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23 September 2014

What Water Means to Me - Plus Win a Fab Kettle

What does water mean to you? Well, to me, it is an important resource that should not be wasted. From an early age, I have tried to teach my children this and they are forever hearing the cry of “turn the tap off whilst your not using it” and “don’t waste water”.

There are many people in this world, that, unlike us, do not have access to any water, let alone the clean water that we take for granted. It is important that we learn to appreciate how privileged we are to have such easy access to this valued resource.

You only need to look at this video over Just a Drop to see how much water means to some people.




Just a Drop are currently the 2014 charity of Kinetico, who know a fair bit about clean water.

Our family drink water every day, the children drink it on it’s own and my husband and I mix it with cordial or coffee. We don’t have the best tasting water in our house, so when we replaced our kitchen 7 years ago, we chose a fridge that would not only allow us to have cool water and ice on tap but also came with a filter to allow us to drink better tasting water.

I’m not wanting to belittle this most important of resources, but the water we have here can taste pretty awful, flowing through old water pipes and with the chemicals in the water, so for us choosing a water filter (and replacing it regularly) was a great way to get even better tasting water to drink.

The people at Kinetico have kindly offered me something lovely and water related to giveaway to my readers. I have chosen this fab Bosch Styline Kettle, not only does it keep your water warm (which as a parent we all know kettles are often boiled and then go cold several times a day). It also has an audible sound to let you know when it’s done, nothing like a reminder you can here to make sure you pour yourself a cuppa and has different temperature settings too.




T&Cs apply. This is a collaborative post, however all words are my own.

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234 comments :

  1. One of the most important benefits to me of filtered water is my food will taste better

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  2. I love my tea and knowing it will taste even better would benefit me as there is noting worse than tea with a layer of scum caused by hard water!

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  3. Great tasting water, straight from a tap in your kitchen

    I'm trying to reduce my coffee intake and drink more water - so I want it to taste good

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  4. Living in a hard water area, "A cleaner kettle" is by far the most important!

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  5. I would love to just go to the tap and get good clean water. At the moment it is clean but not as good as bottled water!

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  6. I like this one - Good for your health Reduce the risk of consuming lead and pesticides.

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  7. The perfect cuppa - I love my tea, and the cleaner the water, the better it tastes

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  8. Great tasting water, straight from a tap in your kitchen.

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  9. definitely that it saves money x

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  10. Saves money and straight from the tap :)

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  11. Good for your health. Reduce the risk of consuming lead and pesticides.

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  12. The money saving is the most appealing I think, I am lucky enough to live up in the windswept and green west of Scotland so our water quality is very good and we don't have the issue of chemicals in my area in the water as much, not that I am against filtering though.

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  13. Good for your health
    Reduce the risk of consuming lead and pesticides.

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  14. Beneficial for health and it tastes so much nicer to and a helping hand on saving money x thanks x

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  15. Reduce the risk of consuming lead and pesticides.

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  16. Health benefits

    KATHY D

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  17. good for your health!

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  18. Straight from a tap, no chance of running out!

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  19. The health benefits are the most important to me and my family

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  20. Just the fact everything will taste so much better

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  22. anything that help's save money for me-has gt to be a good thing x

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  23. It tastes better and better for my health

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  24. Good for your health Reduce the risk of consuming lead and pesticides

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  25. Saves money and my tea tastes better

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  26. straight from the tap

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  27. reduce the risks of consuming lead and pesticides

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  28. saving money, every penny counts in these days of austerity

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  29. I know I am giving the best water to my children.

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  30. The clean, fresh taste of my drinks is the most important factor to me.

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  31. To improve my morning cuppa to start the day

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  32. It is healthier for my family.

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  33. My tap water comes out cloudy white so would like to ensure the water is healthier

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  34. a cleaner kettle - we live in a very hard water area, the limescale build up is a major issue for us.

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  35. reduces limescale x

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  36. Good for your health (:

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  37. the fact that it saves money

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  38. Saving money. That's always a good thing!

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  39. Saves money over buying bottled water.

    @rachiegr

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  40. its good for your health and it saves money a win win!!! :)

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  41. Save on the £’s and good for the environment

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  42. Reducing the risk of consuming lead and pesticides

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  43. It is good for your health because it reduces the risk of consuming lead and pesticides

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  44. The taste, every thing from that cuppa to the food on your plate tastes mush better.

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  45. Good for your health sounds good to me, no risk of anything nasty in the water supply.

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  46. Good for your health. Clean, filtered water makes all the difference.

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  47. I think this more or less says it all http://www.kinetico.co.uk/drinking-water/benefits-of-drinking-water-filters/good-for-your-health.aspx

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  48. Great taste water straight from the tap.

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  49. For my wife, it's the taste - for me the money saving :-)

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  50. The money saving aspect as money is tight at the moment paying out nursery fees

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  51. better for my health

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  52. Good for your health!

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  53. I can't either taste or smell the chlorine in the tap water anymore and it's so much cheaper than buying bottled water.

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  54. Reduces the risk of consuming lead and pesticides

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  55. I drink Earl Grey and it would be nice to have filtered water to enhance the delicate flavours

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  56. christine shelley1 October 2014 at 16:11

    The perfect cuppa - this hardwater area leaves tea a lot to be deired at times

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  57. Using tap water but still reducing the risk of consuming lead and pesticides. Love my tea!

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  58. ooo keeps the cost down and haaving a great taste are most important today

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  59. A cleaner kettle, we live in a hard water area and kettles pack up so quickly

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  60. Reduces the risk of consuming lead and pesticides.

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  61. Health benefits

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  62. we have filtered water and it makes washing powder etc go further

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  63. For me, the health benefits are the most important factor, I just don't want to be drinking the nasties that lurk in tap water!

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  64. I've wanted something like this for ages. I live in an area with really hard water so it would be great to own one.

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  65. Great tasting water, straight from a tap in your kitchen, how convenient this would be, no more lugging of bottles of water from the shops

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  66. Good for your health is my favourite - the less pesticides and lead the better - yugh

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  67. OMG this kettle is awesome. Filtered water is so much better for your health :)

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  68. Reduce the risk of consuming lead and pesticides

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  69. It saves money

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  70. Scale free kettle

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  71. The most important one I think, is being good for your health x

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  72. I'm going for the perfect cuppa.

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  73. I think its great it saves money x

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  74. Reduce the risk of consuming lead and pesticides.

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  75. Linda F McGarrigle8 October 2014 at 13:05

    Has to be the Health Benefit's from drinking water, cleanses the system and helps clear out toxins x

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  76. Has to be the health benefits! @mummiafelice

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  77. It saves money!

    kirstyjfox AT yahoo DOT com

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  78. the fact it saves money would be the most important thing to me at the moment!!

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  79. Tastes better and saves buying bottled water

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  80. Money saving aspect - leanne w

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  81. A shiny kettle with pure, filtered water for a great cup of tea. No nasty film of scum on the top and tea you can actually taste.

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  82. Saves Money :)

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  83. Saving money

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  84. the most important benefit for me is that it saves you money

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  85. The health benefits are the most important to me.

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  86. That it's good for our health

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  87. Good for my and my family's health

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  88. Good for me and my family's health.

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  89. Alleviate eczema and dry skin conditions. I have psoriasis and eczema, and my kids suffer from eczema periodically too. For my husband, I suspect filtered water would help greatly with his homebrewing.

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  90. Saving money is the main aspect for me

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  91. has to be saving money! Interesting that it helps with eczema too.

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  92. Money saving aspect

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  93. Anything to help save money and is beneficial to health is a winner for me! @LyndaBrown5

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  94. Better tasting drinks and a scale free kettle

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  95. saving you money, as I don't need to buy bottled water :-)

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  96. Definitely the health benefits ;o)

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  97. Reduce the risk of consuming lead and pesticides.

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  98. water without the limey taste that can occur sometimes

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  99. Reduce the risk of consuming lead and pesticides...safety

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  100. Reduce the risk of consuming lead and pesticides

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  101. Great tasting food - Enhance the flavours of your favourite meals.

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  102. Health benefits

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  103. Great for your health and great for your purse what more could you want x

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  104. I encourage my children to drink water and the fact that filtered water reduces the risk of consuming lead and pesticides is of great importance to me

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  105. saving money is definitely the top of my list!

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  106. Both the health and money saving benefits are important to me :)

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  107. Great tasting water, straight from a tap in your kitchen.

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  108. I'm trying to lose weight, so being able to drink tastier water would be fantastic.

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  109. The most important to me would be that its good for your health by reducing the risk of consuming
    lead and pesticides.

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  110. Definitely the money saving aspect :D

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  111. Saving money!

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  112. Great tasting water, straight from a tap in your kitchen.

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  113. The fact that it's better for your health is the most important to me!

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  114. I live in a really hard water area, so filtered water is very important for me.

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  115. Reduce the risk of consuming lead and pesticides, good for our health, and as an added bonus it makes better tasting coffee :)

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