Eh, drinking water with bacteria is plenty natural. Water with synthetic PFAS or lead, not so much.
Unless the bacteria is actively causing harm or a variety known to be harmful to humans I'd still rather take my chances with the filters.
Unless the bacteria is actively causing harm or a variety known to be harmful to humans I'd still rather take my chances with the filters.
like I said, hard for me to do a good comparison of the relative risk, but that sounds pretty bad too. some bacteria is normal, but this is like drinking from a stream vs drinking from standing water.