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What exactly is filtered by this? In Germany, water from the tap is commonly found to be cleaner than the stuff you can buy in plastic bottles. The only applic
by revelation 14y ago
What exactly is filtered by this? In Germany, water from the tap is commonly found to be cleaner than the stuff you can buy in plastic bottles.
The only application that comes to mind would be regulating water hardness.
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- LaGrange 14y agoIn fact I tried San Francisco water, and it was completely fine. And there's also the obvious question about the carbon footprint of bringing coconut shells to US for manufacturing. On the other hand, in several places in Poland a water filter is, actually, fairly useful.
- chockablock 14y agoI use a carbon block filter (Clear2o) for SF tap water, and appreciate the lack of chlorine taste. (Or more properly, chloramine: http://www.sfwater.org/index.aspx?page=357 http://www.sfwater.org/index.aspx?page=357 )
- danudey 14y agoA significant amount of bottled water is, in fact, tapwater. There are a lot of companies that are bottling your own tapwater and selling it to you for $4/L.
- lucian1900 14y agoIn (some parts of?) London, water is particularly hard. A filter makes it not taste of dust and prevents stupid dust spots on container. Some other places have chlorine-tasting water. For anything else? A filter is pretty much useless.