• SeaJ@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    I hate going to Costco and seeing people buy multiple 24 packs of those. I have not been anywhere in this state that has bad tap water.

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      8 months ago

      City water usually tastes of chlorine. Totally drinkable, but not super pleasant.

      Costco 24 packs are cheap AF.

      Filtered water pitchers are expensive AF.

      If you have a fridge with filtered water and try to buy carbon filters locally, they’re more expensive per gallon than the Costco water.

      I buy generic filters in bulk that are cheaper per gallon, but it’s not by that much.

      If we want to save the environment, we need to invent a super cheap refillable carbon filter and a way to use it easily.

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        8 months ago

        Again, that is not really an issue here in Washington.

        Filtered pitchers are not very expensive. Even buying actual brand named Brita filters at $15 per filter yields you 120 gallons of filtered water. That’s 12.5¢/gallon. Costco water here is $7.80 for 40 half liter bottles or 39¢/liter. Normalizing that is $1.47/gallon. Costco bottled water is significantly more expensive.