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One other tip, be careful not to accidentally buy distilled water. I will only make that mistake once it was terrible. Thank god we had some gator aid powder or I don't think I could have stomached it.
Just to add to this, be careful that the fountain tap you use isn't soda water. I made that mistake in Kansas (exactly once, mind you). We could stomach it, but only 75% of our bottles were water. We ran low.
It worked out, though, as all the water shortages I've faced did. In this case we stopped at a grain elevator, and got a 15 minute impromptu lecture on wheat farming and processing, as well as water. One of the more educational quarter hours of the trip, and some of the best tasting water!