I've always been under the impression that hardly anyone drank water since beer (watered down beer--called small beer if I'm not mistaken--but beer nonetheless) was seen as a more nutritious alternative. Wine and mead might also have been available--especially if you were in the nobility. I know water was certainly available in a lot of towns (EX: rivers, wells, etc) but was that water seen as fit for drinking? How common was it for there to be people who drank water regularly?

Thanks!