Moreover, those boiling tap water for hours to be on the safe side should know that when water is boiled too long, it starts tasting worse. Pitchers with replaceable carbon filters are another option. The pitchers come in different styles and volumes and are available in supermarkets, department stores and markets around Moscow. However, Korabelnikov said most in-house devices only filter out sediment picked up from old pipes and do not reduce chlorine levels. Most customers take only the price, size and style of a filter into account, almost ignoring its capabilities, Korabelnikov said, adding that one device cannot purify the entire periodic table.
Bottled water can also be an option.
Several companies offer delivery of water pumped and purified outside Moscow. In Moscow, that means using bottled water for drinking and cooking. Clearwater, operating in Moscow for seven years, takes water from an artesian well in Domodedovo, south of Moscow, and enriches it with minerals. King Water pumps water from a 200-meter well near Solnechnogorsk, located to the north of Moscow, but does not enrich it, relying on the water's natural minerals, said marketing manager Larisa Belaya. Saint Springs bottles filtered spring water from the Kostroma region on the Volga River.