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We had one of these things in our office once. It didnt get a lot of use, so everyone was afraid of it and whatever it might be harboring. The next office we s

by yakak 4y ago

We had one of these things in our office once. It didnt get a lot of use, so everyone was afraid of it and whatever it might be harboring. The next office we shared with a larger company that connected a water line to a tankless device. I was also a little skeptical of these funky plastic lines, but it got enough use to probably not be a problem. Of course there was the water tap, which serves perfect water, so all this nonsense was for carbonation and cooling.

blitzar 4y ago
> I was also a little skeptical of these funky plastic lines > Of course there was the water tap, which serves perfect water You are aware that the "water tap" also goes through pipes to get to you? It doesn't originate like magic at the faucet exit.
- yakak 4y ago
  What is the rate of flushing in the line to an apartment building compared to a line to some novelty within the apartment, I.e. an ice maker? How much more total time in contact with with a surface (that may be semi-porous, etc) will the water in that ice have had? If there were some kind of bacteria problem, where might it multiply without getting quickly washed away? I live in a developed country so the water from the source is not the problem, pretty much all risks are from defects in private infrastructure and time the water may spend in that infrastructure.
  - iwanttocomment 4y ago
    In my many decades on Earth, I have never, ever heard of anyone, anywhere, experiencing any illness borne specifically from a water cooler that didn't get used enough or from contamination of the short water line from a residential pipe to a refrigerator ice maker or dispenser. It is literally bizarre to hear someone try to question the average "5 gallon jug of water" or a "residential water line" as something that can be potentially harmful in generic, except due to some sort of ludicrous edge case, when water jugs or refrigerator water lines have been used by literally billions of people across continents for decades. What is even up with this kind of comment? How did you become "anti water line to an ice maker"? Do you work for Nestle, or Coca-Cola?
    - yakak 4y ago
      > Do you work for Nestle, or Coca-Cola? Of course not, they leave still water in freshly manufactured plastic bottles.. Heathens¹. I don't see what's odd about considering water contamination the way I do using water flow as a measure for disgust in comparison to buying plastic bottles to have less regulated water in some misguided sanitary-sealing concept of disgust. [1]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31878152/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31878152/
  - blitzar 4y ago
    > What is the rate of flushing in the line to an apartment building depending on the height of the building - anything more than 6 floors - the water you are drinking is likely pumped to tanks on the roof and fed back down ... want to know what else might be in those tanks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_9RLbRZJr0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_9RLbRZJr0 TLDR: I would worry a lot more about the water you put in your mouth sitting in faeces overnight than it sitting in a plastic tube for a week.

by yakak 4y ago

blitzar 4y ago

> I was also a little skeptical of these funky plastic lines > Of course there was the water tap, which serves perfect water You are aware that the "water tap" also goes through pipes to get to you? It doesn't originate like magic at the faucet exit.

yakak 4y ago
What is the rate of flushing in the line to an apartment building compared to a line to some novelty within the apartment, I.e. an ice maker? How much more total time in contact with with a surface (that may be semi-porous, etc) will the water in that ice have had? If there were some kind of bacteria problem, where might it multiply without getting quickly washed away? I live in a developed country so the water from the source is not the problem, pretty much all risks are from defects in private infrastructure and time the water may spend in that infrastructure.
- iwanttocomment 4y ago
  In my many decades on Earth, I have never, ever heard of anyone, anywhere, experiencing any illness borne specifically from a water cooler that didn't get used enough or from contamination of the short water line from a residential pipe to a refrigerator ice maker or dispenser. It is literally bizarre to hear someone try to question the average "5 gallon jug of water" or a "residential water line" as something that can be potentially harmful in generic, except due to some sort of ludicrous edge case, when water jugs or refrigerator water lines have been used by literally billions of people across continents for decades. What is even up with this kind of comment? How did you become "anti water line to an ice maker"? Do you work for Nestle, or Coca-Cola?
  - yakak 4y ago
    > Do you work for Nestle, or Coca-Cola? Of course not, they leave still water in freshly manufactured plastic bottles.. Heathens¹. I don't see what's odd about considering water contamination the way I do using water flow as a measure for disgust in comparison to buying plastic bottles to have less regulated water in some misguided sanitary-sealing concept of disgust. [1]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31878152/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31878152/
- blitzar 4y ago
  > What is the rate of flushing in the line to an apartment building depending on the height of the building - anything more than 6 floors - the water you are drinking is likely pumped to tanks on the roof and fed back down ... want to know what else might be in those tanks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_9RLbRZJr0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_9RLbRZJr0 TLDR: I would worry a lot more about the water you put in your mouth sitting in faeces overnight than it sitting in a plastic tube for a week.