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In the Philippines, tap water is not safe for drinking.
There are some people who might not get sick after drinking tap water;
nevertheless, it is still advisable to drink distilled or boiled
water, or better yet, to boil distilled water to remove
dangerous contaminants from the water.
My family doesn’t boil drinking water except in the morning
for my parents’ coffee or my sister and myself’s hot chocolate. At work, we
used to regularly buy distilled water for everyone. We consume up to 25 gallons
a month, which cost Php350
(approximately $8). In some months
(especially during the hot summer months), we consume much more.
To save a bit of money, we decided to buy a water purifier, the type that is
installed directly to the faucet. The
unit was expensive (more than Php1000 or $23), but we could save in the long
run. Before this, we had been paying Php350
a month just for the distilled water plus
another Php300 for the water bill, a
total of Php650. Now, we’re only
paying Php350 a month (sometimes, Php500). We are able to save Php150 to
Php300 a month. I was happy with the results.
Stop buying bottled water (Read the effects of bottled wateron the environment). Doing so would not only save the earth.
It would also save us some money.
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