“False Frugalities”: 45 Examples Of People Trying To Save But Actually Losing Money

That's a larger and different problem to pieces where the tap water is perfectly drinkable.

You know what else is healthier? And cheaper? And easier to transport? And sustainable? Water filters, that output the same quality (if not better) at a cost of less than $0.01 per gallon. Yet 50 BILLION water bottles are sold in the US each year, the vast majority of which contains the same water flowing from your rap, and yet anytime this idiocy is pointed out the first response is always "but...but...MEXICO" They have better options, but even if you want to pretend they don't, one country doesn't justify the $300 billion global market that is bottled water, it doesn't excuse the 10 billion gallons worth consumed by americans.

Or Flint, Michigan.

Or an old house with lead in the pipes

or flint michigan

Flint, Michigan, USA.

We buy the 8oz bottles of water as my 99 year old mother has to stay hydrated, the bottles are easy for her to carry and the tap water is icky.

I lived in Mexico City for years, never had a problem with the water.

Neither needs plastic bottles. For countries with proper water treatment, it's a polluting fantasy and with countries without proper mass water treatment, the should ask, and be given, help to design actual water treatment facilities that function. And the latter will take some time to roll out (first the necessary changes of heart on both sides of the equation, then the actual work) and within that time span, there is a place for bottled water. The big drums, not the tiny kind. No need to add any more problems than strictly necessary to bridge the gap.

You're still cheaper by buying a water filter

Or Jackson, MS

San franciso has some of the purest water on the planet. Ive never seen anyone drink from a tap.

Boil and filter. Then chill to preferred temperature.

If you are Mexican and live in Mexico, your body is used to the water

Or Minnesota! I got IRON POISONING from the tap water there!

Flint MI. residents might argue about buying safe water instead of the city water supply

Or Flint, Michigan, or Jackson, Mississippi…

Not just healthier, but necessary.

Totally agree.

People who live in "rural" areas such as mine have wells. The ground water here is contaminated with arsenic. I still haven't gotten the reverse osmosis attachment for my kitchen sink connected. The previous owner 's husband died at age 60 here. Possible arsenic poisoning?

It's healthier if you're in a region that has contaminated water, Like Flint, Michegan for example.

I like RO filter. It is great for places where water has a bit of issues.

Okay, so it's more expensive to sanitize water with UV light and/or alcohol than to buy plastic water bottles? We had a UV sanitizer installed for our well. I carried a flask of everclear for hiking because, you know, "you died of dysentery".

Boil the water and put it in your own bottles. No excuse to make waste.

Funny twist on the water. I have a friend from Mexico who went to work in Alberta for a while. He had "stomach troubles" when he first got there, from the tap water. He didn't drink tap water in Mexico but what ever was in the Albert water was different from what his body was used to.

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Obviously it means non shithole, western places like Canada, the US, Western Europe.

I live an hour outside Flint and got a letter saying that our water was contaminated. Luckily our fridge has a water filter.

This isn't about Flint. Most tap water in the US is fine.

Do they have bad water or do they have good water but won‘t drink it?

I would love to scream it from the rooftops here in Norway. We have super-clean water that is regularly quality controlled in the whole country! Absolutely no reason not to drink tap water! But we are very lucky. I do drink bottled water when I go to countries where the water may not be safe. In Cairo, for example, I don't even eat salads, as the veg is most likely washed in water from the Nile.

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Happens after rain and storms. I’m not drinking tap water ever. Parasites can k**l.

Not as many as people claim

Yes. I drink purified water because I love the taste. “Spring water” is tap water and tastes disgusting to me. I love to chug water and if it’s not reverse osmosis purified, I get a headache. People lecture me on my bottled water habit all the time.

Good for them

That's different. I know people who use rain water for laundry and bathing bottled for drinking and cooking

I love Perrier but drink at friends house only.

Would have loved to see it.

I still remember that episode. Crack me up to this day.

Can you fill at home liter bottles?