Have any of you tried Revive spring water available at Coles? I'm curious to know if it's any good.
Additionally, I'm looking for recommendations on affordable spring water brands. The tap water in my area isn't great, so I'm seeking suggestions. If you have any personal experiences or recommendations, please share them with me. Thank you!
I have one of those Britta on-tap filters. I reckon they are pretty good.
Oh, Britta's in this?
Ah, yes. I should have typed Brita.
If only the water that comes from the tap in major cities in Australia were high quality, cheap and available.
If only
The tap water in my area isn't great
I love tap water in Sydney.
however, in South Australia in the town of Berri, the water was HORRIBLE.
I had to drink the hotel bottled water :/
You're not basing this one the last quarter, first couple of months of this year, are you?
I only ask because something something high river much turbidity something something more chemicals to bring up to spec something something.
no this was in 2017.
but it did taste like dirt.
It tastes slightly of the chemicals used to keep it and your body clean and healthy, so basically undrinkable to most people. RO water tastes like nothing at all and I've gotten used to it because there is an RO filter here already. Drank tap water my whole life, but like the idea of not needing to descale the coffee machine if the RO filter removes all calcium and stuff anyway.
What's ro
Reverse osmosis
I think a lot of Australians take our widely available safe drinking water for granted. Not being able to just drink straight from the tap in other countries during my travels overseas always made me homesick.
When we traveled back home, our hair got really matted and we broke out in hives when showering. The water is full of limescale.
Comment makes my skin crawl
Try water at Noosa and Ipswich, Qld. I think Both taste awful. But are cheap and safe and fine for anything, just not a good taste by itself.
Sydney Water is just embarrassing swill. Barely ok for cooking and bathing.
It's made mainly to water giant lawns in rich suburbs.And other industrila end uses. Ironic that states treat 100% of water to supposed drinking water levels, and what % of it is consumed? Most is used for non potable outcomes.
What's potable
It means drinkable.
The tap water in my area isn't great, so I'm seeking suggestions
Try a water filter
Start with a basic brita filter and see what results you get.
Buying bottled water, for home consumption, in the majority of areas in this country, is just wasteful in many ways
The pay back period of a basic filter setup, if needed/wanted, wouldn't be long compared to buying overpriced water filtered elsewhere and put in a bottle.
coke and beer dont come out of my taps. If they come out of yours, I'd be happy to move in and sublet a room ;)
SodaStream for soft drinks, kegs for beer. Problem solved.
Kidney stones FTW!!
ive never had issues with tap water
my fridge and kitchen tap have "filters" which i haven't changed in years because the water tastes like water
ill wait for the clowns to tell me how dangerous tap water is now.
filter's that haven't been changed for years is worse than having no filter
Why? Do you believe what the manual says :) What exactly are you scared of?
There are two filters:
1) particulate filter. If it gets clogged, flow rate drops.
2) the charcoal filter. Works by adsorption. Replace when you start to notice the taste of chlorine or whatever else bothered you before.
The whole purpose of the filter is to remove bad taste. I it still does that, why replace?
If the filter were there to remove toxins, that would be a different situation. But it isn't.
I've never checked the manual.
I don't use water filters as tap water is perfectly fine and bacteria free.
No filter is going to last a lifetime. It's just common sense.
This website isn't trying to sell you anything -https://illjustfixitmyself.com/is-it-safe-to-drink-water-from-an-old-filter/
"Unfortunately, there might be dangerous bacteria growing in an old water filter because of stagnation and a lack of activity inside the filter. Some studies show that this bacteria could be seriously concerning.
In the study that was carried out in Germany, colony counts of bacteria found in old filters were almost 10,000 times that found in tap water. This means that if you do not change your water filter as recommended by the manufacturer, you are better of just drinking tap water."
You can believe it or not, I DGAF
There's some better filters lined with Silver to kill bacteris. How well it works? Only the dead bacteria will know
You’re probably right, but that filter will still require changing
dangerous tap water is now.
Slippery when wet and conducts electricity really well. 🛑
Not to mention 100% of people who drink it have either died or will die. Drink at your own risk.
LOL, I feel your pain.
Don't tell the cookers but fluoride is made by Pfftizer, and comes in water and coffee flavours.
They have a global deal with fast food companies to distribute it universally.
They have a vaccine form of it.
Pfftizer also sells it as ivermectin.
The only known side affects are paranoia.
Expensive dihyrogen oxide?
CHEMICALS!
100% of the people who ingest it die……eventually.
100% of people who don't ingest it die ….in days.
Water is also dangerous because it rusts metal.
And fish copulate in it.
If you submerge metal into fresh water and leave it indefinitely, it will never rust. Prove me wrong.
Who sais humans never do that?
If you're worried about fish copulating in it, let me tell you something else…
Earth is basically one large terrarium. Except for the odd comet, the water on this planet is the same water we've had for all time. So not only have fish copulated in it, dinosaurs have peed in it, as have many, many humans. The water molecules found in the places where you should not drink the tap water are the same water molecules an ancestor of yours or even you yourself have drank/will drink.
@Chandler: geez, you're taking a joke comment and thinking yoou're stephen hawking giving me the history of everything.
BTW, you're forgetting that some of the water around when the dinosaurs were is not on earth anymore, it's on the space station. See. i too can be trivial.
@Brian McGee: Not really. Just a novel fact that some people (like myself) may never have thought about.
Get a brita filter jug. I hada tap changed in our kitchen and the water tasted terrible. Jug filter fixed the problem. Only need to change it every 2 months.
You can scale up for a bigger solution in yime which is prob still cheaper and less wasteful than buying bottled
You need to change it every month
I change mine every six weeks. Eight is stretching it, and I can start to taste chlorine in the water. Four is a keen recommendation from Brita, who don't have any interest at all in getting people to change their cartridges as often as possible.
Free or nothing
Do you own your home?
If so put in a small water tank, say 2000l or so then run it through a ceramic filter before drinking.
Most health food shops stock this brand: https://villagepotterycompany.com.au/collections/water-purif…
If not then the same filter will improve your tapwater but wont remove the added sodium flurosilicate unless you use a different filter.
https://mywaterfilter.com.au/collections/ceramic-water-filte…
https://mywaterfilter.com.au/collections/ceramic-water-filte…
We don't need the fluoride filters but replace the normal ones about once a year.
More expensive than the plastic brita units but the water tastes better and the filters last longer. I have tried both.
Fluoride is a bad guy. People should purchase filtering systems that remove both fluoride and aluminium. The reason you should not swallow tooth paste is because it contains fluoride. You need a prescription to get a tooth paste that has extra high fluoride concentration; it is not considered safe for over the counter purchases.
OP could move to Melbourne; problem solved.
Please don't, Melbourne doesn't need more people. Send them to Brisbane.
Fistbumps. 👊
Brisbane has too many people coming up here, I'm sure Darwin wouldn't mind.
No. SE QLD needs more ppl. It needs to be wall to wall to feel like home for the residents
How about Kalgoorlie, Coober Pedy, or Broken Hill, instead of a coastal city? As I said in a reason post, there is plenty of space in inner Australia.
Despite the weather, Melbourne has great tasting tap water
revive water tastes like water.
Except minus the taste.
It's water
You live in Australia
We have almost no excuses to not drink tap water.
You must've missed OPs reason.
I don't really think it was an excuse tho, just their reason. Sounded quite reasonable too.
yeah i wouldn't call "isn't great" a reason
Drink piss
Scientists in Japan and Europe consider fluoridation to be harmful and unnecessary
Need a source for this.
He said "scientists", that's like, practically impossible to refute /s
@Mr Haj: Japanese are not an oppressed minority so get no special treatment. They're also not white so don't have to atone for past mistakes no matter how much more recent.
Anyhow, if you want you scientific ability to be believed, you have to identify as a specific minority and believe you are oppressed.
You can have a read of this publication made by SCHER:
https://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/environmen…
They are of the opinion that water fluoridation has no additional benefit for people that already use fluoridated toothpaste and there are significant risks of fluorosis in children, as well as potential neurological and endocrine risks.
Why ingest something that has no benefit and potential risk?
@pennypacker42069: Thank you for the source, quite an informative read. The potential for associated risks such as Fluorosis was only observed when exceeding Upper Tolerable Intake Level (UL) but I do see what you mean with the negation of the benefits of fluoridation of the water supply for those already applying fluoridated toothpastes.
I'd like to see the source that fluoridation of the water supply is overall beneficial - the original studies that were done when it was first being introduced elsewhere in the world would not pass the standards of scientific rigor if done today.
Saying adding a highly reactive and known dangerous chemical to our water is the "safe default" is nuts.
Here is US one that was suppressed by the HHA , it was only released under a Freedom of information request, https://finance.yahoo.com/news/suppressed-government-report-…
Might want to check on the increased level of dental health among the population over the yearsas a result of this.
The dental health did increase! And fluoride was added to water in similar timing with the wide-spread implementation of general dental hygeine practices such as brushing teeth with toothpaste that had fluoride.
I believe fluoride was added to water first around 1945 and in Australia around the 1950s, and toothpaste with fluoride was first on the market around 1950s?
I personally would prefer if we were provided a choice as to whether we wanted fluoridated water or water without fluoridation, as we can elect to choose toothpaste with our without fluoride… If toothpase is enough to help reduce caries (may depend on the person, and individual factors more than the amount of fluoride a person is exposed to from different sources like drinking water vs toothpaste. I) then I would prefer to not introduce a chemcial into my water.
There is also evidence to suggest that fluoride can negatively affect endocrine glands, and I would prefer to rule this out entirely than hope that; the concerntration isn't too high, that it doesn't build up in my body, and that it isn't going to happen to me.
And here's my sources for that:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00456…
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/11571/chapter/10
Each to their own - people who want to remove fluoride (or taste, to refer back to the OP) can elect to buy filters to do so, people who don't care can choose to not care.
Also, science is not ever 100% - it's the most likely results of something at any one time. So the science saying it's 'safe' could be incorrect.
Common sense would make me feel that adding chemicals to our body isn't usually the best way to go about something.
And as it has been less than 100 years since implemented into the water, there is no guaruntee that it isn't causing issues that we just haven't caught onto yet.
The publication from SCHER shows the data on how the improvements in dental health are the same in countries regardless of whether water fluoridation was implemented.
@pennypacker42069: I'd still take water treated with fluoride over one that gives me gastro anyday of the week.
And i'm sure if you asked any indian, african or indonesian they'd much rather have fluorided drinking water over their ecoli ridden stuff
First World problems
@pennypacker42069: I wouldn't say it's an off topic rant.
An issue would be if i had to boil water every day so i wouldn't sh1t myself
Some people need to get out more, it's all relative.
Literally first world problems.
@Drakesy: It is all relative!
And I'd absolutely take clean fluoridated water over unclean water that causes illness every single day if I did have the choice, obviously, as any reasonable person would.
And for myself, worrying about water giving me gastro is not (and I am so thankful for this!) a concern due to the clean water we are so blessed with in Australia.
Your points are a bit off topic because we are living in a first world country, and first vs third world problems are not the issue being discussed.
Relative to living in australia in 2023, and relative to my life and my concerns, reducing harm to my health wherever I possibly can is a priority. For my life, taking steps like getting a water filter that removes fluoride is something that I would like to do.
It's not something that causes extreme stress or concern, I'm not going to tear apart my life or send myself broke because of it. It is a first world problem, just like having clean clothes is a first world problem, and just like every single issue I deal with at my day job every day is also a first world problem.
If I chose to ignore everything that was a 'literal first world problem' I would not be a very well functioning member of society in a first world country. I'd love to be able to help those who are in third-world countries, however I'm not in the position to do so. I'm not going to ignore my own life because other people are living in bad conditions, that benefits nobody.
TL;DR - Back to my first comment: Each to their own - people who want to remove fluoride (or improve taste, to refer back to the OP) can elect to buy filters to do so, people who don't care can choose to not care.
@Drakesy: The water quality in other countries has nothing to do with fluoridation in Australia.
To put this in perspective - you were contradicted by a leading EU scientific committee and your response is: "yeah but if I drank the water in other countries I might sh*t myself"
okay lol
I don’t know if it’s just me but I recall when I stayed in the Gold Coast I couldn’t stand the taste of their tap water. Being from Melbourne and been to a few other places around australia I would say Melbourne has the best tap water, or maybe second best if we include Tasmania.
From my memory Melbourne water is vile but I don't live there. I think you simply get used to your local water.
I think you simply get used to your local water.
Not if you live in Toowoomba, no. The tap water tasted like I just washed my crotch with it. Stayed there for a month and purchased a Brita jug the third day, which made an enormous difference in water taste.
I realised what wonderfully delicious water we have here in Melbourne and how much I was taking for granted.
Toowoomba was a beautiful place though. If you ignore the crime, car theft and carjacking and meth addicts, it's a wonderful place to be in. Also the water there tastes like shit.
All water west of Brisbane is pretty horrid. I've lived many places 1 to 5 hours west of there. All the same really.
@serpserpserp: That makes me appreciate Melbourne even more. I've been to rural Victoria as well, but have never tasted bad water anywhere here.
@CocaKoala: I have also lived in country Victoria many hours west of Melbourne in different locations and the water quality is much different to Melbourne. Maybe North and East of Melbourne they are similar because they access the same water source. Western Victoria water isn't brilliant, still a step up from Western Queensland
Canberra is definitely up there in quality. I think the "best tap water" awards usually fluctuate between ACT and Tassie.
Interesting. I think the one I was looking at was just capital cities. Of course it is safe to assume some smaller locales have better water than the big cities.
Looks like Canberra only won that for NSW/ACT in 2017 (Stromlo water treatment plant).
Buy a 10-20 litre bottle/container to keep in the fridge. Try a few brands to find one you prefer.
Nothing worse than the flat copper/chemical taste some regional areas have. Doubt a filter would fix some cases but worth a try too.
This is ozbargain.
Refrigerate in a jug
Could you get a filter?