I found out bottled water from Poland Spring and other brands contain micro plastics. I did a lot of research to find a water dispenser to remove micro plastics from bottled water. The best I can find is:

5 Gallon Jug Water Filter System

https://saganlife.com/product/5-gallon-jug-water-filter-system/?srsltid=AU7gw4UONPZiLwSLAqUAhUutB89s1znLcrVHSzD9-bri2u0CwAREnpi9

How It Works

1. A long filter tube (their Journey filter) that drops straight down into a standard 3 or 5-gallon water jug. 
2. A USB-rechargeable electric pump that sits on top of the jug.

When you press the button, the pump draws water up through the filter and dispenses it out of the spout.

Will it remove microplastics from bottled water?

Yes. The Sagan Life Journey filter uses an advanced media membrane with a microscopic pore size designed to filter out microscopic pathogens, heavy metals, and particulate matter. Because microplastics are physical particles (ranging anywhere from micrometers down to nanometers), a high-grade membrane filter of this caliber will physically block and trap them before the water ever hits your glass.

Pros & Cons for Your Use Case

• The Pros:
  • You get the massive volume capacity of a 5-gallon jug, meaning you rarely have to refill it.
  • No plumbing, no permanent installation.
  • It directly addresses core concern of stripping microplastics out of pre-bought bottled water jugs.
• The Cons:
  • It relies on a battery-powered pump that you will need to recharge via USB periodically. (typically lasting through 15 to 20 gallons of water before needing a top-up), so you won’t have to charge it constantly.

Why the Sagan Life Filter Catches More

• Tighter Pore Size: The Sagan Life Journey filter uses advanced membrane technology with a sub-micron pore size designed to trap bacteria, heavy metals, and micro-particulates on a microscopic scale.

As consumer awareness around microplastics and nanoplastics continues to grow, hopefully appliance manufacturers are bound to bridge the gap between heavy-duty membrane filtration and standalone 5-gallon bottom-loading convenience.

More about bottled water micro-plastics:

An average liter of bottled water contains about 240,000 tiny plastic pieces, with 90% of them being microscopic nanoplastics and 10% being microplastics.

Key Findings on Bottled Water

• Particle Count: Recent advanced imaging studies show levels 10 to 100 times higher than previous estimates, translating to roughly 240,000 fragments per liter. 
• Types of Plastics: The most common polymers detected include polyamide (nylon) from purification filters, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from the bottle itself, and polypropylene (PP) from caps. 
• Sources of Contamination: Shedding often occurs from the bottle neck, cap twisting, manufacturing stress, or heat and sunlight exposure. 
• Health Risks & Regulation: While studies link microplastics to cellular stress, inflammation, and potential metabolic issues, major regulatory bodies like the FDA state there is currently no scientific consensus or certified testing standard proving they cause direct harm to human health at current levels.

We moved from the NE to Idaho. Our well is plentiful. Idaho on the other hand, especially where we live, is farmland and we are not liking it. That's a topic for another day. We've considered the outskirts of Las Vegas but with the constant drumbeat reporting of decreasing levels in Lake Meade and Lake Powell, should we be very concerned about a move there and taps running dry? Is that realistic in the next, say, 10 to 20 years which is about what we have left on Mother Earth if we are lucky? Ty.

this is my first time getting my water from a water filteration station. usually i drink bottled water but i got sick of all the plastic i throw out. but the bottled ones taste way better.

this one tastes salty and metallic. just the teeniest bit of both but its still enough of a taste for me to be off put by it. is this just how RO water tastes and i have high expectations or should i change the water refilling station?

edit: the water comes in a HDPE reusable plastic container. i drink it from my stainless steel flask but i also tasted it in a ceramic mug and it still had some of the taste.

Just got the ninja hydrasense and drank from it for the first time. I don’t know if it makes sense but the water tastes sweet and I don’t know how to feel about it. Did anybody else experience the same thing? If so, did it go away or that’s just what the water tastes like using this machine?

Idk if I’m making sense. I swear I’m not crazy 😭

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So we have been working on a project burdened upon us by our states Environmental Department. They want us to check not only our service lines for lead piping but also the customers service line for lead. I understand checking our own services, what I can’t understand is why we’re checking customers lines given that we have no control over the materials used. If our samples are coming back clean, why tf am I digging up customer lines? Is anybody else having to do this ridiculous project/can anybody give me some insight on what this dumbass project is doing besides making me consider switching to electrical lol

Repair of a dam at Lackawanna state park.
The drawdown.

Eight years ago, at the height of the shale-oil boom, a committee of industry giants and public officials unveiled a bold plan to make Corpus Christi "drought proof."

With this plan, a consultant explained to city officials at the time, their semi-arid stretch of coastline in South Texas could finally overcome the economic limitations of its scarce water supply.

"Industry can continue to operate," said a slideshow the consultant, Frank Brogan, presented to Corpus Christi City Council. "Industry can justify expansion. Community can attract new industry."

The plan seemed simple. The region's largest water users — Texas-based titans like OxyChem, Valero and Citgo — would pay Corpus Christi to build the state's first-ever seawater desalination plant, which would produce millions of gallons of freshwater per day at minimal cost to the public. In exchange, the companies wouldn't face pressure to throttle back operations at their refineries and chemical plants during future dry spells.

"We don't want to have the reputation of having a water problem," said Brogan, a former executive at the Port of Corpus Christi, the top U.S. port for crude-oil exports, in the August 2018 presentation.

City leaders unanimously approved the plan, hailing it as a breakthrough: Giant corporations had agreed to front the money for an innovative project that other communities could only dream of affording.

But instead of securing Corpus Christi's water future, the plan pushed Texas' eighth-largest city to the brink of a water-supply disaster, burned through tens of millions of public dollars, and engulfed the city in political turmoil.

The city has spent at least $50 million on the promised desalination plant, but it has yet to materialize — a victim of political dysfunction, the coronavirus pandemic, rapid inflation and frequent turnover in the city's political leadership, among other factors. And the companies that had originally agreed to pay for it now contribute only a fraction of what the plant is expected to cost. Residents would have to pay for the rest.

Meanwhile, Corpus Christi has honored the commitment it made back in 2018: It has not pressured the companies to cut back on water consumption, even when the area slipped into a punishing drought.

By this spring, the region's main reservoirs almost dried up entirely. The industrial giants raced to drill emergency water wells, the city's credit ratings slipped, and local business leaders raised the specter of mass layoffs if the water ran out.

In the face of an unprecedented emergency, city officials debated meager measures like closing public pools and fining residents for washing cars, rather than imposing restrictions on the chemical plants and refineries that use more water than all 500,000 residents of the seven-county Coastal Bend region combined.

"The reason we were in the water crisis was because of their water usage," said Isabel Araiza, a college professor and founder of a community group called For the Greater Good who has fought for a decade against the desalination project.

Bob Paulison, executive director of a trade group that represents the industrial giants, said they are not responsible for the crisis. He said the city's leaders were tasked with building a drought-proof water supply with funding the companies provided, and they didn't deliver.

Of Corpus Christi, he said, "you kept dragging your feet and thinking that everything was OK until it was too late."

Gov. Greg Abbott also placed the blame squarely on Corpus Christi earlier this year, telling reporters in March that city leaders "squandered" massive state loans awarded to them for the project.

But a review of public records spanning more than a decade shows that the industrial giants also played a critical role in developing the failed plan.

Those companies initially sought to build a private seawater desalination plant solely for their own use. They later decided to team up with city officials on a public project, which allowed them to access hundreds of millions of dollars in low-interest loans from the state.

City and industry officials believed their partnership would guarantee Corpus Christi a prosperous future. Instead, it has become a case study into the pitfalls of tying an essential public resource to the growth ambitions of private industry.

Corpus Christi no longer faces an acute water crisis, thanks to heavy rain this summer. But its near brush with disaster has turned some residents against the same corporations that power the economy in one of Texas' leading industrial hubs.

Now, a proposal to nullify the 2018 plan will be on the local ballot in November, following a successful petition campaign by Araiza and other activists. The proposal seeks to eliminate the protections from water restrictions that city leaders gave the industrial giants almost a decade ago and instead dramatically increase the price they would pay for water during the next drought.

If voters approve the measure, it would represent a dramatic about-face for governance in a port city that has long stayed faithful to private-sector leadership.

"It's a referendum against the system," said Roland Barrera, a fourth-term Corpus City Council member, of the ballot measure. "I don't think it ends well."

Joe McComb, who was mayor when the city enacted the 2018 plan, said Corpus Christi's wellbeing is at stake. The city needs industry, and industry needs water.

The activists, he said, want to break the economic backbone of the region.

"They're wanting to try to punish the industry," McComb said. "If industry shuts down, Corpus Christi will be just a fishing village again."

So today I draw two bottles of water and I kid you not I feel REFRESHED. Ngl at first I used to go "Water is overrated, I prefer soda" but i've really been getting into water more and more lately. It's a great lifestyle. Do you guys also like water?

I live in NJ and was thinking of getting a ROA FILTER. I have heard some very favorable reviews about Dreo water filter.

Is it worth getting it or anything better available that’s not too expensive?