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Embracing New York City Tap Water
New York Magazine 7.13.08

7-15-nyc-tap-water-1.jpgLast year, we had great discussions about reducing our consumption of bottled water. Perfect for Green Month at AT, New York Magazine's regular shopping feature, Best Bets, shows us some options for taking full advantage of New York City's tap water — from a home carbonation system and an under-sink filtration system to stylish containers for serving and toting around your NYC H2O...

 
 

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We covered How To: Make Soda Water at Home before, but Soda-Club USA’s $89 soda-maker is another way to make seltzer from your tap water...

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Tigo Filter Cup brews tea on the go...

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and our favorite, the I Tap NY bottle.

For all the Best Bets, see Spurn the Bottle.

Pics: William Castellana, Davies + Starr

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Blogging..., GREEN IDEAS, air & water quality, water

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I will drink NYC tap water right out of the faucet, but I did get a Brita filter at home and proudly carry it around in my Sigg bottle!

It was so easy to give up the bottled water habit.

posted by Marie on July 15th 2008 at 5:48am
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Yeah, this is def one of my best purchases this year.

Also got a $10 discount code from http://makeyoursoda.com

My tip is get a good variety of flavors

posted by nicksp on September 14th 2009 at 3:52pm
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