Water, water, everywhere.

My wife and I were talking about how to save money with water and having a hard time deciding if we should deliver these types of goods this early in the game. Let's just say . . . I hope you've got fresh elastic in your socks.

In my opinion, buying bottled water is a huge, wasteful, unnecessary expense. I have done it though. Cards on the table and all. But here's the thing, at least here in the town so nice they named it twice (New York, New York), the tap water is quite delish.

Here are a couple ways to save with tap water, postcluding (new word) the initial overhead you might incur.

You need a bottle. Should it be bpa free? Yes, ideally. My favorite reason to support this assertion, as quoted from the Wikipedia entry for BPA:

"A 2009 study on Chinese workers in BPA factories found that workers were four times more likely to report erectile dysfunction, reduced sexual desire and overall dissatisfaction with their sex life than workers with no heightened BPA exposure. BPA workers were also seven times more likely to have ejaculation difficulties. They were also more likely to report reduced sexual function within one year of beginning employment at the factory, and the higher the exposure, the more likely they were to have sexual difficulties."

Boo.

There are also studies that suggest it's presence in your body is linked to different health problems like heart disease, diabetes and other health issues.

Now, you can go with the stainless steel bottles or the BPA free plastic bottles. The neat thing about the plastic bottles is that some of them are collapsible (http://www.amazon.com/Collapsible-Reusable-BPA-free-Drink-Bottle/dp/B0039M9KMK) and thus space saving as well as long-term money saving.

If you travel on a plane for work or pleasure, you well know that airport beverages are crazy expensive. Well, at least for now, there are still water fountains past security.

If you tire of water's flavorlessness there are these amazing powdered drink packets you can buy in packs of ten, each for a bottle of water, for like a buck at your grocer. It's the difference between 10 cents and 2 dollars likely. And it all adds up.