I know that bits and pieces of the bottled-water ban have been discussed
in various threads. I wonder if anyone else would be interested in a thread
specifically about water, possibly addressing the following questions:

1. Are specific airlines/routes reliably providing enough bottled water (now
that we can't bring our own...grr)

2. Has anyone successfully used a doctor's note about dehydration risk to
bring his/her own bottled water on board a plane - and if so, were there
mitigating circumstances like pregnancy/breastfeeding/youth/age/illness?

3. What (if any) are the "real" risks for a healthy non-immuno-compromised
person to drink the holding-tank water? (I.e. if I'm healthy, should I be
requesting the tap water so that sicker people will get the bottled?)

4. What experiences have people had recently around the issue that many
of us faced in the past (which is why we brought our own): flight attendants
being kind of irritable about providing ample quantities of beverages...?

5. Is there any real evidence (or any way to expedite a process) of the
TSA/DHS relaxing the ban on bottled water per se? Particularly because
it seems that a sealed bottle of pure water would be easy enough to inspect
for a false bottom or incorrect clarity or whatever.

Thank you for any discussion on this topic. I am a relatively new poster
here on flyertalk, but I have read for a while and it is a great site.

--LG