[The KG9 Kid]

"See, I can't get past that bleach thing. They say to add bleach to the water and that just freaks me out."

Make lemonade with the water you plan to drink. You'll never know about the Chlorine.

[Uncle Ike]

"Make lemonade with the water you plan to drink. You'll never know about the Chlorine."

I've never tried it, but I read somewhere that if ya blow air through the water (like with a straw) it drives off the free chlorine and cuts the taste.

Boiling the chlorinated -bleached - water does work, though.

YMMV

[texgal]

"See, I can't get past that bleach thing. They say to add bleach to the water and that just freaks me out."

It's a very small amount, something like a drop per gallon and you don't drink it right away, you wait something like an hour before drinking. Water from your tap has been treated with chlorine - same thing as in bleach.