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It would be so much more efficient if homes, businesses, restaurants, hotels all had a good water filter in place. There is no real benefit in the trace mineral
by ricardobeat 4y ago
It would be so much more efficient if homes, businesses, restaurants, hotels all had a good water filter in place. There is no real benefit in the trace minerals you get from fancy bottled water.
- switchbak 4y agoMany filters keep the minerals and good taste. You can (and often do) add minerals back to reverse osmosis filtered water (eg: for making espresso). I think we just should look at bottled water as a strange thing to ship around. A little stigma here would go a long way.
- _vdpp 4y agoJust drink it straight. Municipal water (with few exceptions) is already filtered, treated, and regularly-tested for contaminants. It’s an insidious message from the bottled water industry that tap water is somehow poisonous without being filtered. It’s fine. It’s practically a miracle that I can turn on a faucet anywhere in my state and feel safe drinking the water.
- ricardobeat 4y agoI’ve used tap water my entire life, in different cities / countries. It’s fine and safe, but I understand the appeal of bottled mineral water because tap water always has a distinct taste, that varies per location even within the same city.
- chaisch 4y agoTap water quality really varies throughout the US. Miami Beach for example has 30x the national average for levels of PFOS in the tap water. https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=FL4130901 https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=FL4130901