Tom

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:46:04 -0800

Thanks, Dan! This post was great food for thought today (and link to a truly excellent article). Not to toot my own horn but your post got me to thinking so much about this issue that I posted some of my own cogitations on my (pseudo)academic blog: http://www.urbanarchives.org/wordpress/2007/07/10/a-bottle-of-place/

tvargs

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:04:02 -0800

Is Chris Anderson's comment informational or just plain old spam? Regardless, Seattle water is really quite clean. And James, it may be your pipes more than South Seattle itself tainting your water. Or it could be South Seattle - I recall viciously avoiding the water fountain at Garfield High for the same "poor taste" reason. Oh and because I think Rick may have peed in one, once.

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Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:42:21 -0800

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James Callan

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:50:12 -0800

Now that we live in Rainier Beach, our Brita filter is a necessity -- the tapwater (at least in our house) is gross. In Wallingford and Wedgwood, though, it was fine. Brita takes care of the south Seattle flavor, though, so we only have a case of bottled water on hand for emergencies.

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Tom

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