Anybody using water.com?

[Benzadmiral]

One of my faculty members has come up with the idea for us to buy a water cooler and a water delivery service. As long as it's not a hassle for me to deal with, I'm fine with it.

He pointed me to a water cooler device which allows the water jub, 3 or 5-gallon, to be placed down below -- no more upending the bottle and splashing water all over the carpet. Then you put their pump in the neck of the bottle, and the water is pumped up to you:
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Decker-Botto...22292927&sr=8-1

He also steered me to a water delivery site called water.com:

http://www.kentwoodsprings.com/Defaultkentwoodsprings.aspx

(I know the URl says "Kentwood Springs," but the FAQ and other pages mention water.com.)

Have you used this company for water delivery? Any problems, hassles, etc.?

 

[Gary Allan]

Looks like a broker/association. I have Crystal Springs ..formerly Cloister. They bought up a few smaller spring water companies.

I'm not having trouble with the 5 gallon jugs ..but I admit that they're going to be a pain in the future. We own an older hot/cold unit and I haven't researched if an insert is available for the newer jug tops. There appears to be a piercing implement that makes taking the cap off unnecessary.

The bottom loader would be nice.

 

[Al]

In our area it costs about $1.50 per gallon to have it delivered.

We are pretty fortunate in our area. We have a place that dispenses RO water for 25 cents/gallon. 'Nuff said.

 

[JustinH]

We use 3m filters, and a water/ice machine at work.

Totally fine..

 

[daves66nova]

I use an old tube sock and fill it with activated carbon.

 

[Drew99GT]

I open my faucet and fill a cup, then drink.

Seriously, is there like mud coming out of your faucets???

 

[benjamming]

Drew,

The poor taste of some water around here is staggering, at least to our taste buds. We have an RO unit to solve that problem. http://www.limestonecountywater.com/report.asp

 

[Al]

Originally Posted By: Drew99GT
I open my faucet and fill a cup, then drink.

I am not a health nut or a worry freak. But for 25 years we have been drinking RO water which has almost undetectable levels of any chemical/chlorine/nitrate known to man. I think it has helped us.

I am guessing that a very large number of cancers are caused by the thousands and thousands of gallons of water that enter and exit your body over a lifetime. Just an opinion though.

 

[benjamming]

Al,

Do you have a whole-house RO system? If not, you'll still ingest a whole lot taking showers.

 

[Al]

Originally Posted By: benjamming
Al,

Do you have a whole-house RO system? If not, you'll still ingest a whole lot taking showers.

No but we have well water so we are not breathing chlorine fumes which I believe is starting to get a lot of attention.

I doubt getting nitrates and/or chlorine on your skin gives any meaningful ingestion.

 

[chevrofreak]

We switched to using a water cooler about 3 years ago. Hot water for soup, coffee, tea, room temperature water for whatever else, and nice cold refreshing water whenever I want it. I love it. Except when it comes time to haul my empty jugs to Walmart to refill. It's cheap this way, at 33 cents per gallon for water run through a Culligan water purifier.

Our water has a lot of chlorine in it, and it leaves a black ring in the toilets if they sit unused for a while. I should probably figure out why that is....

Anyway, I have a Sunbeam water dispenser that captures the plug in the cap when you put the bottle on, then it reattaches it to the lid when you remove the bottle. Only once in probably 100+ bottle changes has there been an issue. Once when a bottle was installed the plug didn't catch, and floated up to the top of the jug.

That water pump sounds like exactly what I need for a future conversion I have planned. I'm buying a new refrigerator soon, and I want to rig up a 5 gallon jug with a water pump to feed the automatic ice maker so I don't have to buy several bags of ice every week.

 

[andyd]

We've been drinking and using shallow well water loaded with iron and gawd knows what else for 30 yrs and none of us are dead yet. No chlorine though.

 

[crinkles]

rainwater is best fellas.

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: Al
I doubt getting nitrates and/or chlorine on your skin gives any meaningful ingestion.


Exposing your body's largest organ with a porous surface area of 21 square feet to a solvent laced with all sorts of goodies will not result in any meaningful absorption of chemical nasties, you believe? Think again, unless you don't shower, wash or bathe.

 

[Shannow]

We drink sweat and toilet water in my place.

Working on the chlorine side of things at present.

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: Shannow
We drink sweat and toilet water in my place.

Working on the chlorine side of things at present.


You practically live in the Space Shuttle when it comes to your water supply!