The public should never be required to filter out pollution, especially from basic necessities such as water.
In most developed areas consumers don’t have to. The utility filters out benzene at the plant and it doesn’t leak into the water supply pipes except possibly during “boil water” advisories which are rolled out when water pressure drops enough for the pipes to leak in rather than only leak out.
Next they need to train all the animals to drink from public fountains
How does benzene impact plants?
It's an electrolyte, so they crave it. /s
Morally sure, but the cost of trusting the authorities on this one is too high.
Ah yes, let's equip every home with a reverse osmosis machine so oil companies can spill stuff everywhere they please.
Of course that's not what I said. But accidents and spills happen, and there are things you can do to make your water safe(r) if you are worried about it.
I mean, I don’t think it’s necessary because this is filtered by the utility but would adding $1,000 [0] to a home really change the economics of home ownership much? For much more comprehensive filtering for one sink the cost is $250, you’d install this on maybe 2-6 sinks of a home which costs >$300,000.
I'm from a country with no real guarantees about the water supply. Most people only have a filter installed on their kitchen faucet and just avoid ingesting water from any other taps in the house.