chlorine starts to smell
you guys dont mind that smell? i sure dont like it..

[jaemc]

Boiled then fridged.

[Jermyzy]

Is this for a school project?

I use a brita filter most of the time, but sometimes I'll drink straight from the tap

[gdoh]

filtered from water cooler, the tap, fridge never really concerned where i drink the water from locally, but i try hard not to buy bottle water

[maxxxboost]

1. boil water
2. let it cool
3. put it in container
4. chill in the fridge
5. Sweet ice cold water

Or if there is non, Tap water does just fine. Or Milk... lots and lots of milk.. lol

[way2quik]

boiled water and store the cooled down water in a pitcher which goes in the fridge.
Never from tap. The pipelines in my apartment isn't exactly new.

[BeeBeeAhn]

Live in vancouver. Boil and then cool it and stick it in the fridge. Tap water is fine though.

my parents use a brita filter at their place in burnaby.

[!e.lo_]

Tap>Brita>Boil>Pitcher>Cup>Mouth>Stomach

[pintoBC_3sgte]

Bottled water from a water cooler. Don't like the taste of tap.
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[RenoMan]

From a fire hydrant .
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[CorneringArtist]

Tap if I'm filling bottles, but have a Brita in the fridge for glasses.

Does anyone but me freeze some water in a bottle overnight and then fill it the rest of the way? Ice cold water all day = :sweetjesus:

[dat_steve]

Does anyone but me freeze some water in a bottle overnight and then fill it the rest of the way? Ice cold water all day = :sweetjesus:

my god. i always filled it to the top and hope that the bottle didn't burst overnight. and when i got it out of the freezer i'd have to wait a few hours for it to thaw a bit :fulloffuck: a bottle half full. huh.

[winson604]

Brita filter and if I'm out just from the tap.

[Stormspirit]

tap filtered

[brokentelephone]

Why in the world do you people boil your water? I've never heard of anyone ever get ill from water in Canada, let alone Vancouver.

Seems really neurotic for a whole bunch of kids..... are you guys 1st or 2nd generation immigrants from somewhere where boiling was actually necessary?

[Energy]

Brita if not then straight from tap.

[-ensay-]

tap, sometimes in shower, bathroom sink...

I don't give a fuck lol

[Renxo]

from the Brita :D

[bLUEsTEEL]

Straight out of the tap

[saucywoman]

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[Nlkko]

Tap. Boilling water?:fuckthatshit:

[Rawr-Rawr]

boiled

[see.lai]

most of our parents are immigrants, so they boil the water . :badpokerface:

[finbar]

tap,
my dog is a toilet drinker.


http://th173.photobucket.com/albums/w58/tiphani_17/Buddy/th_ToiletDrinker10.jpg

[dinosaur]

tap.

always have.

lived in north delta, pitt meadows, new west. no difference.

TAP4LIFE! ;)

[PJ]

I hate drinking water.. other than during vocal training or at the gym.
But I feel guilty if I don't drink at least 4 glasses a day. So sometimes to get my "daily dosage" I just chug 2 glasses of water straight from the tap a couple times a day :fullofwin:

[brokentelephone]

most of our parents are immigrants, so they boil the water . :badpokerface:

My parents are immigrants from somewhere worse than HK (health-standard wise), yet as soon as they arrived in Canada they realized they don't need to waste their time boiling their water. You guys are strange as shit.

[Pooface55]

From the tap. I'll let the faucet run for 20 seconds though.

[cunninglinguist]

Straight from the tap if I'm at home.

[fsy82]

cant believe so many people boil water..wtf is wrong with u guys..i drink straight from the tap. been doing that for 29yrs

[bcrdukes]

can't believe so many people drink water from the tap...wtf is wrong with u guys...i drink from my water pitcher after boiling it. been doing that for 28 yrs

[TOS'd]

http://i42.tinypic.com/4sxv2o.jpg

[Firmware]

Boiled / Bottle only.

[CP.AR]

tap + filter
or
boiled to make tea

For those who thinking boiling is weird.
if you grew up in an environment where it is strongly suggested that you boil before you drink - your habits will never change.
it just doesn't feel "right" to be drinking directly from the tap (ie: there's a psychological barrier).

[NLY]

Usually straight from the tap but I have a bad habit of bottled water.

During the summer time I'll drink straight from the hose if I'm outside.

[brokentelephone]

tap + filter
or
boiled to make tea

For those who thinking boiling is weird.
if you grew up in an environment where it is strongly suggested that you boil before you drink - your habits will never change.
it just doesn't feel "right" to be drinking directly from the tap (ie: there's a psychological barrier).

I'm assuming that is the case seeing as how many people still boil their water in Vancouver, though I'm not convinced it is a psychological issue any more than a stupidity issue.

As I said, my parents were raised in South Africa and although water is generally safe in most urban areas now, this certainly wasn't the case when they lived there 30 years ago. My parents boiled or chlorinated all of their water, but after moving to Canada this practice immediately ceased because it is unnecessary. Boiling water is not a habit like nail-biting or nose-picking, and to continue doing so, or worse, to teach your kids to do so, is ignorant.

Vancouver water is soft and has a very pure taste. Personally, I find it an affront to our cities excellent water systems for some idiots to boil their water, and perhaps they should be deported.

[V4NC1TY]

I'm assuming that is the case seeing as how many people still boil their water in Vancouver, though I'm not convinced it is a psychological issue any more than a stupidity issue.

As I said, my parents were raised in South Africa and although water is generally safe in most urban areas now, this certainly wasn't the case when they lived there 30 years ago. My parents boiled or chlorinated all of their water, but after moving to Canada this practice immediately ceased because it is unnecessary. Boiling water is not a habit like nail-biting or nose-picking, and to continue doing so, or worse, to teach your kids to do so, is ignorant.

Vancouver water is soft and has a very pure taste. Personally, I find it an affront to our cities excellent water systems for some idiots to boil their water, and perhaps they should be deported.

I agree with Amuro ... I just don't feel right drinking water straight from the tap. It's 'cause I grew up being taught that tap water could potentially be dirty. My grandparents, parents, uncles & aunts, heck my whole family always boiled water
My parents came from Vietnam ... and the water over there was pree dirty
Although the water's clean here, you never know lmfao. Better safe than sorry. Also, we have plenty of time to boil the water
Don't be calling people 'idiots' just 'cause we do things differently. It may be a conventional method for you, but not for others

[Culture_Vulture]

I'm assuming that is the case seeing as how many people still boil their water in Vancouver, though I'm not convinced it is a psychological issue any more than a stupidity issue.

As I said, my parents were raised in South Africa and although water is generally safe in most urban areas now, this certainly wasn't the case when they lived there 30 years ago. My parents boiled or chlorinated all of their water, but after moving to Canada this practice immediately ceased because it is unnecessary. Boiling water is not a habit like nail-biting or nose-picking, and to continue doing so, or worse, to teach your kids to do so, is ignorant.

Vancouver water is soft and has a very pure taste. Personally, I find it an affront to our cities excellent water systems for some idiots to boil their water, and perhaps they should be deported.
Honestly you're making too big of a deal out of this.
Do you have life insurance? Just for the off chance that you might get struck by a bolt of lightening on your way out tomorrow? Well, some people do, should we deport those nonsensical paranoid idiots too?
Just because you don't care about the off chance that our (admittedly clean) drinking water may be contaminated, doesn't mean others are wrong to do so.

[LSF22]

Personally, I find it an affront to our cities excellent water systems for some idiots to boil their water, and perhaps they should be deported.

We should get deported cuz the water that WE drink, and the water that WE boil has some sort of adverse effect on you? :seriously:

[brokentelephone]

We should get deported cuz the water that WE drink, and the water that WE boil has some sort of adverse effect on you? :seriously:

My first inclination was to suggest imprisonment or death, but thought deportation was a slightly more reasonable result.

I also take offense to V4NCITY taking offense to my labeling of water-boilers as idiots. Boiling water when not necessary is idiotic -- yes, you might have your little story which explains why you do it, but you cannot mitigate that doing something completely unnecessary is idiotic.

[Senna4ever]

http://i42.tinypic.com/4sxv2o.jpg
I love Fiji water too, but I read an article that said this particular brand has the highest arsenic content of any bottled water so I stopped drinking it. Granted you have to drink a shit load for it to do you any real harm, but the less heavy metals you have in your system the better.

[Senna4ever]

Personally, I find it an affront to our cities excellent water systems for some idiots to boil their water, and perhaps they should be deported.
Err....wha...?

[SFUguy]

our water is safe to drink. if you ever drank from a water fountain. that's just the same as drinking out of a tap. lol

but there are impurities in it. probably from the gunk from the pipes. it won't kill you though.

[Death2Theft]

Filtered and ionized. The chick at watermatters.com seems to know where each neighborhood gets it's water from and what type of things are found from each different resivior.
While our water is not flouridated it is chlorinated.
In a 1992 study that made front-page headlines, and was reported on in the July issue of the American Journal of Public Health researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee found that people who regularly drink tap water containing high levels of chlorine by-products have a greater risk of developing bladder and rectal cancers than people who drink unchlorinated water. The study estimates that about 9 percent of all bladder cancer and 18 percent of all rectal cancer cases are associated with long-term consumption of these by-products. This amounts to over 20,000 new cases each year.

[achiam]

Filtered and ionized. The chick at watermatters.com seems to know where each neighborhood gets it's water from and what type of things are found from each different resivior.
While our water is not flouridated it is chlorinated.
In a 1992 study that made front-page headlines, and was reported on in the July issue of the American Journal of Public Health researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee found that people who regularly drink tap water containing high levels of chlorine by-products have a greater risk of developing bladder and rectal cancers than people who drink unchlorinated water. The study estimates that about 9 percent of all bladder cancer and 18 percent of all rectal cancer cases are associated with long-term consumption of these by-products. This amounts to over 20,000 new cases each year.

That's correct -- all tap water contains chlorine as part of the sterilization process. Chlorine has a lower boiling point than H20, and hence it should be left in a vessel and allowed to evaporate. Chlorine doesn't have anywhere to evaporate to while in the piping system as, obviously, it's completely enclosed.

[yellowpower]

water bottles, i buy like 2 packs of 36 every week or two

[Phil@rise]

Boiling chlorinated water is a waste of time and energy. After boiling the chlorine is still there so is the flouride thus the taste is still there. The purpose of the chlorine is to kill pathogens and that it does with excellent results and very rare that there is more pathogens then the chlorine can deal with but I'll wager your fridge you store your now double purified water in has waaaaay more pathogens in it now settling into your water befor you drink it. Waste of time.
I personally dont like to ingest chlorine or flouride both proven bad for you and toxic so if at all possible I drink water from my cooler that is filled with filtered water sans chlorine and sans flouride. I do not buy "bottled" water unless going on a camping/quad trip even then I prefer beer.