Depends entirely on water quality. Certain cities have good water quality and others just don't even fucking bother drinking their water without a filtration system. The human body, however, is ridiculously durable. All those supposed chemicals you're putting into your body? If your water supply is FDA approved [and it has to be in order for the water to run], then your liver is capable of removing any of the toxins or anything else in it within a few minutes with no side effects at all. Now, in the event of an E. coli outbreak as mentioned before or some other waterborne contaminant? Then boil your water in pots for five minutes. Few waterborne parasites or viruses or bacterial agents survives more than 2 minutes, and after four minutes, none of them survive, period. Then refrigerate to your desired temperature. Buying bottled water is fucking silliness; you're paying $1.29 for a plastic bottle. The water within? All of them are bottled at the source, and the source? Municipal water supplies, baby. All of them. It's a waste of money and if you're an enviro-sensitive type it's a massive drain on the environment for a dozen different reasons.
In other words; no. Water filters are NOT necessary. If you're paranoid, boil your water for a bit and put it in the freezer to chill it. Doing anything more, paying a cent for water from a bottle, and anything else is just silly.
In other words; no. Water filters are NOT necessary. If you're paranoid, boil your water for a bit and put it in the freezer to chill it. Doing anything more, paying a cent for water from a bottle, and anything else is just silly.
