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I think the best you can do in regards to tap water is some kind of filter. Effectiveness probably improves with cost. I have recently switched to getting 5 ga

I think the best you can do in regards to tap water is some kind of filter. Effectiveness probably improves with cost. I have recently switched to getting 5 gallon water jugs delivered. Costs me about $60 per month. Not an optimal solution but I have no other real cure.

ncallaway 9y ago
How do to test and validate the quality of the delivered bottled water? My understanding – and it's a shallow understanding – was that bottled water was less regulated and monitored than tap water. Is there a source you can use to get the testing done on the bottled water you're having delivered?
- wonderwonder 9y ago
  The vendor I use is Zephyrhills. They have a report online. https://www.nestle-watersna.com/asset-library/Documents/ZH_BWQR.pdf https://www.nestle-watersna.com/asset-library/Documents/ZH_B...
  - ncallaway 9y ago
    Cool, thanks!
eli_gottlieb 9y ago
This sounds like living in a Third World country.
- gorkonsine 9y ago
  It is. People who have to resort to drinking bottled water because the tap water is unsafe do live in a third world country. Draw whatever conclusion from that that you like.
  - blackbagboys 9y ago
    What first world country is free of this type of water contamination?
    - kazinator 9y ago
      Antarctica. You drill down into some millions-of-years-old chunk of ice and drink that. Draw whatever conclusion from that you like.
  - heurist 9y ago
    To be fair even in a first world system it's a good idea to filter drinking water again before consuming it. A countertop filtration system is much less expensive than one month of OP's bottled water. $80-200 for the initial setup, $30 every six months to replace the filters... cheaper than $60/mo, probably produces cleaner water in most cases.
  - justadeveloper2 9y ago
    That is due to coliform contamination, though. Those countries have feces in their water supply directly and in huge amounts.

ncallaway 9y ago

How do to test and validate the quality of the delivered bottled water? My understanding – and it's a shallow understanding – was that bottled water was less regulated and monitored than tap water. Is there a source you can use to get the testing done on the bottled water you're having delivered?

wonderwonder 9y ago
The vendor I use is Zephyrhills. They have a report online. https://www.nestle-watersna.com/asset-library/Documents/ZH_BWQR.pdf https://www.nestle-watersna.com/asset-library/Documents/ZH_B...
- ncallaway 9y ago
  Cool, thanks!

eli_gottlieb 9y ago

This sounds like living in a Third World country.

gorkonsine 9y ago
It is. People who have to resort to drinking bottled water because the tap water is unsafe do live in a third world country. Draw whatever conclusion from that that you like.
- blackbagboys 9y ago
  What first world country is free of this type of water contamination?
  - kazinator 9y ago
    Antarctica. You drill down into some millions-of-years-old chunk of ice and drink that. Draw whatever conclusion from that you like.
- heurist 9y ago
  To be fair even in a first world system it's a good idea to filter drinking water again before consuming it. A countertop filtration system is much less expensive than one month of OP's bottled water. $80-200 for the initial setup, $30 every six months to replace the filters... cheaper than $60/mo, probably produces cleaner water in most cases.
- justadeveloper2 9y ago
  That is due to coliform contamination, though. Those countries have feces in their water supply directly and in huge amounts.