Reply #46: You have to do this, in some places

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I think everybody must know this, but it does have to be said...in some places (Phoenix comes to mind) the tap water is simply horrible and so hard that you can bounce a rock off it...loaded with minerals, unhealthful, and just plain appallingly bad.

There are some areas of even our country where bottled water is a necessity, not a luxury.

My hope is that people in areas that don't have to drink bottled water except as a luxury treat that thing as a luxury, and not a foregone conclusion for daily life.