Drink Local: Sexy Tap Water Is In

Whether you want to impress your guests or take it with you, tap water's presentation vessels have gotten a lot sexier these days. Perhaps it's the refreshing knowledge of drinking local water. Or maybe we are all just getting in touch with the style-mavens inside. Either way, tap water and glass are teaming up to make a stylish and sustainable comeback. From bold new statements to vintage reused pieces, here are stylish and eco-friendly ways to spruce up the tap water in your life.

1 Sport Glass Water Bottle: Clip it. Carry it. Drink it. My personal favorite water bottle for on the go, this is easy to carry and let's me drink a fresh glass of water every time. These bottles are made of glass with a Plastic #5 top, the same number plastic used for food products due to the body of science supporting it as the safest of plastics on the market. Best of all, these are easy to carry, grip, and can withstand a few falls without breaking. Amber wrote a great review of these water bottles!

2 Tap Water Bottle: Who doesn't love some sweet, filtered, local tap water? These sassy and fun tap water bottles originate from Toronto, Canada. There is a 9 oz for easy transport around town and a 17 oz to decorate your table and remind your guests that tap is always 'in'. Tap Water Bottle company offers these at stores throughout North America as well as online for $10 and $12 Canadian dollars respectively.

3 Vintage Milk & Juice Jugs: Why let the milkman's favorite jug go to waste? Vintage glass containers have stood the test of time. From vintage milk jugs with raised cow emblems to sweet juice carafes with fruit designs, these will freshen up your table setting. Scour garage sales and estate sales to find truly vintage pieces or check out Anchor Hocking for newer versions of these classics.

4 Ye Olde Mason Jar: The old Mason jar is a wonder of many uses. From lanterns to vases, these are great to have around. They also make great on the go water containers! Inexpensive and handy, these jars can be plentiful at garage sales and canning-friendly areas.

5 Cheap & Reusable In a Re-Nest Good Question, a reader asked about cost-effective reusable glass containers and fellow writers and readers came up with a slew of good answers. Among the favorites were SLOM bottles from IKEA and old beer bottles with a push cap.

So there you have it, a few ways to bring tap water back into your life the sexy and sustainable way. Now I'm sure you all have your own crafty ways of bringing tap back, so feel free to share the local water love with all of us.

(Images: Tap Water Bottle, Lifefactory Reusable Glass Water Bottles, Warren Glassworks, Holly Chapel Flowers)

Comments (13)

Too bad I can't drink tap water, it makes me very sick. How sick? Just a week full of puking and not being able to get out of bed.
But I am up for some nice water bottles to fill with water from my cooler.

Do you live in Mexico, applebomb?

Nope, Canada. A single cup of iced tea(water mixed in with the powder) at my dad's who lives in Saskatchewan did that to me. And in Manitoba, where I live, if I have some tap water, it my stomach hurt, unless it is used for cooking.
I would like to blame it on Canada, but it doesn't make a diffirence if I go somewhere else, I am left feeling uneasy.

I have to say: I work with a lady who refuses to drink the tap water, she says it makes her nauseous. I just don't understand what is in the water that makes her nauseous. Have you been able to figure out what it is that makes you sick? And, quite a few companies sell bottled tap water, does this also make you sick? I'm really curious because this doesn't seem to be an isolated event.

I'm assuming that it is water fluoridation, many towns 'brilliant' idea to help stop teeth decay. Fluoride being the same stuff they put in toothpaste which is why your told not to eat it, or it will make you sick.
Companies that bottle tap water, will bottle it before the flourine is added.
I'm going to guess that florine causes the main stomach problems, but I think something else in that particular local water caused my week long sickness.

well I live in Astoria, Queens, NYC, and at the moment we have brown water coming of the tap. It happens all the time in our area and I think it has to do with a large rain storm, and then 2 days later we have brown water. The last time we called the authorities, we were told not to wash clothes in it, but it was okay to drink it. Now hold me back, if I can't wash my clothes you think I will drink it? So we don't use our brita anymore, and pay for poland spring in the largest size they have.

as a dental professional i get a little frustrated with fluoride paranoia and ignorance. yes, a small number of people are allergic, but the amounts put in toothpaste and the amounts put in water are vastly different, that's why it's ok to drink the water and not ok to ingest the toothpaste.

and a lot of companies actually do sell you regular tap water, not pre-fluoridated, but just the stuff from the tap at a ridiculous mark-up.

canada has amazing tap water and i have had it straight from the tap in bc, alberta, saskatchewan, ontario, quebec and most of the maritimes to no ill effects.

i'd look into what made you so sick, because i have never heard of such intense reaction to fluoridated water. by the way, fluoride can be naturally occurring in some water sources.

I'm not a dental professional but I did do a HS paper on flouridation (a long time ago), and I slept in a Holiday Inn Express :-). It was a brilliant move by local governments. At a time when a lot of people couldn't afford toothpaste it was the most effective way to battle tooth decay, and it was amazingly cheap, which made it easy to vote and pass.

Also, I'm unaware of any bottling company that gets a special pipe from the tapwater supply. Flouride is added at the source so either it's in their or it's not. Deflouridating water is definitely possible, I just doubt the bottlers are doing it.

I'm not bringing tap water "back" as I've ALWAYS used and served it -- but I do like to place a nice pitcher or recycled wine bottle full of it on my dinner table. Some lemon slices in the pitcher are a nice touch.

I'm not saying that it's the flouride for sure, it was just a guess as I am not an expert in water.
At first I thought "don't be silly, you're making yourself sick" & thought I was falling a fool to the placebo effect, but there were times when I thought I was drinking filitered water, felt sick, and found out it was tap.
I can get away with drinking a small glass of water, and not feeling too sick, but I can't drink an entire bottle(like seen in pictures from article) without having an upset stomach and wanting to laydown.

I don't buy water unless I'm on the road. Even then, it's only when I forget my water bottle.

You love the attention don't you applebomb?

I carry around a bottle of water with me at all times (even around the house!). As a breastfeeding mom, its so important to keep hydrated- i've developed an obsession for water bottles.

I forgot to add, I love those vintage bottles. they are beautiful!