Comments on: Murky(ting) Water http://antiadvertisingagency.com/2008/09/15/murkyting-water/ The Anti-Advertising Agency Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:01:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: mandiberg http://antiadvertisingagency.com/2008/09/15/murkyting-water/comment-page-1/#comment-43480 mandiberg Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:29:12 +0000 http://antiadvertisingagency.com/?p=979#comment-43480 <p>Yes, of course. But in those circumstances your bottle is not going to be 12 ounces. Its going to be 5 gallons. Really, the real star of this show are all the mom and pop water purification shops that thrive in places where the water is not potable, even after a britta-ing. The only transportation is carrying it back two blocks and up the stairs to your apartment. 25 cents per gallon. </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/theredproject/2860657010//" title="Water Stores by mandiberg, on Flickr" rel="nofollow">Like these shops, in LA</a></p> Yes, of course. But in those circumstances your bottle is not going to be 12 ounces. Its going to be 5 gallons. Really, the real star of this show are all the mom and pop water purification shops that thrive in places where the water is not potable, even after a britta-ing. The only transportation is carrying it back two blocks and up the stairs to your apartment. 25 cents per gallon.

Like these shops, in LA

]]> By: afischer http://antiadvertisingagency.com/2008/09/15/murkyting-water/comment-page-1/#comment-43478 afischer Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:16:56 +0000 http://antiadvertisingagency.com/?p=979#comment-43478 <p>The only caveat being that Brita filters are not for all cases. Brita filters don't actually do that great a job filtering out those kind of contaminants. Really the only case where I am sympathetic to bottled water drinking is in places where lead and copper contamination is common.</p> The only caveat being that Brita filters are not for all cases. Brita filters don’t actually do that great a job filtering out those kind of contaminants. Really the only case where I am sympathetic to bottled water drinking is in places where lead and copper contamination is common.

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