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Not in the US. The vast majority of US tap water is perfectly safe to drink. The only reason to filter it is taste.
by driverdan 10y ago
Not in the US. The vast majority of US tap water is perfectly safe to drink. The only reason to filter it is taste.
- mikeash 10y agoFor me, it's a hedge against incompetence by the local utility (e.g. Flint), a hedge against problems with my own plumbing, and (for the most part) to shut up that part of my brain that worries too much.