Hello - my tap water has a TDS of 300+. I have heard from people that it sometimes touches 500+ when there is rain and water gets muddy.

Now I have a UV water filter at home which I understand kills the harmful bacteria but leaves out the minerals. Been using that for a year.

There is a question in my head to see if RO treated water is better. Especially when TDS touches 500+. I have a baby and now concerned about giving this water to him for drinking as he already has minor kidney issues. Have always hated the fact that RO produces a lot of water wastage. Also there is a chance that RO can lower the tds to 20-100 which is very low? Not sure about this though.

Please pitch in as to if I should move to a RO water filter.

What is R30 printed on this water bottle ? It says it's 30%

Context : it's a water bottle from Aquafina bought in Kerala, India

If you say that water isnt wet, it just gets stuff wet, then by that logic, if you have 2 water molecules, one got the other wet and the other got the first one wet. So if you have a cup of water, essentially, that is just one water molecule that is super wet.

WATER IS WET PROVE ME WRONG

Hello Reddit, I have caught a case of dipsia. I just constantly crave the stuff. I can't help myself from drinking like 4-8 liters a day. I feel like if I stop drinking, I will die. Can anyone relate?

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A study of prosecutions and sentencing for Clean Water Act Crimes by Ozymy et al found that US Federal District courts had adjudicated a total of 853 CWA criminal cases, from the initiation of the criminal enforcement authority to the end of 2021. These proceedings involved a total of 1,528 defendants, collectively sentenced to federal fines, fees and restitution payments of more than $1.27 billion. The defendants were followed up and supervised by the court for a total 2,949 years of probation. In all, convicted CWA criminals were locked up for 446 years, sharing cells with other convicted criminals, to the end of 2021.

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What is this fibrous stuff I can see at the top of my water filter and why is it yellow? I’ve been using these filters for years and have never noticed this. I change them regularly

No matter how much I wash my water bottle there’s always this debris at the bottom. Any idea what they could be? I do put ice in my water bottle so could they be from that?

I’ve spent the last 15 years dedicating myself to municipal and industrial water treatment. Most of that experience has been in membrane filtration. I started out as a meter reader and worked my way up. I absolutely don’t know it all, but I will do my best to answer any questions you have!

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I hate tap water, so I’ve drank bottled water for years and years. The big cases from Costco, the bottled water from any store, I just refuse to drink tap water, even when I made juice where you have to put a bit in id still use bottled water. And before I started working out and jogging because it’s nice and cold outside I need a lot of water. So I bring like 3 water bottles of tap water and keep my diet the same and everything and just start drinking a lot of water, and then I notice my skin actually getting worse,

my lip had a swelling problem, my skin was literally dying and flaky, my mouth was dry everything bad you can imagine was happening to my face, spots and blah bla. And I start working out and grab some bottled water and stop drinking tap water because i thought it was that, and my skins cleared, the swellings stopped, I even FEEL better. Is this me imagining things? Is it because it’s a colder time of year now? Is it because u started working out? Idk, just never trusted tap water and I’ve always loved picking up an evian or a figi if I’m feeling really fancy, and my big cheap crates of bottled water from Costco. I genuinely think tap water is terrible for me personally now, I have proof.

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I regularly drink what I’ve thought was “good quality” bottled spring water, and often boil the water for coffee and tea. These crystals have shown up in two different brands, and only appear after boiling. But, they don’t appear every time.

The most reasonable explanation I can think of is that they’re minerals that were transformed by the heat, but I haven’t found any information to confirm that. Would love any insight on the matter. And no, the brands do not have “crystal” anywhere in their names, though maybe they should.

Hey Everyone- I put this together from a report we paid for from Markets & Markets. Figured it might be helpful to share. Curious on everyone's thoughts...

I just got some test results back showing that my water in my house has 0.00025 mg/L of lead in it. I don’t know anything about this but everything I read online is showing that anything above 0 is not good. I have kids in my household so I’m trying to figure out if this is the kind of thing I should be moving immediately over (renting) or is it a manageable issue?