Fast Food Beverages Might be Worse Than Toilet Water

Sorry, the point seems to have been missed that it's the ICE that was the culprit here.  Many people do not understand how the ICE is made.  

The commercial ice machine takes perfectly SAFE tap water (tested regularly) and allows it to be exposed to the environment.  The water lays in an open trough (pan) and is recirculated over a vertical grid called an evaporator (which is extremely cold) where the water is frozen into ice cubes and then dropped into the bin or dispenser.  

The pan in always filled with water and is open to the air in and around the machine.  If someone sneezes near the machine....the airborne particles end up in that open pan of water inside the machine.  

"Brand" restaurants are the best at cleaning this machine (usually twice a year), Subway, once a month due to high yeast, but the machine is constantly exposed to pathogens and can even grow legionnella and other nasties immediately following the cleaning.

The city tap water was perfectly fine.  It's the ICE MACHINE that causes the problems.  Mom  & Pop restaurants are the WORSE.. they have no brand to protect from the media... only health department officials who regularly cite their machines as being "unhealthy" and basically FILTHY inside.

The machine stops working when dead bugs and their body parts clog the pump that recirculates the water.  When you see an "out of order" sign on the machine, it is likely caused by the pump being clogged by bug parts or slime from yeast growing in the trough.

wow, and all this time I have been saying "no ice, I'm alergic" (kinda as a joke, and to see whos paying attention) was acutaly a GOOD THING ^_^

I drink bottled water because it taste better. I like to dring the mountain water. I remember in Utah the city water tasted so good because it came rolling down from the mountains. Even beer drinkers believe that mountain water taste better. I wrote a email to Coke and was told that they use regular city water for their soda. They claim to filter it some, but it is not filtered as much as bottled water is filtered. Now with Nano technology they can filter down to a millioneth or even a billioneth. So in this day and age there is no excuse for dirty water or dirty air. We have gone way beyond the hepa standard of 99.99% pure. With a proper filtration system we can go back to burning our garbage and use that as a fuel to generate heat or electric power to run our cities. Garbage dumps should become a thing of the past.

having seen what is caught in the screens, in a pumping station, for river water in sth aust. many years ago, i haven,t ever drunk any water that isn't boiled first. and i have been using Un -floridated, non-chlorinated, rain water for years..hmmm? and my teeth have never been so cavity free....

the  town waters looks cleaner, nowdays, no floaties and its clear, but all that means is they deflocculate it more, and have better screen materials.  not that it is better. stinks of chlorine!

and if you think your bottled water is much different, sorry, apart from the toxic container it comes in, it's usually just retreated town water, so why?? would you pay for what you could do with a tap filter/or jug filter for little cost.

as to rain/roof pollution, i clean my gutters regularly, and always allow a good volume to run off to yard before i re direct it to the tank, not hard to do. no i dont live in suburbia, but even country air carries dirt ,fumes ,and spray drift, so caution is always best option:-)

I have been considering this and am going to stop buying bottled water!

It's so awful to think what may be in there and why buy when I can get it for free out of my fuacet, we have well water and it's not that bad. also may I suggest...........www.wishuponamural.com