The American culture around water is different than in London and Paris. When we sit down at a restaurant, they bring out waters and keep refilling the glasses. While traveling, we found that we had to specifically ask for water, and we had to specifically ask for refills.
When I was in London, I bought a bottle of water that was in an aluminum bottle. I carried that bottle with me thru the entire trip, refilling it constantly. I found all the water to be good - I would refill my bottle every morning from the kitchen sink. And there are several public water fountains in Paris, they are beautiful and the water was super cold and tasted good. I tried to keep my water bottle filled at all times. I bought a little water bottle carrier, but never ended up using it because we had a backpack with us that had space for water bottles.
Speaking of water, when you go to a restaurant, they will often ask if you want - still, sparkling, or tap - water. Usually still and sparkling are bottles that you will pay for, tap is free. Sometimes if you order sparkling water, they will even ask if you want large or small bubbles. They will also ask the size of the bottle you want, so brush up on your metric sizes or get ready to kinda hold your hands up to indicate about how big you want the bottle.
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