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Your question... surprised me. I am from Brazil, here everyone filter their tap water. Also my Startup associate is from France, and he claims in France this

by speeder 11y ago

Your question... surprised me. I am from Brazil, here everyone filter their tap water. Also my Startup associate is from France, and he claims in France this is also true. As for what we use: This is a classic: http://www.precolandia.com.br/images/product/279021A.JPG http://www.precolandia.com.br/images/product/279021A.JPG Water filtered with those clay filters (the filter itself is made of carbon, not clay) somehow always feel fresh, sometimes on extremely hot days I can swear that despite having no active cooling, the water that comes out is cooler than the air. Also this is common: http://www.decorandoimoveis.com/wp-content/gallery/filtro-de-torneira/filtro-de-torneira-6.jpg http://www.decorandoimoveis.com/wp-content/gallery/filtro-de... My mother has this one: http://mlb-s1-p.mlstatic.com/elemento-filtrante-filtro-agua-purificador-hoken-multi-1500-14517-MLB205786510_8028-O.jpg http://mlb-s1-p.mlstatic.com/elemento-filtrante-filtro-agua-... It is really good, but very expensive.

tpeo 11y ago
Water from unbaked clay filters feels fresh due to evaporative cooling [0]. Some of the water seeps through the walls and slowly evaporates, cooling the recipient. The magnitude of this effect depends on air humidity. This is the same principle behind a Botijo [1]. I don't know where in the country you're from, but here the water and sanitation department said the water is okay to drink from the tap. Very few if any people do it anyway, as everyone is used to filtered water. Maybe water quality wasn't as good in the past, or as reliable (it still isn't). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporative_cooler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporative_cooler [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botijo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botijo
Gmo 11y ago
Hum, you're associate is not right. I'm from France and I don't filter tap water (nor the majority of people I know). You do find people that do it, but I wouldn't say it's the majority.

by speeder 11y ago

tpeo 11y ago

Water from unbaked clay filters feels fresh due to evaporative cooling [0]. Some of the water seeps through the walls and slowly evaporates, cooling the recipient. The magnitude of this effect depends on air humidity. This is the same principle behind a Botijo [1]. I don't know where in the country you're from, but here the water and sanitation department said the water is okay to drink from the tap. Very few if any people do it anyway, as everyone is used to filtered water. Maybe water quality wasn't as good in the past, or as reliable (it still isn't). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporative_cooler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporative_cooler [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botijo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botijo

Gmo 11y ago

Hum, you're associate is not right. I'm from France and I don't filter tap water (nor the majority of people I know). You do find people that do it, but I wouldn't say it's the majority.