I don't understand why you're downvoted. At the very least, the article is inconsistent on this point: 8 cups / day is widely reported - and suggested in the a

I don't understand why you're downvoted. At the very least, the article is inconsistent on this point: 8 cups / day is widely reported - and suggested in the article itself - to be too high as a minimum, and yet the article actually ends up concluding that you need to be drinking more than that.