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And bottled water is stored in sun-lit areas for long periods of time - UV light destroys the hypochlorite (the bacteria-killing stuff). Tap-water is kept in n
by pinkfoot 7y ago
And bottled water is stored in sun-lit areas for long periods of time - UV light destroys the hypochlorite (the bacteria-killing stuff).
Tap-water is kept in nice dark pipes.
- WalterBright 7y ago> Tap-water is kept in nice dark pipes. It doesn't normally stay there long enough to get stagnant.
- pinkfoot 7y agoHow do you know?
- stjohnswarts 7y agoBecause people use water in their homes and for water to get from the water reservoir to your house requires it to be moving.
- WalterBright 7y agoRight. And water pipes are sized to the demand, which means water will be moving in them. The water pipe feeding your house isn't a foot in diameter.
- triceratops 7y agoDoesn't UV light also break down plastic? Does some of that stuff end up in the water? Bottled water already has more microplastics than tap water.[1] 1. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/15/microplastics-found-in-more-than-90-of-bottled-water-study-says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/15/micropla...
- Scoundreller 7y agoBottled water usually uses ozone for disinfection (if spring water, not bottled tap water). Usually that leaves it pure enough to not require chlorine for ongoing disinfection.