[cehrlich]

Yeah, I lived in Austria and travel across Europe fairly often, the only time I buy bottled water is in the airport or when I accidentally leave my refillable bottle of tap water at home. The quality of the tap water is equal to or better than the bottled water.

[tchaffee]

That's more of an indictment against bottled water than it is an endorsement for tap water. Both bottled and tap water are too often full of stuff you don't want to be drinking.

https://bestlifeonline.com/worst-drinking-water/

A drip (aka wick) filter is a cheap enough way to remove a lot that.

[nobody9999]

>Both bottled and tap water are too often full of stuff you don't want to be drinking.

https://bestlifeonline.com/best-drinking-water/

I guess that depends on where you are.

[tchaffee]

Yes, of course. That was my point. That the heuristic of "developed country" is not effective just because it's sometimes right.

Also take a look at the number of contaminants in the water for each those cities in your source. It's not zero for any of them.

[Scoundreller]

> the only time I buy bottled water is in the airport

Why? Liquids are restricted at security, but bottles aren’t.

Brought an empty sodastream concentrate bottle before out of desperation.

Whenever an airport doesn’t have fountains, I always ferry a complaint.