In the year 2018, there’s water and then there’s water. Consuming untreated, unfiltered, so-called “raw water,” is becoming increasingly popular in certain communities like Silicon Valley, according to The New York Times. And, in NYC, the trend is even infiltrating cocktail culture, where one enterprising bar is using this controversial liquid as a star ingredient.
Advocates claim pure spring water (aka raw water) contains health-boosting minerals and beneficial bacteria that are stripped out during the filtration and treatment process that water undergoes before it hits your tap or bottle. Additionally, many devotees choose raw water because it isn’t treated with fluoride or chlorine, as many municipal water supplies are. On the flipside, critics point to the fact that while water treatment plants remove some minerals, these processes also remove pesticides, contaminants, and bacteria, and that drinking raw water can lead to serious illness, and even death.
In the year 2018, there’s water and then there’s water. Consuming untreated, unfiltered, so-called “raw water,” is becoming increasingly popular in certain communities like Silicon Valley, according to The New York Times. And, in NYC, the trend is even infiltrating cocktail culture, where one enterprising bar is using this controversial liquid as a star ingredient.
Advocates claim pure spring water (aka raw water) contains health-boosting minerals and beneficial bacteria that are stripped out during the filtration and treatment process that water undergoes before it hits your tap or bottle. Additionally, many devotees choose raw water because it isn’t treated with fluoride or chlorine, as many municipal water supplies are. On the flipside, critics point to the fact that while water treatment plants remove some minerals, these processes also remove pesticides, contaminants, and bacteria, and that drinking raw water can lead to serious illness, and even death.