SF's water bottle refilling stations are safe, experts say. So, why don't people use them?

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  • Опубліковано 14 чер 2024
  • You may have seen them -- public water bottle refilling stations all over San Francisco -- or maybe you haven't.
    It's free, perfectly healthy, fresh drinking water that many seem to be saying "no thanks" to. Why? The answer might surprise you.
    abc7ne.ws/3y2srqT
    #waterbottle #refilling #water #drinkingwater #abc #abc7news

КОМЕНТАРІ • 56

  • @fixpacifica
    @fixpacifica Місяць тому +39

    Nobody's going to use that water station with a crazy lady standing next to it.

  • @claypidgeon2808
    @claypidgeon2808 Місяць тому +38

    Cause I don't know if someone used the watering station as a bathroom or not.

    • @hsuehhs1
      @hsuehhs1 Місяць тому +1

      That’s no way possible

    • @HanginInSF
      @HanginInSF Місяць тому +4

      They definitely did

  • @mmjcra
    @mmjcra Місяць тому +18

    duh! tap water is not the problem. the problem is the fountains being out in the street and so many idiots out there doing who knows what. keep the street fountains but open more in places where they could be monitored ie: inside buildings, shopping malls etc and then people will use them. why people use the one INSIDE the airport duh!!!

  • @jujub4553
    @jujub4553 Місяць тому +31

    Because people have prob piss and shit in those fountains

    • @getcrack4me
      @getcrack4me Місяць тому

      People have seen people use them to clean their baby's bottoms after changing diapers

    • @michaeljordan317
      @michaeljordan317 Місяць тому

      Yup!

  • @OatStreetAmerica
    @OatStreetAmerica Місяць тому +15

    I passed by one and saw someone washing hairs and shampoo bubbles all around

  • @jackpop4133
    @jackpop4133 Місяць тому +5

    1:59 becoz the stations look dirty...😑

  • @2040wagon
    @2040wagon Місяць тому +2

    What about exterior bacteria? It is not the solids in the water it is the exposure. If they cleaned daily maybe they get used. Is there any in West Part of City? Lands End has a fountain but the park near does not.

  • @steveton1682
    @steveton1682 Місяць тому +9

    If the city is covered in trash, poop, needles, and homeless people - why would you ever trust a public water station to be clean?

  • @deandrebuggs3494
    @deandrebuggs3494 Місяць тому +5

    Ok, but a person not in the right mind set may put their mouth on the sprout or finger on it. They should of had a cover where the water falls from high up though a small hole in a cover near the bottom to prevent anyone from touching the sprout or directing putting their mouth on it.

  • @JorgeMendoza-415
    @JorgeMendoza-415 Місяць тому +6

    SF's tap water is the best water i've had across the 50 states. I;ve only drank tap water across 8 different states, but my sentiment still stands!
    i used to drink SF tap water from the hose connected to a floor spout on a football field. That water still tasted better that the chlorinated stuff I ger here in San Diego

    • @mmjcra
      @mmjcra Місяць тому +1

      @MoonCricket-yr1xn please don't come to sf then.

    • @getcrack4me
      @getcrack4me Місяць тому

      yes SF water is the best because it comes from Hetch Hetchy in the Sierras but the problem is the access points since they're public fountains

  • @davidpark9325
    @davidpark9325 Місяць тому +4

    Because we are a disgusting society. New York has popular water stations but they don't have the sanitation issues or perception of unhealthiness like we do

  • @jessicah3782
    @jessicah3782 Місяць тому +3

    SF has a very interesting water history and yes is one of the naturally cleanest waters in the nation. It does taste great. However, I would never use a tap somewhere outside or downtown just because of all the druggies and randos that will do god knows what to them. I don't imagine the stations to be clean. If she was at a local mall or airport, I'm sure she would have seen people use these tap water stations there.

  • @jasonsmith1143
    @jasonsmith1143 Місяць тому +1

    people must feel lucky living in SF. Free water stations!!!!

  • @akui88
    @akui88 Місяць тому +2

    i have see too many people using the fountains as a wash station...
    also when was the last time these water fountains have been cleaned/sanitized?

  • @davinxi5926
    @davinxi5926 Місяць тому +3

    How come parks dont have rangers and i rarely see maintenance people

  • @itweety21
    @itweety21 Місяць тому +3

    The pilot " no is NOT 🚫 says who * " he just got exposed the sad way . Probably a circus 🎪 Pilot

  • @lucasstuart-chilcote7069
    @lucasstuart-chilcote7069 Місяць тому +1

    Larry is right. The design of them is not noticeable. You aren’t familiar with what it is. My SF workplace has a water fountain and it does taste very good.

  • @celebrityrog
    @celebrityrog Місяць тому +3

    2 Reasons I stopped using them. 1. THERE AREN'T ENOUGH OF THEM AND CERTAINLY NOT IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS WE COULD USE THEM and 2. ALL OF THEM ARE DIRTY AND COVERED IN STICKERS, GRIME, DRUG USERS.

  • @karla4799
    @karla4799 Місяць тому +2

    The water is not the problem. I trust the water, I just don't trust people not touching the water fountain. With all the crackheads around I don't know what they have used the fountain for.

  • @duotronic6451
    @duotronic6451 Місяць тому +2

    Hetxh Hetchy water. Straight from Yosemite. Best water in the world. ❤❤❤

  • @SFPhilo
    @SFPhilo Місяць тому +3

    'cause of the big ol'luggie at the drain?

  • @harmonk8012
    @harmonk8012 Місяць тому +2

    I saw a homeless guy using the water station wto clean himself at GGP. Doen't affect the qater quality, still good water, but I'm not using it.

  • @n6jwp
    @n6jwp Місяць тому +3

    The one at the Golden Gate Bridge, I have seen homeless and raccoons bathing in it.

  • @kungfumaster9883
    @kungfumaster9883 Місяць тому +1

    Part of the problem i think is that most of these stations are next to a toilet. Most people dont usually feel like getting drinking water that close to a restroom.

  • @LeeRCGaS
    @LeeRCGaS Місяць тому

    am I the only one that was bothered by the way she tongued that water bottle. @2:06

  • @janbrittenson210
    @janbrittenson210 Місяць тому +1

    A LOT of the fountains on the DrinkTap map are inside fenced-off and gated playgrounds where an adult can't enter by themselves even if only to fill their water bottle.

  • @Thomas23-tu8gj
    @Thomas23-tu8gj Місяць тому +1

    Lemme guess. The city spend thousands per station to go along with its $7 million toilet.

  • @hoyitsjoe
    @hoyitsjoe Місяць тому

    You can buy bottles of water and other bottled drinks at SFO when you to the gates, they're at all the gift shops.

  • @FlyBoyMT
    @FlyBoyMT Місяць тому +2

    How dense are these reporters’ brains? Like seriously all they have to do is look at this comments section and realize why people avoid that stuff….as if it wasn’t already blatantly obvious

  • @hhch2
    @hhch2 Місяць тому

    Having that reporter drink that water at 2:01 is like asking Mr. Burns to eat that three-eyed mutant fish on the Simpsons.

  • @alihakimi1707
    @alihakimi1707 Місяць тому

    Make bathrooms instead

  • @DZE457
    @DZE457 Місяць тому +5

    The water is making the frogs ghay.

    • @beelikemizu604
      @beelikemizu604 Місяць тому

      I knew this comment was in here somewhere 😂

  • @Blackcuts
    @Blackcuts Місяць тому

    Maybe cause the homeless clean up in them?

  • @jtf267
    @jtf267 Місяць тому +1

    I remember a story saying that the water dispenser at SFO had more germs than anything else at tge airport... so we stopped using public dispensers. After reading the other comments, we definitely will not use.

  • @SageNameless
    @SageNameless Місяць тому

    lies..lies..lies...go get it test..

  • @alihakimi1707
    @alihakimi1707 Місяць тому +2

    Has fluoride and big pharma leftovers

  • @davinxi5926
    @davinxi5926 Місяць тому

    Simple remove them. And and the rest of the water. Saved money and time. The bathroom never get cleaned

  • @greenonions2565
    @greenonions2565 Місяць тому

    There was 1 on Post street in front of the CYC “center “ it was removed already few days ago. I do not see anyone actually working at CYC “center” at the location except the owners son few times with the father…talking like a thug and walking with his pant s down with his underwear showing…they were both Asians but they talk like they are from the Hood and they are African Americans. I have only seen 1 worker cleaning 1 corner 1 time only.

  • @michaelwells7348
    @michaelwells7348 Місяць тому

    ~ Great place to Wash Ur Feet.....~ If they were to despence free Beer People would be fighting over them ...

  • @regulateyoubasters3592
    @regulateyoubasters3592 Місяць тому

    At night people pee on it😊