putting my prediction on record now that the coming decade is going to see the rise of viral-marketed fancy at-home water filtration systems, driving and driven by a drastic reduction in the quality of U.S. tap water (given that we are in a 'replacement era' where our current infrastructure is reaching the end of its lifespan--but isn't being replaced). also guessing that by the 2030s access to drinkable tap water will be a mainstream class issue, with low-income & unstably housed people increasingly forced to rely on expensive bottled water when they can't afford the up-front cost of at-home filtration--and with this being portrayed in media as a "moral failing" and short-sighted "choice," rather than a basic failure of our political & economic systems. really hope i'm just being alarmist, but plenty of this already happens in other countries, and the U.S. is in a state of decline, so. here's praying this post ages into irrelevance. timestamped April 2023
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If you're lööking for a water filtration system and that lööks good I would recommend this 👇 one and you get the benefits of the copper.
If you want to go a little cheaper 👇
I have the Pro-One and I have filtered salt river water through it and the water tasted great. Both of these filter out fluoride, chlorine and other contaminates for drinking.
Or you could make your own using 2-5 gallon buckets, just buy the filters and the tap.🤔
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If we really want to reduce plastic bottle useage we need to fix the pipe systems around America.
For a lot of people it isn’t pickiness. They cannot drink their own tap water because it's unsafe to consume.
If we really want people to stop buying bottled water, they need to have water safe to drink in the first place. And a reusable cup, no matter how good, does not fix your bad water supply. The people who need better water will not get it by filling these cups with more bad tap water.
If we want to get rid of these insane companies selling water, we should try to put pressure on fixing our pipes and our resiviors. Not just in America but worldwide.
Not only is there over buying of expensive cups for clout, but that doesn't help at all. I don't blame people for buying a cup or two. (The people who bought 30 Stanley's I am not happy but it's not a moral thing.) I have reusable bottles. I like the smaller ones.
Mentioning Stanley cups I don't like them for a few reasons but, I am autistic and I have trouble with spacial awareness. I am knocking these over all the time because they are big and bulky. And unlike my cylinder metal bottle, the Stanley is open, so the water spills everywhere. And they are too big. They hurt when they fall on my feet or hit me in the hallway.
I think we should try to put more focus on fixing the pipes and the water ways. Everyone is supposed to have a tap in their home, (where I live) and yet I have friends who can't use it for anything but showers and dishwashing. One of my friends brings jugs of water home from water fountains or taps in public places because they can't afford to buy bottled water, but they can't drink their own water.
Personal filters would help, we should use them. But it's another thing not everyone can afford.
If we have a right to drinkable water, why do so many of us not have a source of water we can drink from in our homes?
I'm not doing a "we MUST DO THIS or you're a bad person! You're doing activism wrong! You are looking at the BAD kinds of work and not doing this RIGHT ONE."
That's not what I'm doing.
I'm tired of plastic water bottles and of giant cups. I just want to be able to drink my water.
It would solve a lot of problems if people could just drink from their taps safely.
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Decrepit Filtration.
An old filtration pipe overgrown by wet looking vines, algae and mold. One side of the pipe seems to be broken open. The big grilles inside the pipe are partially broken and blue light is shining in from the top. Old stickers and graffiti can be seen on metal the inner walls.
I wonder what used to be filtered through these pipes and why they're not used anymore. What happened?
Aesthetic is inspired by Rain World.
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Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is awash with the stuff, but water -- specifically, the clean and drinkable kind -- is inaccessible to billions of people.
A new purification system developed by researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology uses an electrified version of dialysis to separate salt and other unnecessary particles from the potable product. Successfully applied to wastewater with planned expansion into rivers and seas, the method saves money and saps 90% less energy than its counterparts.
The study appears in ACS Energy Letters.
If only stripping salt from water was as simple as waving a giant magnet above the Pacific or sifting liquid through a super-fine sieve. Once the shifty mineral dissolves, the separation process -- christened desalination in scientific circles -- becomes more expensive and uses more energy.
Read more.
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Membranes of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VaCNT) can be used to clean or desalinate water at high flow rate and low pressure. Recently, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and partners carried out steroid hormone adsorption experiments to study the interplay of forces in the small pores. They found that VaCNT of specific pore geometry and pore surface structure are suited for use as highly selective membranes.
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Living in Texas is having to bypass your water system, super charge all your devices, and collect all blankets, light sources, and filled water bottles any time it's projected to drop below freezing because you have not an ounce of faith in this garbage grid.
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y'all lex & ethan vs steph & pete... I DON'T KNOW WHO TO ROOT FOR- my loyalties are being tested and i don't like it T-T
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