Posted on 01/16/2009 10:28:06 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
What Are the Types of Bottled Water?
There are several types of bottled water on the market today and each kind has a different level of quality and method of production. Spring water and purified water represent the main options available to the consumer. There seems to be a belief among many consumers that spring water represents the best option for those looking for the purest water. However, in reality this is a misconception brought on by clever marketing from spring water companies. Upon closer inspection it becomes clear that the for the purity concerned water drinker, purified bottled water represents the absolute best option.
Why Choose Purified Bottled Water instead of Bottled Spring Water?
Spring water companies have been very successful at making consumers believe that spring water represents the most pure option on the market. The multi-national conglomerates that dominate the water industry have spent millions of advertising dollars to brand spring water as a premium bottled water product. Unfortunately, many consumers end up buying spring water instead of the more pure bottled water options on the market because they don’t know the truth.
Consumers often do not realize that spring waters fluctuate in quality because the aquifers from which they emanate are constantly in a state of change. Spring water companies typically describe their sources as "protected areas" however when you look at the facts springs are recharged via the hydrologic cycle. When rain replenishes the springs there can be all sorts of contaminants introduced into the springs. Some of the geology of the area can help to filter out some contaminants but it can also add some others. With so much uncertainty and lack of consistency, spring water cannot be considered the purest bottled water option.
When looking for the purest bottled water on the market consumers should forgo spring water and instead choose ultra-purified bottled water. Contrary to spring water, true ultra-purified water undergoes a rigorous and standardized purification process. To meet the legal definition of "purified water", water impurities must be removed or reduced to extremely low levels. Water which meets this definition is of higher purity than spring water, tap water or filtered water.
To find the best purified water one should seek out a company that purifies their bottled water through a multi-stage purification process. The purification system used should include Micron Sediment Filtration, Ion Exchange, Granular Activated Carbon, Micron Carbon Filtration, Ultraviolet Disinfection, Dual-Pass Reverse Osmosis, Ozonation and Continuous Recirculation. When set up properly, these purification techniques will produce water of extremely high purity and remove all of the nasty contaminants found in spring water and tap water.
A bottled water company using a purification system with all of the techniques previously mentioned could produce exceptionally pure water from any source. The end result would always be the same ultra-purified water free of contaminants such as heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors and volatile organic compounds.
How can you get Purified Bottled Water?
So now that you know ultra-purified water is the most pure bottled water on the market you need to know where to find it. Purified water can be found in some grocery stores typically in single serve bottles in the range or 16.9 oz to 24 oz bottles. While single serve bottles can be great for on the go situations they aren’t always practical or economical for fulfilling your regular hydration needs at the home or office.
To meet your daily water needs it is best to get ultra-purified water in large bottles, typically 5 gallon or 3 gallon bottles and then to dispense the water through a water cooler or other type of water dispenser. Very few retail stores carry ultra-purified water in large bottles so the best option is to find a local bottled water delivery company to bring the bottles to you.
A good local bottled water company will bring 3 and 5 gallon bottles of water directly to your home or office with enough water to last for several weeks. This will take the hassle out of going to the store and allow you to consume the purest water (purified by multiple processes including reverse osmosis) possible in a practical and economical way. Best Purified Bottled Water – 5 gallon and 3 gallon water bottles
I get filtered water from my home. Cheap, and you actually are not wasting a crapload of plastic.
I believe P.T. Barnum said it best, and here's another example why.
If it tastes good, that’s a good sign. Just avoid those overrated brands like Pisse en Bouteille and Eau “Madame Curie”.
Bottled water is so, like, over...
Trendy restaurants in California serve only the finest tap water.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/dining/30wate.html
Obama bottled water recently hit stores in LA .. will soon be on sale in other major cities.
What is the best type of bottled water?
Uisce beatha.
Use reverse osmosis at home and fill/refill your own bottles.
There is an instrument you can use to test your tap water
and bottled water you get from the store.
Then test your under the sink reverse osmosis water. I love it.
Berkefeld. Filters last for years.
I was raised on well water and maybe I’m brainwashed but spring water tastes best, most natural, to me. Purified water tastes like, well, purified tap water.
I called my favorite spring water bottler and found out that they actually purify the spring water by some process whose name I don’t recall.
Haha...misspelled backwards.
Bottle your own via a Reverse Osmosis system. Not too difficult to install under your sink and all the water an average family could want for cooking and drinking daily. Just get a water bottle and fill it.
If you don’t want to go that route look for bottled water that has been treated via reverse osmosis.
We have been doing this for 19 years. No intake of chlorine or flouride for the family plus many other unknowns.
oh duh me...at least you got the drift
Our municipal water supply draws from a mile out in northern Lake Michigan. It is some of the best water
anywhere.
Also,there are two artesian springs that are available,one in Harbor Springs,and another, in Alanson,where you can fill jugs all day long.
There are some advantages to live in Northern Michigan,and I guess fresh water is one of the most important of them.
That said, it is still bone-chilling cold out here tonight.
I like Spring Water - because of the taste.
One particular brand (I forget which one) comes from the municipal water system of the City of Cleveland, Ohio. Read the label, it’s supposed to state the origin of the water supply.
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