[gorkonsine]

It is. People who have to resort to drinking bottled water because the tap water is unsafe do live in a third world country.

Draw whatever conclusion from that that you like.

[heurist]

To be fair even in a first world system it's a good idea to filter drinking water again before consuming it. A countertop filtration system is much less expensive than one month of OP's bottled water. $80-200 for the initial setup, $30 every six months to replace the filters... cheaper than $60/mo, probably produces cleaner water in most cases.

[justadeveloper2]

That is due to coliform contamination, though. Those countries have feces in their water supply directly and in huge amounts.

[blackbagboys]

What first world country is free of this type of water contamination?

[kazinator]

Antarctica. You drill down into some millions-of-years-old chunk of ice and drink that.

Draw whatever conclusion from that you like.