Too funny -- Maryland/Virginia water is great stuff compared to California's. All I did when I lived in Alexandria, VA was use a Brita filter on the tap water for drinking and coffee --easy peasy and the water was great.

A single Brita filter will last a long time if you start with good tap water. The water in Virginia Beach was a whole 'nuther thing. Comparing a glass of unfiltered tap water to water from a simple tap filter you could see the contaminants suspended in the unfiltered water; it looked brackish in comparison. Those filters didn't last so long. I never used bottled water in VA or MD.