Wasting water! OT

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Registered: 12-12-2004
Wasting water! OT
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Sun, 01-15-2006 - 1:06pm
HI, Heather, Pat, and everyone. Do any of you go thru the "wasting water" scenarios? The one where DH says, "Take shorter showers, do less laundry, you're wasting water", but then sends me out in the rain to get drinking water? We have enough bottled water (the delivery kind, low in sodium , etc) to last through 10 winters, but he wanted Dasani water! I do find half-empty bottles of drinking water all over the house, so I pour it into another and stick it back into the fridge! I was SO mad, because I had just been to the store. DH must be part camel. Anyone else have ideas on how to get rid of this ridiculous habit? Sorry I'm venting, but this is one ridiculous (and expensive)habit I want to break DH of. Ideas? Whiz.

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Registered: 08-19-2003
Mon, 01-16-2006 - 7:52pm

Whiz Where are you located?

Are you asking what the shelf life of water is? That depends on the how the water is stored. Water stored in plastic bottles in direct sunlight has a shelf life of 2 days, but bottled water stored in a cool building can last several years.

Unfortunately its the bottle itself that can cause the water to be altered. I believe water in a glass container could have an indefinite shelf life.

Shannon


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Registered: 08-19-2003
Mon, 01-16-2006 - 7:54pm

"Deer Park is the BEST water!" Well, I did recently play a little trick on him. I took one of his empty Deer Park water bottles and filled it with just normal cold tap water, and then I brought it to him, and he didn't know the difference!! LOL! :-D "

Thats because Deer Park is just tap water. Its usually tests pretty high on the TDS reading, as do most municpal water supplys.

Shannon


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Wed, 01-18-2006 - 12:31am
Hi, everyone and thanks for the water advice. When I get a chance, I am going to check out the Brita thing. I, too, have been "mixing" DH's water. He doesnt notice either. I got tired of seeing all of the half-empty water bottles everywhere. Am glad I am not the only one going thru this! Whiz.

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