Foods such as soup, fruits, vegetables and even meat contain water. That's because oranges are high in fluids. Although coffee and alcoholic drinks count as fluid, they have a mild diuretic effect and encourage water loss through urine. You'll notice when you have a lot of these drinks, you're a regular visitor to the washroom. You'll be pleased to know that any water is fine.
Some people are concerned about the chlorine taste in water.
Chlorine is used to disinfect drinking water so that we do not suffer from the deadly illnesses, typhoid and cholera. If you don't like the taste of your water, use a filter. Not only do we need to drink fluids before we get thirsty, our intake needs to be increased under certain circumstances. In the elderly - the thirst mechanism is not very sensitive, so they purposefully need to increase their fluid intake beyond the feeling of pure thirst. With vomiting or diarrhea, dehydration can occur.