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I live in New Orleans. Our water is the Mississippi water. The Mississippi is also the open sewer of the Midwest. And our sewer and water board is incompetent
by dopidopHN 3y ago
I live in New Orleans. Our water is the Mississippi water.
The Mississippi is also the open sewer of the Midwest.
And our sewer and water board is incompetent and corrupt ( I love public infra. This one sucks )
As a result. I don’t drink that water directly and filter it.
I think that will be more and more common. At least in the US.
- HenryBemis 3y agoWould some Brita (or any other related product) filter pitcher help at this, or it wouldn't catch some/most/all of the nasty stuff? (genuinely asking)
- bolobo 3y agohttps://www.brita.ca/why-brita/health/whats-in-your-tap-water/ https://www.brita.ca/why-brita/health/whats-in-your-tap-wate... If you look at the list, even Brita doesn't claim that their pitcher filter the really nasty stuff. At most they "help to reduce". It looks like they are really designed only to remove the chlorine taste. Their "Faucet Mount Filters" looks a bit more effective.
- kylebenzle 3y agoWhy is HN being overrun with easily googleable questions?
- nervousvarun 3y agoWho Dat! Also live in NO. We also filter our water (though my primary contamination motivation is lead w/ a 2 year old over plastic). The S&WB almost needs it's own discussion thread. Not sure your average American HN reader can even comprehend the level of incompetence we have to deal with from that group.
- dopidopHN 3y agoYeah. Those sweet summer childs have no ideas.
- jdksmdbtbdnmsm 3y ago>And our sewer and water board is incompetent and corrupt Karl Marx showed us 150 years ago that a government under capitalism is a capitalist government.
- coldtea 3y ago>The Mississippi is also the open sewer of the Midwest. Shouldn't be a problem. Might I interest you in some new water? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEWater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEWater