We have organised our society in such a way that water is collected, purified, and delivered straight to our homes for a low cost. We have been trying to do this shit since the Roman empire. We are able to take our wastewater, filter out the waste, and return the water to its original form entirely. The only way we are able to live the way we do today is because of modern water infrastructure. But some people are like "it's icky"??? The water you buy at the store is the exact same shit except it's in bottles full of microplastics. Literally I live near a water bottling plant. It's not by a river or a natural spring or whatever. It doesn't pump from the ground. It just takes water from the public water supply. There's no hope for us man
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twovests wrote (edited )
My tap water is so chalky that it leaves my hair really greasy. I have to tell my guests not to worry about the silty white layer on top of the rinsed grapes, and I have to tell them not to worry about the brown-red residue in my shower and toilet. (Cleaning them weekly is not enough.) I have to filter and boil most of the water I drink to get rid of the taste and smell of sulfide, and the EWG tap water database tells me that many of the contaminants in my municipalitys water are close to the legal limit.
Not sure if that's the water I drink, since I have well water. I'm regularly cleaning and replacing our aerators, because they get filled with sand.
I get Primo 5 gallon water jugs refilled with water from a municipality that has better water. It tastes better, it doesn't leave silt on grapes, and there's never any sand in my drinking water.
Maybe the water bottling plant is located there because it has nicer tap water? I'm not trying to be contrarian, but tap water actually can be bad.
twovests wrote
i want to stress i still appreciate having tap water. but my tap water is actually not very good
sand is better than lead but why is there so much sand
neku OP wrote
yeah i didn't really account for decaying american infrastructure when i made this post lol. if the tap water isn't fine where you live then the post doesn't apply. but if it does... watch out
cowloom wrote (edited )
I'm lucky to live in a city with a large natural aquifer, so our tap water is very clean. But there are still people here who will balk at drinking tap water, and only buy bottles of water. Meanwhile, I will only open a plastic bottle of water if I'm dangerously dehydrated, and there are no other sources of water available. I'll drink from a public bathroom sink before I create needless plastic waste.
WRETCHEDSORCERESS wrote
My current city has been voted best tasting tap water in the state three times in a row!!! I love it!!!
I used to live in PA's coal region and basically all water sources nearby were turbo polluted and the stuff was full of contaminants. It has made me really thankful and appreciative for water treatment and wastewater processing. Ours had lots of issues but we really were living in a wasteland of badly polluted water sources and of course rainwater is super unsafe to drink too. It was effctively desert if we didnt have that processing - made me feel bad for the other creatures living there having to drink it :(
But! Wastewater trearment is also accomplished by bacteria in many places and that makes me really happy! They can process so many dangerous chemicals, the little dears!
Alessia wrote
Love council juice, love being able to pour myself a tall glass of cool, clear water at any time of day that tastes of fuck all.