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In the northeast in PA/NJ, tap water has had a distinct taste, presumably from the high calcium content. My experience with tap water in Orlando, Florida also had a very distinct odor to it. Thus bottled water it is.

For filtering, I just got one of the iSpring reverse osmosis units to filter water for me. It tastes equivalent to the other bottled water brands while being appreciably cheaper than bottled water.