You are correct but I saw a study somewhere that basically said this was a
good thing and the current use of bottled water is leading to more severe
cases of E. coli poisoning.

I've heard the same...the other issue I have with bottled water is that
a great deal of it isn't fluoridated.

I have a niece who is about 10 years old and just discovered that her
teeth of a nightmare of small cavities. I put allot of blame on the
fact that her parents are obsessive about not drinking tapwater, but
strictly the reverse osmosis "pure" water from their cooler. They even
send it with her bottled to school.

Anyhow, rather OT..but I'll agree that the tapwater at Osh is indeed
rather crappy...but I drank it all week and had no ill effects, so other
then taste it was apparently safe.