I’m curious what and where do you buy your family’s drinking water? And if you have kids, how old did you let your kids drink the same water the rest of the family drinks? We have this drinking water issue when we travel, because we always bring bottled distilled water for Gwen. Lagi namin iniisip na baka walang ganong brand in our destination (which is what we experienced when we went to Guimaras), so para sure, we always bring around 3 to 4 liters of water.
At home, Gwen has a separate water bottle because she still drinks distilled water which we buy in the grocery. As for the rest of the family, we drink alkaline water. Nanay and I are particular about our drinking water. Medyo brand-conscious, hehe. Kaya kahit medyo malayo yung refilling station and we have to add for delivery, we still order from them. Besides, the water refilling station’s place is the one approved by Nanay which is “clean”. There are 2 water refilling stations just a block away from our house, pero naman… the first one is beside a stinking taho factory and the other one’s facade is always flooded. Upon reading this Rappler’s article about How safe is your drinking water?, I am now contemplating if I will buy a water purifier at home. We were doing this before until the convenience of refilling stations lured us.
The nitty-gritty on water refilling station as a business is not new to me. It’s my Auntie’s business in Aklan and whenever we go to the province, we help in getting and delivering the orders. Although I take pride on how my Auntie runs her business in the province, I can’t speak on the safety of water refilling stations here in Manila. For one, do you know that the big water containers should be changed after how many uses? I just forgot how long pero sa nagdedeliver sa amin, minsan yupi-yupi na tsaka madumi yung water bottles pero ginagamit pa rin. Minsan pa nga, kami na yung bumibili ng new water bottles and just give it to them.
This is the reason why we still buy Gwen her own water in the grocery. As for how long, I don’t know. Maybe when I finally decided to get an in-home water purifier, I’ll be 100% sure of what my family drinks.
Hi, Mommy Badet! Baby Charley also uses Wilkins only. That’s our most trusted brand, and it’s the only one she got hiyang at. It’s risky na to change brand even if wilkins is a little pricey. 🙂
Hi Charley’s mommy, same tayo. Kaya nga I’m starting to ask at what age kaya yung hindi na gaanong sensitive yung tummy ng mga kids para they can drink the same water like the rest of the family.
Hi, Mommy Badet! I also learned from a talk by our local sanitary inspector that water in the container from refilling stations start growing bacteria if it’s not consumed for a specific period of time. I forgot the exact time period. On our part, we consume water fast naman. My preschooler also consumes the same water with us. He used to drink Wilkins or Absolute before until he was 2 years old. My 6-month old infant is drinking cooled boiled water. They are both okay naman.
Hi Kristine, thanks for sharing. Mas naging confident na ako to start letting my daughter drink purified water na rin. Yikes, and we don’t know if they really change the water inside the tanks no?
We buy distilled water regularly from water refilling stations pero medyo choosy ako, kelangan yung hindi nabibilad ang mga galon nila hehe!
But still, I would say na mas safe and better ang meron kang water purifier sa bahay esp pag may bata. Or just buy the branded mineral/distilled water from supermarkets.
I agree sis! Kaya nga I’m considering getting the Pure It from Unilever nung nakita ko sa mall.
Sa Pureit, nakakasiguro akong malinis ang tubig na iniinom ko. Iba pa rin kapag kita ko sa sarili kong mata na sinasala at pinupuro ang akin inumin. Wala itong added na lasa at hindi lasang kalawang. Noon, sa purifying station na pinag-oorderan namin ng tubig, nagdeliver sila ng isang galon na hindi pa processed. Ayaw ko nang maulit iyong muli. Kaya, iwaglit niyo na ang pagbili sa mga water purifying station dahil hindi kayo safe doon!