Between the cloud and your glass, something goes missing. The human water system takes its toll. Water is collected from stressed sources, treated with chemicals, piped through aging infrastructure, filtered, bottled, and often shipped across the world.

By the time it reaches you, water has been overprocessed, overtransported, and overcomplicated. None of this makes water unsafe. But it does affect how water tastes, how it feels, and what's left behind after all that processing.