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BoredPineapple790 t1_je2ztvq wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in This bottled water’s primary marketing is that it goes straight from the sewage treatment plant to your mouth. by Asteroth6

Probably less bacteria than what comes out of the tap

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[deleted] t1_je33l6p wrote

If it’s been through a series of chlorination and reverse osmosis, it should have no microorganisms

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BoredPineapple790 t1_je53z2n wrote

Theoretically yes but unless you religiously sanitize the system, there will be a small microbial load. I used to test DI water systems and unless the ports were sprayed with alcohol and kept closed, you could isolate bacteria. I also had issues with a chorine resistant biofilm that formed in an isolated section of piping that caused contamination.

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[deleted] t1_je56ic8 wrote

I suppose that what an immune system is for

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