Here in Seattle, they’ve stopped carrying water bottles in government building vending machines. People can still bring theirs from home, but the idea is that the government won’t stock bottled water in employee fridges or have it for sale.

Of course, there are a few places where you really can’t take the tap water. Like Boston. Yeesh. I would always forget not to drink tap water when we visited my grandmother. And I swear to you, the water has this weird parsley aftertaste. And I’m not sure I have ever even eaten parsley but there’s no other way to explain that taste. Other than gross. Still, there are filters, so bottled water is hardly necessary.

Then I was buying bottled water for Baby Bear’s medications and bottles – but I got sick of storing the bottled water, not to mention the cost – so I bought a Brita water filter that attaches to my tap. Under $20, and the filter lasts forever.

I myself have gone back to drinking regular tap water. Here in BC our water tastes great and I don’t have an issue with drinking it.