Tap Water

We read our city's water report, then had our tap water tested and determined it was safe to drink, though a bit hard. So we stopped buying bottled water and started drinking from the tap. To improve the taste, we filter the tap water with a Brita filter insert fitted to a glass pitcher (I've yet to find a glass Brita pitcher in the US).

I highly recommend doing this. Knowing your drinking water is safe from major contaminants gives tremendous peace of mind and allows you to eliminate bottled water, which can be expensive and carries its own health risks (chemicals leaching from the plastic containers).

We bought our kit from National Testing Laboratories.

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