Why do people buy so much bottled water at the grocery store?

[Anonymous]

Too much plastic so should be banned. Just put water fountains everywhere.

[Anonymous]

So people can fill up their steel bottles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I recently had a tour of an industrial area in Baltimore (for work, don't ask). Located there is a bottled water company that uses Baltimore city water - maybe it's filtered a few times more, but it's still the same water you get out of the tap.

Most of the time it's not filtered any more. It's just bottled. It's a scam that so many people fall for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s also strange that the tap water is apparently fine to drink coffee and tea and cook with but not to drink

Every Starbucks location has a very pricey water filtration system -- for a very good reason. Any half-decent coffee shop should, too. And no serious home coffee connoisseur uses unfiltered tap water.

In general, nobody in their right mind is drinking unfiltered muni tap water.

We most certainly are. Because we know it's perfectly fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really like water, and that’s what I drink most of the time. I buy water for the taste like some people buy wine or coffee.
The water in my condo doesn’t taste good, and, about twice a year, it can taste really horrible. Brita and Pur filters make it better, but not as good as a $2 gallon of spring water. I buy the smaller bottles occasionally too, when I’d rather have lighter disposable bottles vs a heavier metal bottle to carry around. I also worked in a setting where lead was found in the drinking water, so I’d rather have access to water from a reasonably known source. Every now and then, I spring for the good stuff in glass bottles.

Ha! Have you read this article? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/dining/fine-water-mineral-sommeliers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E8.bYPw.0gY1_jpl6rrF&smid=url-share

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s also strange that the tap water is apparently fine to drink coffee and tea and cook with but not to drink

Every Starbucks location has a very pricey water filtration system -- for a very good reason. Any half-decent coffee shop should, too. And no serious home coffee connoisseur uses unfiltered tap water.

In general, nobody in their right mind is drinking unfiltered muni tap water.

Been drinking muni tap water for decades. I guess that explains why I was passed over for a MacArthur Genius award. I always wondered why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s also strange that the tap water is apparently fine to drink coffee and tea and cook with but not to drink

Every Starbucks location has a very pricey water filtration system -- for a very good reason. Any half-decent coffee shop should, too. And no serious home coffee connoisseur uses unfiltered tap water.

In general, nobody in their right mind is drinking unfiltered muni tap water.

Been drinking muni tap water for decades. I guess that explains why I was passed over for a MacArthur Genius award. I always wondered why.

Should have started buying bottled Smart water years ago, you dummy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recently had a tour of an industrial area in Baltimore (for work, don't ask). Located there is a bottled water company that uses Baltimore city water - maybe it's filtered a few times more, but it's still the same water you get out of the tap.

Filtration matters.

It's not just filtration that matters, it's also all the hundreds of miles of deplorable, leaking, bacteria-ridden water mains and service lines. Very few people are routinely testing tap water at their house. They just parrot what the muni reports. Tap water can become lead-ridden, bacteria-ridden, or full of PFAS and other chemicals in an instant when passing through the system. You think your local government cares to flag EVERY issue?

As we saw in Flint, Michigan, governments at the local, county, state, and fed (EPA) level, plus vendors, plus even the news media all worked in concert to bury the crisis for years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recently had a tour of an industrial area in Baltimore (for work, don't ask). Located there is a bottled water company that uses Baltimore city water - maybe it's filtered a few times more, but it's still the same water you get out of the tap.

Most of the time it's not filtered any more. It's just bottled. It's a scam that so many people fall for.

They all absolutely filter more and are usually bottled without the water flowing through an entire system. Nestle digs their own wells to tap into water tables at the source, which means their bottled water never touches a muni distribution system or gets all those additives needed for water to travel an entire system. They need to have a consistent product, so they do extra filtering. No bottled water ever has the stench muni water has or any tinted color.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recently had a tour of an industrial area in Baltimore (for work, don't ask). Located there is a bottled water company that uses Baltimore city water - maybe it's filtered a few times more, but it's still the same water you get out of the tap.

Most of the time it's not filtered any more. It's just bottled. It's a scam that so many people fall for.

They all absolutely filter more and are usually bottled without the water flowing through an entire system. Nestle digs their own wells to tap into water tables at the source, which means their bottled water never touches a muni distribution system or gets all those additives needed for water to travel an entire system. They need to have a consistent product, so they do extra filtering. No bottled water ever has the stench muni water has or any tinted color.

BULL SHIT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recently had a tour of an industrial area in Baltimore (for work, don't ask). Located there is a bottled water company that uses Baltimore city water - maybe it's filtered a few times more, but it's still the same water you get out of the tap.

Filtration matters.

It's not just filtration that matters, it's also all the hundreds of miles of deplorable, leaking, bacteria-ridden water mains and service lines. Very few people are routinely testing tap water at their house. They just parrot what the muni reports. Tap water can become lead-ridden, bacteria-ridden, or full of PFAS and other chemicals in an instant when passing through the system. You think your local government cares to flag EVERY issue?

As we saw in Flint, Michigan, governments at the local, county, state, and fed (EPA) level, plus vendors, plus even the news media all worked in concert to bury the crisis for years.

Oh the irony.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s also strange that the tap water is apparently fine to drink coffee and tea and cook with but not to drink

Every Starbucks location has a very pricey water filtration system -- for a very good reason. Any half-decent coffee shop should, too. And no serious home coffee connoisseur uses unfiltered tap water.

In general, nobody in their right mind is drinking unfiltered muni tap water.

What are you smoking? There is nothing wrong with tap water, at least in Fairfax where we live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s also strange that the tap water is apparently fine to drink coffee and tea and cook with but not to drink

Every Starbucks location has a very pricey water filtration system -- for a very good reason. Any half-decent coffee shop should, too. And no serious home coffee connoisseur uses unfiltered tap water.

In general, nobody in their right mind is drinking unfiltered muni tap water.

What are you smoking? There is nothing wrong with tap water, at least in Fairfax where we live.

He is bending over backwards to prove that tap water is unsafe with zero proof.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s also strange that the tap water is apparently fine to drink coffee and tea and cook with but not to drink

Every Starbucks location has a very pricey water filtration system -- for a very good reason. Any half-decent coffee shop should, too. And no serious home coffee connoisseur uses unfiltered tap water.

In general, nobody in their right mind is drinking unfiltered muni tap water.

What are you smoking? There is nothing wrong with tap water, at least in Fairfax where we live.

He is bending over backwards to prove that tap water is unsafe with zero proof.

My husband is a physician. None of his peers drink unfiltered tap water. Only poor people do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s also strange that the tap water is apparently fine to drink coffee and tea and cook with but not to drink

Every Starbucks location has a very pricey water filtration system -- for a very good reason. Any half-decent coffee shop should, too. And no serious home coffee connoisseur uses unfiltered tap water.

In general, nobody in their right mind is drinking unfiltered muni tap water.

What are you smoking? There is nothing wrong with tap water, at least in Fairfax where we live.

He is bending over backwards to prove that tap water is unsafe with zero proof.

My husband is a physician. None of his peers drink unfiltered tap water. Only poor people do.

Yeah, and I also saw pigs fly on my way to work this morning.