<p>So, how does one get a good drink of water while living in the res halls? Should I just buy a whole bunch of water bottles? Should I buy a some couple gallons of water and keep em in the fridge? Can you bring reusable water bottles in the dining halls? Is the tap water even drinkable? I just want to know what's the best thing to do because I drink a lot of water and like to have it at hand at anytime. Thanks!</p>
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<p>Bringing a case of bottled water with me. I know some people just get tap water though.</p>
<p>If you want to do it the cheap way, just get reusable water bottles and fill them up at the drinking fountains on the first floor of any hall (and most, if not all, plazas). Every time I walk through Hedrick Hall, I always see people filling up their bottles. I even once saw someone fill up one of those really big bottles that they use in water machines.</p>
<p>just bring cases of water, i stayed over this summer (FSP 2010)
and the one thing i regret most that i didnt bring was water…kept asking roommate for some xD</p>
<p>depends on your financial situation. Cases of water will quickly add up, although they may be higher quality water than that of water from machines. i got a 5 gallon jug, filled it up with water, then bought a half-a-gallon jug, and tossed it in the fridge so i can have cold water whenever i want. Now if you have a preference over filtration, the water machines also specify what type of filtration is used like carbon filter, reverse osmosis, etc. personally, i’d just drink water from the fountains but since i don’t live on or near campus, my current method seems best. </p>
<p>I also bought a refillable water bottle that i intend to carry with me when i walk around campus for use with the water fountains. You’ll be surprised how much money you save by substituting water you bring everytime you eat out for example. In my first month of doing so alone i probably saved like at least $60.</p>
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<p>No, about 10 people at UCLA die of cholera every year.</p>
<p>Strengthen your immune system and drink tap water. That’s what I did. :)</p>
<p>No, they die of dysentery instead. UCLA water killed my oxen too.</p>
<p>Most bottled water is just bottled tap water. Save your money, have tap water or get a Brita filter. That said, I don’t know what LA water is like, but I’m guessing no one’s dying of cholera. Except the aforementioned oxen. haha.</p>
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<p>most big cities (big city being defined as a city with +100,000 population) have extremely sophisticated systems for tap water that are checked pretty much daily/weekly for water impurities/contaminations. That said, if i lived in a small town in Iowa, for example, i probably wouldn’t trust the local water reserve and would probably get a water filter.</p>
<p>Drink tap!!! The EPA regulates tap water much more strictly than the FDA regulates bottled water. Even though the tap stuff sometimes tastes funny from too much chlorine or is discolored from pipe rust or air bubbles it is still safer to drink than bottled. The National Resources Defense Council has done extensive studies that show that tap water (especially in large cities) is way more safe than bottled. Some big differences between bottled and tap regs (FDA vs. EPA):
*Disinfectioned required for tap, not bottled
*E Coli and fecal coliform banned for tap, not bottled
*Testing freq. is hundreds of times/month for tap, 1/week for bottled
*tap must be filtered for pathogens, bottled not
*tap must be tested for giardia and other viruses, bottled not
*tap must be tested 1/quarter for synthetic org. chem., bottled 1/year</p>
<p>Bottled sometimes tastes better because it has additives for taste, including sometimes extremely high levels of sodium. 25% of bottled water is straight from the tap. Tap water testing results must be available for the public so you can see what you are drinking. Of course there have been those cases of comtaminated well water but you are way safer in a big city to drink tap than bottled. And last but not least, drinking tap is so much better for the environmentby eliminating plastic bottles. Also way cheaper!!</p>
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<p>water can do every thing,like water is a think which make u a live and water is a thing which make u dead so water can do every thing and with a high water couldn’t exist as well as without water can not exist</p>
<p>^uhhhh…</p>
<p>“water is a thing which make you dead” …lol</p>