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Re:Water crisis took toll on Flint adults’ physical, mental ... by dudeinjapan on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @12:27PM (#26876868)
The most well-known filter brand in the US is Brita which is a pitcher you buy with a replaceable filter. Costs around $20 per filter which last "2-6 months". Probably an order of magnitude more expensive than what you pay in India. It's definitely as a very middle-class thing in US; and to the extent it removes minerals and flouride from the water its arguably detrimental (tap water is generally trusted to be safe.)

Oddly, I recall that the "workaround" solution being to the Flint crisis was to ship in tons of bottled water. Cheap filters, if they remove lead and bacteria fully, would seem like a much more cost effective way.

Re:Water crisis took toll on Flint adults’ physical, mental ... by Red_Leaves_Flyy on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @01:00PM (#26877324)
Costco sells 10 packs of their filters for $30 and they're good for 40 gallons, same as brita. their pitchers are the same size as Brita for $25.