Believe it or not in Washington, DC and metro area, at least 5-6 times per year for a week to 10 days they tell us to boil our drinking water for 5 min. Do you think I would ever go back to drinking out of our taps? We buy gal. jugs and ind. bottles of Deer Park water. Its the only one our family agrees on and its the best $28 per month we spend. None of us drink soda but we do like coffee, tea & juice all made with bottled water.