Hi,

Ah us Scots have naturally soft water - makes the big jessies who put it in their whisky happier.

As for treating to remove chlorine leaving it overnight in a bucket (or indeed their waterbowl) does that just as well. I've never been convinced of the electrolyte thing to be honest and (I think the link came from here) recently read a page claiming distilled water could actually cause problems by leaching oxygen molecules and causing free radicals. No, I didn't beleive it either just thought I'd share as it seemed relevant.

A lot of this depends entirely on the make up of your local water - mine tastes fine so I never felt it was necessary to change it for my pets but I can see where some supplies would make it a good idea.

It might be an idea to ask your local water authority for information about this and see what they say? At the very least this would give you an exact breakdown about what your drinking and then you could hit google for any possible ramifications.


dr del