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Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by Gud on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @03:39AM (#34078153)
Tap water is vastly different depending on where it is sourced. In my experience, most countries have pretty bad tap water.
Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by HPsquared on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @04:08AM (#34078324)
After a few rounds of filtration it's all going to be the same.
Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by Reason077 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @04:09AM (#34078333)
But if you carefully filter and re-mineralise it before bottling, you can turn it into more or less the same product anywhere.
Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by Gud on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @02:30PM (#34236713)
Not really talking about bottling- in Scandinavia their tap water is better than most bottled water.
Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by iamacyborg on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @04:29AM (#34078467)
I still think about how good Vancouver tap water is compared to the stuff we get in London.
Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by Reason077 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @06:56AM (#34079491)
London tap water varies a lot in different parts of London. When I used to live in North-West London it was very hard (ie: full of minerals) so you'd constantly be cleaning the limescale gunk out of your shower, off your taps, etc. And I also remember it smelling noticeably "chlorinated" at times. Now I live in East London (E14) and it seems much softer - we get a bit of limescale but nothing like it was at my old place, and no pool-water smells.

But anyway, I think anywhere in London, so long as you run it through a filter (ie: Brita filter) and chill it, it tastes more or less as good as any bottled water.

Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by iamacyborg on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @09:54AM (#34081456)
Yeah I’ve never thought London water was bad, but Vancouver water tasted amazing.
Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by donatj on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @06:18AM (#34079209)
I would say it varies pretty widely on a much smaller than country level, moreso by source. Water from an aquifer almost always tastes much better than water from a river.