you guys need to take into considerarion the op. its cherry picking to say oh that crazy ca they are so silly. also 1post says banned in ca and another says ca started ans champions the practice which is it, can't have it both ways. lets be honest, and not to throw merk to much under the bus, but if all of ca was full of merk4s, an interesting state it would be.
lets get back to what most people do.
i do know folks in davis where the water isnt palatable, but they sign up for water delivery (where they return the 5g empties) or put in undersink filtration or whole house filtration.
a logical and financially obvious solution to the problem driven by market forces.