Someone specifically requested it be changed away from picking up 4 bottles for effeciency reasons. Lots of people pushed back on it after the change was made, so I'll be reverting it next patch.
Pretty sure the efficiency idea is to only pick up 1 bottle, total, in that bundle. One bottle is enough to reach the water pouches before dying, and those are more efficient than small water bottles, even from the table. Then before leaving Talos, pick up the other 3 bottles from the table plus 2 from extraction, just to have 5 in storage.