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How Coke and Pepsi make millions from bottling tap water
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- aaron695 7y ago"Hoarding bottled water simply isn’t necessary for most people." At all times people should have emergency water. fema recommends two weeks. https://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/f&web.pdf https://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/f&web.pdf If you don't understand why this is especially important in a pandemic, just trust fema as a minimum.
- jquast 7y agohot tip: in case of a water crisis, extract the remaining water from your hot water tank (it has a drain port). That's about two weeks (drinking) for most families (30-80 gallons).
- dehrmann 7y agoThis story's all over the place. It starts out with a COVID-19 angle that's only relevant because of the publication date. It gets randomly dropped in, almost like someone was updating an evergreen story. There's bits on equality in billing, criticism of profits, criticism of undercharging for groundwater, undercharging for surface water, something about perceived quality of tap water, and a plug for their review on home water filters. It also lacks specifics around how widespread most of its criticisms are--it just has an example of a particular criticism. I'm not sure what to take away from this.
- PunksATawnyFill 7y agoBottled water is just another way to rip off all taxpayers, chiefly the stupid.