Current Events > Washington state starts charginge sales tax on bottled water

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http://dor.wa.gov/content/getaformorpublication/publicationbysubject/specialnotices/bottledwater.aspx

Gee I'm glad they're so budget conscious. It's not like they got a massive increase in revenue from marijuana taxation.
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Is their tap water decent? I lived in NYC for a time and was blown away by the fact that the tap water being drinkable.
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Good. It's a stupid wanton waste of resources through unacceptable inefficiency.
We need drinkable tap water.
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Sad_Face posted...

Is their tap water decent? I lived in NYC for a time and was blown away by the fact that the tap water being drinkable.

Its the opposite for me. I've been in Buffalo my whole life and have always drank tap water so it was always weird to me when I traveled and learned that people don't drink tap water in other places.
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Sad_Face posted...

Is their tap water decent? I lived in NYC for a time and was blown away by the fact that the tap water being drinkable.

depends on where exactly you are. Washington is a big state. Tap water in Eastern Washington isn't particularly good in my experience. Olympia has some of the best tap water in the world I've tasted. . Seattle is really good in most water districts, a few have funky tastes. That and old buildings/pipes in some areas.

I think ive bought 1 bottle of water this year so doesn't impact me.
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Ah. I live in the Caribbean and where I live, we need a filter before the water leaves our pipes, else it'll come out brown. I don't ever drink tap water unless I fill the glass with ice and squeeze some lemon juice first.
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Good. In most places in the U.S. , bottled water is a waste of valuable resources.

Sad_Face posted...

Is their tap water decent?

yes
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Sad_Face posted...

Ah. I live in the Caribbean and where I live, we need a filter before the water leaves our pipes, else it'll come out brown. I don't ever drink tap water unless I fill the glass with ice and squeeze some lemon juice first.

Oh nothing like that anywhere in washington that is on a water district (lots of areas in washington are on well water, though, and that is a real crap shoot)

the worst public water just has a slight chemically taste from processing it. or buildings with old pipes that can leave a metallic taste.
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