Creative Water Drinking...
 

I know, the subject seems odd...but we have HORRIBLE water here. It's GROSS!!! So I won't drink it, therefore, I don't nearly drink enough water. I bought bottled water for awhile, but it's too expensive. I've thought about getting a Brita water filter system thing... but don't know how well they work. I've tried putting lemon in my water to make it taste better, and I just can't drink it...

Anyone have any other suggestions on how to get creative at drinking water??

I'd just go get the Brita. That's what I've got -- and I usually LOVE tap water. I'm one of those weird people who can't stand bottled water. It tastes like plastic to me! But since moving here, I've become dependent upon a Brita filter, because I really, really don't like the tap water! It works really well -- it makes the water taste like water again, without making it taste fake.

Otherwise you'll have to drink stuff like Crystal Light all the time to get a calorie-free, caffiene-free beverage if lemons won't work. And personally, Crystal Light for the rest of my life isn't a good option! :p

I don't know about creative with the water...but I have a hard time drinking it too. That is why I schedule mine. I drink 8 oz of water every hour at least 8 times a day...kinda like a healthy shot of water cocktail j/k It really is the only way I can be sure to get it all in.

Have you tried drinking it at different temperatures? Ice cold vs. room temperature? Try adding other fruits like slices of lime, apple, oranges, or strawberries. I had a Brita and I could not tell the difference in the taste of water. Are there any water purification stores around. Where I live we have a store where you can buy or fill our own gallon jugs of water for twenty-five cents. It is reverse osmosis water and I like the taste. DH goes to fill the 5-gallon water cooler every few days.

We used to have a water cooler, and it was GREAT! I loved it! But it broke, and we haven't had the money to replace it yet. I checked out Brita Pitchers and they are $37 EACH!!!! That's half the price of replacing our water cooler!!! I might just have to get a new water cooler instead... we had a Greenway water cooler, and it had the BEST water!

But don't you also have to buy water to put in the water cooler? Those big blue bottle thingies? I don't know much about that stuff, but a Brita pitcher is a one-time buy and then you occasionally replace the filters. I think it works pretty well and it's probably cheaper, because you use tap water. Anyway, whatever seems reasonable in price to you and allows you to drink lots of water is the way to go :)

I got a Brita pitcher quite some time ago and love it to pieces. Knowing what a cheapo/poor person I am, there's no way it was almost $40. I have a smallish one- my roommate is not a water person, so I end up refilling it every other day or so. The water around here is completely disgusting, you can't even make ice out of it without running it through the filter first. Much cheaper than bottled water, plus no issues with attempting to recycle entire garbage bags full of empty plastic bottles at the end of the week.

(Side note to any drinkers out there: the Brita pitcher will also filter disgusting cheap vodka into something resembling mid-grade vodka, which is just about the greatest thing ever. Just make sure you rinse the filter before using it for water... or, if you're like me, get an extra filter just for MacGyvering your liquor.)

YAY!!!!!! I'm glad this has helped other people too! We don't have a station thingy like that.... I wish we did...or maybe we do and I just don't know about it.... hmmmmmmmmm

How clever! I never would have thought to filter my vodka in a Brita pitcher... now I feel like I should go out and buy some cheap vodka...

HaHa Bluesparkie..

Whoa, what a great idea. I'm a college student and broke, so all I can afford is the cheap stuff - I'll have to try that! :D

We have a brita jug with filter mainly because everyone else that drinks water prefers it filtered. I grew up in an area with pretty hard water and drank it straight out of the tap (or the hose in some cases :p ) as a kid so the water where I am now isn't so bad.

The jug is a good option and the filters aren't expensive. I find we might have to replace the filter every 2-3 months.

These are like the one we have - HERE. Ours is closest to the Fjord Cool.

It is a good investment when you consider the jug is a one off purchase. We have had ours for over 3 years.

Nikia, me too, with the college and poverty.

A totally off-topic word of warning, though: Brita pitchers are not magic, but they will totally take the nasty bite outta some Skol. I've been doing this little trick for a few years now and it's been one of the most useful things I've learned in college. Here's the procedure: pour room-temperature vodka through filter at least twice. For some reason once isn't enough, and it doesn't do as well if it's cold. I usually pour it through 3-4 times. It turns Skol-level vodka into slightly subpar mid-range vodka. And it's as close to fantasies of Martha Stewart style domestic goddess status as I'll ever get. Also, last year I saw this tested on Mythbusters and everyone but the professional vodka taster was fooled. How cool.

I've had my little Brita pitcher for about four years. It's saved me a fortune on bottled water.

I definitely need to get one of those pitchers. The water in the town where I'm now living is awful and tastes like bleach half of the time (I have an electric kettle, had to clean it after barely one week of use :x), and it's going to be either filtering it or buying bottled water even to brew my coffee. I guess the bottles aren't that bad, the store right under my building sells 12 L for about $2 (roughly--I'm not good at converting from euros). But I also know it's not a long-term solution, especially not for a poor student.

Now the vodka trick is excellent. I'll have to keep it in mind. :D

Kella..I like you already LOL :D

I have a Brita Faucet mount and i LOVE IT

I fixed the water problem.....sort of...at least for now! My Mom told me to boil the water and then put it in the fridge...boiling it will help take out the weird taste, so I tried it, and it was so much better! :carrot: Add a little lemon to it and ta da....drinkable water!!! :D

We have a Brita water cooler. We had a normal water cooler before (the tall things that you see in Dr's offices with little dixie cups. haha), but then we still had to go out and fill the jug of water at the Windmill. Now we have the Brita water cooler and just fill the jug at the sink and it filters and cools the water. We love it!

I got a brita water filter a while ago... the tap water here is disguesting. One of the "slim" ones, I think it was about $12, and then I spent another $10on 3 refills. And let me tell you, it is WORTH it. I made my boyfriend do a taste test too, and he agreed that it made the water taste a lot better.

All in all, the refills aren't super-expensive... and in my opinion, worth it, since it makes the water taste good!

*giggles* Ive seen the Mythbusters episode.. I love Mythbusters, hah! Im going to try that, next time I get some of my cheap vodka.. mmmm