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minus-squareLeeny@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day 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-up4·1 day 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-up2·1 day agoNot everyone has reliably safe tap water. Remember Flint?
minus-squaredesktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agowhat is a water storage alternative?
minus-squareusrtrv@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day 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-up7·1 day agoThey are, strangely, more expensive than large multipacks of water bottles. Even with bottle return discounts.
minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day 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?
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.
25l water tanks with tap water and/or forklift water tanks.