is distilled water more or less benificial than tap water?
439640
Yes definitely! This is for the simple reason:-Tap water is likely to contain dissolved salts, and other impurities. But distilled water contains only water, and hence better.
171132
>>>>Why is distilled water bad for you?\n\nIt isn't bad for you.\n\n\n>>>>What's its effect on lactobacillus (friendly bacteria in your body)?\n\n\nNothing whatsoever. It's water, the same chemical that makes up 95% of the wirrght of the bacteria themselves. It is impossible for distilled water to have any effect at all on gut flora.
695606
I think this is the best question I've seen yet....yes indeed....very good question. You are very wise grasshopper....Hmmmm....A product to Market?  I can think of several products that you could market.....I'll give you one....\n\nYou could market "Countertop Water Distillers."  I just bought one myself and I use it everyday.  A distiller turns bad tap water into pure water if you do it right.  The method is to filter your tap water through activated charcoal,  then distill it, and then filter it one more time through activated charcoal. This will pretty much give you absolute pure drinking water.  I paid about $135.00 for distiller that I bought\n\nNow....I'll go a step further and help you with your "sales pitch."\n\nThat fact is....there is no such thing as "good tap water" anymore. I don't care where you live or how good your tap water taste.  Here's the reality.....All tap water comes from either rain or snow.  The Board of Water Supply harnesses the water and adds a bunch of chemicals to it to make it safe. Then they pump it to the customers.  Right?   Ok....but......realize this....\n\nAll rain is "Acid Rain"  There is so much pollution in our atomshere that it doesn't matter where you live. A lot of it comes from China, Asia, Europe and the United States. This "Acid Rain"  or  "Snow"  contains 100's of different harmful chemicals.\nOnce it makes contact with the ground it starts to pick up more chemicals.  Like Pesticides and Animal Feces. The water will also pick up "Minerals."  However they are mostly "Depleted Minerals"  that only cause "Gull Stones" and  "Kidney Stones." \n\nFinally, the water flows to the  "Board of Water Supply."  Their  routine is to dump as much "Bleach" as it takes ...to "override" and "kill" all the other  Bacteria and Chemicals that are in the water.  Bam!  Finished Product!  Drink up! \n\nThe reason why so many people say they have good tap water where they live.... is because they have grown so used to the taste.  \n\nI thought I had good drinking water were I lived ....but....After I purchased my distiller and drank "pure water" for a month....I went back and tasted the water right out my tap. I could really taste the difference.  Big Time.  It was like drinking "Swimming Pool" water. I couldn't believe the difference and I will only drink  distilled water for the rest of my life.\n\nGood Luck on your assignment....and you better give me best answer.....Ha!...Ha!.....lol.
847634
I'm going to assume you mean water distillation.  Water distillation is done by evaporating water (one change of state: evaporation), and then cooling that water vapor (another change of state) and collecting the liquid water.
282805
in order to conduct electricity, the water (or any liquid really) must have some charge carriers in it.  These charge carriers are atoms that have ionized, that is, have become charged either positvely or negatively.  plain water, like from the tap, has very few charge carriers in it, but it does have some and will conduct electricity.  Adding salt to tap water increases the amount of charge carriers because the salt ionizes.  so salted tap water is a better conductor of electricity that plain tap water.  sea water already has plenty of salt in it, so it is a good conductor also.\n\n(a little known fact is that if you have completely pure water, it will not conduct electricity very easily, if at all.   I'm not sure how available pure water is.)
886949
water is essentially a better option.
494092
As any sane and decent person would expect, hot water out of the tap will boil faster than cold water out of the tap. However, water that has been boiled once and allowed to cool will boil faster than hot water out of the tap. That's because boiling gets rid of the dissolved oxygen usually found in water, making it easier for the water to boil the second time around.
168070
I believe so.  Carbonation doesn't change the nutritional properties of water so it should be the same.
108125
The problem with using distilled water is the local carbon dioxide in the air.  This CO2 will instanly mix with the water, and moreso over time, creating carbonic acid in the water, lowering its resistance.\n\nYou really need DEIONIZED water and keep it in a closed system made of plastic which will prevent gas transfer or ions from collecting in the water.  Then you dispense the water from a valve or something right at the point of use, to avoid CO2 contamination.  DI filters are commonly used in laser water cooling systems.  They aren't cheap, but you can buy the housing and filter elements.  You should be looking for 1Mohm or greater for your water supply.
441642
What about adding in another....Disstilled water, which can be caught using a container when it rains or via a disstilling machine or you can buy it now off the shelf. This is water in it's purest form!!!
1075246
Of course dude!! The water tastes cleaner with that. \nFeels like your drinkin' bottled water everyday..
445860
Well, distilled water has been distilled, and regular water hasn't.  :D
1159169
The pH of distilled water is lower than we expect, because the CO2 from atmosphere dissolves in it, to form an acidic compound. These are the reactions that take place:\nCO2 + H2O ----------> H2CO3\nH2CO3 + H2O ----------> HCO3- + H3O+\nHCO3- + H2O ----------> CO3 2-  + H3O+\nThe ions H3O+ give an acidic character to the distilled water
137629
If it is a poly alcohol/ hot water mixture then it will be less corrosive and will have less effect on copper compared to plain hot water.
31972
It depends on their reasons for buying it. In some places, the water doesn't taste very good. Also, where I live (Southern New Mexico) the climate is hot and dry much of the year, so it's easier to buy a bottled of chilled water than to carry one around from home and try to keep it chilled.
777060
Tap water. Dissolved salt raises the boiling point, so salt water  takes longer to boil.
173974
if it is trully distilled you should end up with high quality H2O