On the way to work this morning, I heard on the news that a high percentage of bottled water had micro plastics in them. The news brief mentioned that it was from the bottle cap and that a year of consumption can add up to the plastic intake.
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I did a quick search of the latest news and there are quite a few articles regarding the testing of bottled water, the results and the amount of micro plastics in them.
A few times a year, I drive 50 miles to the nearest fresh water spring and fill up 5 & 7 gallon containers. The spring is named Adobe Springs in the mountains of Patterson, California. You can search for a fresh water spring in your area with the findaspring.com website.
Last years fill up at the spring. I connect a water grade hose to the spigot and fill the containers in the back of my truck.
When I am out of fresh spring water, I use a home water filtration system named Berkey. I produced a post about it months ago. It is 2 stainless steel containers with the top holding the filters and gravity feeds the water into the bottom section.
They have a variety of sizes and you select one based on daily consumption.
Filling the top section with tap water
A look at the ceramic filters. It is time for new filters which they have updated, available from their site.
Under the top filter section where the water drains
You can go to the Berkey water site and read the details of the system and how much contaminantes it filters out. I can vouch for the fresh taste of the water and I'm comparing it to fresh spring water from Adobe Springs. (Which has been tested by various labs)
There are a few YT vids that review the Berkey system as well. I watched one video where the guy used creek water that he strained with a cloth, then through the Berkey system and he drank it!
There are plenty of water filters out there, even small portable ones for camping. If you drink a lot of bottled water, you might want to think about filtering it going forward.