What makes you think that you can’t drink US tap water? I’ve been drinking it my whole life. The area that I live in has very good tap water. The water department even sends me detailed reports periodically.
I did an exchange year in MN and my host family there told me not to, always bought bottled water and never drank it themselves. And when I did try it it tasted very chlorinated.
For conveniently drinking out of them and filling water bottles in public buildings like schools and hospitals. They’re really common in NA, what part of the world are you in?
Germany, we do have a few fountains (but they are really uncommon and would have more in common with a normal tab and sink then the american fountains I’ve seen).
I’d usually just fill up my bottle from a sink at a bathroom when I’m on the go.
By googling it, it seems these will filter out some forever chemicals that are a problem pretty much everywhere. It will also cool the water, which might be beneficial if your tap water is a bit on the warmer side (which mine is and it’s infuriating, I want to drink near-freezing water)
Note: I’m not American and don’t have one of these, just googling.
Anytime I see memes like that, I am thankful I live in a country where I can just drink tap water.
What kind of water do you think is coming out of these?
I thought their whole point was that they filter the water because you can’t drink the tap water in the US?
What makes you think that you can’t drink US tap water? I’ve been drinking it my whole life. The area that I live in has very good tap water. The water department even sends me detailed reports periodically.
I did an exchange year in MN and my host family there told me not to, always bought bottled water and never drank it themselves. And when I did try it it tasted very chlorinated.
This is gonna blow your mind but even a lot of bottled water just comes out of plain-ass municipal water systems.
No, these machines are directly connected to the tap. Many will cool the water down but I don’t think many of them do filtering.
The fuck? No…?
The US is clownish and backwards in a lot of ways but this is not one of them.
Then what are those for compared to just a sink?
For conveniently drinking out of them and filling water bottles in public buildings like schools and hospitals. They’re really common in NA, what part of the world are you in?
Germany, we do have a few fountains (but they are really uncommon and would have more in common with a normal tab and sink then the american fountains I’ve seen). I’d usually just fill up my bottle from a sink at a bathroom when I’m on the go.
By googling it, it seems these will filter out some forever chemicals that are a problem pretty much everywhere. It will also cool the water, which might be beneficial if your tap water is a bit on the warmer side (which mine is and it’s infuriating, I want to drink near-freezing water)
Note: I’m not American and don’t have one of these, just googling.