Originally Posted by kaos joe

Ohhhh, man. 3 pages.

OK, we have 4 problems here. We've all faced these before.

Problem #1. Unpleasant taste from the tap. Solution, lemonade powder, iced tea powder, etc. Whatever suits one's taste.

#2. Unpleasant taste from plastic bottles. Solution, stainless steel bottles such as Kleen Kanteen, etc. Work great, except you have to stop and uncap rather than squeeze away. Not a problem.

#3. "Pissy warm" water. Solution, make the stainless bottles the vacuum insulated version. Extremely efficient, will keep things cool for HOURS longer than the plastic "insulated" bottles. Which themselves work fairly well.

#4. Upset stomach. Solution, on the very remote chance that microorganisms in municipal water are causing issues, a filter such as Sawyer. Weigh next to nothing, work well. Never have had any issues filtering surface water in the back country, so should be double insurance on treated municipal water.

That's all I've got.