Over here tap water is said to be the best controlled food stuff of all. Quality varies regarding lime and chlorine, the latter making it taste bad. A simple water filter - not even a solid installation - cures both.
I always wondered why so many people here spend time, energy and money to buy bottled water. It is an artifical "need" that was artifically raised by the industry from the 80s on with a lot of advertising. A factual need for that has never been existent over here. Much of doing so is fashion only. But I heared that in some other Wetsern countries the taste of tap water is terrible, although the health quality is okay. A former colleague of my father was american, from Las Vegas. He said that there tap water had so much chlorine that it could be used to disinfect tooth brushes.
