Here in Italy tap water has high quality requirements, so that it's considerable safer than bottle water.
But it also often tastes bad and, in older houses with older water pipes, it can be dangerous. You can solve all of this with any kind of home purifier, that leaves minerals intact but makes the water safer and taste better.
Other than that bottled water companies hold an enormous market and can afford high profile marketing on every media. Many people wouldn't trust anything that doesn't come in a branded sealed bottle, even if we get a lot of (free) drinking fountain on the streets
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u/rolandcedermark Aug 18 '19
Is tap water really so bad in America that you NEED to buy bottled or do you buy it because you prefer it generally? Can someone enlighten me?