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I think drinking 2-3 liters of water per day (~100 ounces?) is seen as beneficial for the health. People usually don't drink that much because they don't feel thirsty, but they would like to.

I don't live in the US so I don't know what I'm talking about.

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The widely accepted notion that we should drink 8 glasses of water per day is apparently an urban legent

http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

Perhaps some people prefer to excrete more dilute urine?

(As an aside for the curious, your water intake and your sodium excretion are virtually orthogonal - the body is very, very good at retaining sodium while wasting H20 when necessary. Therefore, drinking lots of water will not cure hypertension or reduce your whole-body sodium burden.)

Some say that disease prevention is the best cure

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_stone#Prevention

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