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minus-squareLeeny@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·1年前Well, you can get water out of your tap, so there’s an easy alternative. Use a filter if your tap water is iffy.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1年前Not everyone has reliably safe tap water. Remember Flint?
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1年前And the Bay Area as the article warns about.
minus-squareSolemn@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1年前The article says that cancer causing chemicals were found in bottled water in the Bay Area, not tap water.
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1年前Article said the bottled water was tap water. And the tap water in the Bay Area had cancer causing chemicals.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1年前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.
minus-squaredesktop_user [they/them] @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1年前what is a water storage alternative?
minus-squareusrtrv@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1年前If 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-up10·1年前They are, strangely, more expensive than large multipacks of water bottles. Even with bottle return discounts.
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1年前That’s the part people like to forget. The cost
minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1年前25l 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.
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.
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.
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.