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minus-squareLeeny@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·2 months agoWell, you can get water out of your tap, so there’s an easy alternative. Use a filter if your tap water is iffy.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoA lot of people can’t get safe drinking water out of their tap. A lot of people, just in the US. That’s a lot of ongoing costs for filters. Where there’s municipal water, that water should already be safe to drink.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoNot everyone has reliably safe tap water. Remember Flint?
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoAnd the Bay Area as the article warns about.
minus-squareSolemn@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThe article says that cancer causing chemicals were found in bottled water in the Bay Area, not tap water.
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoArticle said the bottled water was tap water. And the tap water in the Bay Area had cancer causing chemicals.
minus-squaredesktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agowhat is a water storage alternative?
minus-squareusrtrv@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoIf your tap doesn’t work, large refillable bottles. In the US, there are services that deliver them and some grocery stores offer it.
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoThey are, strangely, more expensive than large multipacks of water bottles. Even with bottle return discounts.
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThat’s the part people like to forget. The cost
minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months ago25l water tanks with tap water and/or forklift water tanks.
Well, you can get water out of your tap, so there’s an easy alternative. Use a filter if your tap water is iffy.
A lot of people can’t get safe drinking water out of their tap. A lot of people, just in the US. That’s a lot of ongoing costs for filters. Where there’s municipal water, that water should already be safe to drink.
Not everyone has reliably safe tap water. Remember Flint?
And the Bay Area as the article warns about.
The article says that cancer causing chemicals were found in bottled water in the Bay Area, not tap water.
Article said the bottled water was tap water. And the tap water in the Bay Area had cancer causing chemicals.
what is a water storage alternative?
If your tap doesn’t work, large refillable bottles. In the US, there are services that deliver them and some grocery stores offer it.
They are, strangely, more expensive than large multipacks of water bottles. Even with bottle return discounts.
That’s the part people like to forget. The cost
25l water tanks with tap water and/or forklift water tanks.