Buying Water

We have running water in our apartment (most of the time) But it isn't considered drinkable. The reasons for this vary based on who you talk to.
The Ukrainians will tell you that the water is full of clorine and therefore unhealthy. The American's say the metals are to blame. And a recent article http://www.kyivweekly.com.ua/?art=1217601454 says that its a lack of sewage seperation. Regaurdless of the reason - everyone agrees that you shouldn't drink the tap water.
The solutions are the following:
Install filters in your home for drinking water
Buy water in the store
Refill water containers at a kiosk
Refill water containers at neighborhood "springs"
Have water delivered.


The cheapest of the above options is to fill the water at the spring. However, I have a problem with drinking water that turns green after a week of sitting in a container and also develops "floaty" things. I'd rather chance it with the tap water. Filters need to be replaced and maintained and Alister figured out all the costs and decided that actually it ends up being more than having water delivered - which is astually about the same price as buying it in a store too.
However - if you are willing to carry water yourself, there are normally water kiosks near most neighborhoods and they charge 1.20 uah for 6 liters of water vs 10 uah if you buy 6 liters of spring water in the store. The water that we buy is from a relatively new kiosk that uses reverse osmosis as the filtering method.
Except when I'm busy - I don't mind fetching water (makes me feel like a pioneer woman or something) - especially when I consider how much money gets saved by fetching water ourselves (When I lilved in Bradford, I normally walked the 3 miles to University for the same reason - why pay 1.50 GBP for the bus when I could walk and then use the bus fare to get a coffee?) During the average week, I think 18 (x2) minutes is a small price to pay for a 34 (x2) uah savings on water.