I like to feel the water first before I give it to them. If it's not wet, then I certainly don't want to give them THAT water....
I keep a bunch of empty sweet tea bottles around (I like those Arizona tea bottles, heavy duty plastic with a nice easy to grip handle) and fill them up with tap water that I use to top off water bowls in between cleanings. (I clean the water bowls at the same time I clean the tubs, about every two weeks or so, unless of course they get crapped in which is not an uncommon occurrence, then I replace them) However, sometimes I also use those bottles to mix up a dilute batch of chlorhexidine solution for cleaning. I know I've gotten those bottles mixed up in the past because I do remember a time of going around filling water bottles and wondering why the water in their bowls was a light blue color. The snakes still did just fine and went on to live a long and happy life. Heck, I've seen snakes drink from a pool of urine that was freshly squeezed out of the rat that they just ate. In fact I suspect that since they come from a dry grasslands type of area, it's probably pretty natural.
If giving your snakes bottled water makes you feel better, then by all means go ahead and do it. It's just really not necessary.
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