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> The problem is it'll take over $1 trillion to upgrade US drinking water infrastructure. That can't be possible — and I think estimation is way off. Even if t

> The problem is it'll take over $1 trillion to upgrade US drinking water infrastructure. That can't be possible — and I think estimation is way off. Even if there were a drinking fountain for every American (which I'm sure is an over-estimate by an order of magnitude as well), that would still imply an upgrade cost of $3,000 per drinking fountain. If there's a fountain for one in ten Americans; that's $30,000. For context, most modern Elkay drinking fountains are around $1,000. I think this overwhelming figure serves to enhance the point of the author but I think it bares no basis in reality.

siruva07 7y ago
According to the American Water Works Association https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/cat-item/drinking_water/ https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/cat-item/drinking_w...
80386 7y ago
Drinking fountains aren't all there is to drinking water infrastructure. If your tap water has never come out yellow, reeking of chlorine, tasting like dirt, etc., consider yourself lucky. But drinking fountains add some funny flavors of their own. And what incentive is there to avoid that?
Jarwain 7y ago
I don't think it's just the water fountains themselves, but the pipes and all the other infrastructure associated with transporting water. Instead of having a central location where water is filtered and distributed from, Tap is trying to have filtering occur at each endpoint in a more distributed manner.
- siruva07 7y ago
  Atmospheric Water Generators will also allow us to decentralize where water is filtered and distributed from. Literally made from thin air and requires no pipes. We will add these to our fleet in the future.
  - logfromblammo 7y ago
    It's really difficult to take you seriously after seeing this. I thought you were trying to avoid plastic waste, and improve public confidence in the piped municipal water supply. Who's paying the power bill for these planned AWG units?

siruva07 7y ago

According to the American Water Works Association https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/cat-item/drinking_water/ https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/cat-item/drinking_w...

80386 7y ago

Drinking fountains aren't all there is to drinking water infrastructure. If your tap water has never come out yellow, reeking of chlorine, tasting like dirt, etc., consider yourself lucky. But drinking fountains add some funny flavors of their own. And what incentive is there to avoid that?

Jarwain 7y ago

I don't think it's just the water fountains themselves, but the pipes and all the other infrastructure associated with transporting water. Instead of having a central location where water is filtered and distributed from, Tap is trying to have filtering occur at each endpoint in a more distributed manner.

siruva07 7y ago
Atmospheric Water Generators will also allow us to decentralize where water is filtered and distributed from. Literally made from thin air and requires no pipes. We will add these to our fleet in the future.
- logfromblammo 7y ago
  It's really difficult to take you seriously after seeing this. I thought you were trying to avoid plastic waste, and improve public confidence in the piped municipal water supply. Who's paying the power bill for these planned AWG units?