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You hate water? That seems like a very odd thing to hate.
Try learning to gulp rather than drink water. Or, what is the minimally flavored liquid you can consume that isn't water? Are you already drinking 3:1 water:juice or something? Or why not drink low calorie liquids?
I've watered down some juices in the past, though usually thick ones that contain purées instead of just juice. I can drink water without hating it too much if I am really thirsty and if it's really cold. I will tend to drink water automatically if there is some nearby (and wind up drinking a whole lot of it at restaurants). With meals (that do not take place at restaurants) I drink skim milk.
Does the quality of the water matter? Tap vs. filtered vs. various brands of bottled?
It matters, but not the way you'd think - I prefer tap water to filtered (have successfully distinguished them in a blind test) and hate bottled.
Same for me.
Though, like you, I really dislike water. Unfortunately, I'm trying to cut back on my Dr. Pepper intake and the only other thing I find convenient is water.
Do you have preferences (or at least lower distaste levels) about tap water from different areas?
Yeah, I do. The water in my grandma's house is less pleasant than most others (she lives in a suburb of Buffalo). I live in Durham, NC now and the water here is about as good as it gets.
Everyone in my area (Lincoln NE) hates the local tap water, but I think that it's fine. They think that I'm going to die or something, while I think that they're all chumps.
Having lived in Lincoln and enjoyed the nicely watery tap water, I think they're just looking for something to grouse about. You often see groups of people start to dislike something because the rest of the group speaks ill of it, in a positive feedback loop.
Water is mostly tasteless, so people's perceptions of its taste are especially sensitive to weird psychological stuff.
I think you're mistaken, or at least I find-- without discussing it with anyone-- that the taste of Philadelphia tap water varies a lot --from good to nasty.
Not unless your tap water really sucks. (e.g. Adelaide levels of suck, rather than mere London levels of suck.) Given this is a matter of taste, do whatever tastes nice to you - first-world tap water is unlikely to harm you.