/johnny
Standards for tap water quality are much higher than bottled water, though in some communities where groundwater is very hard or soft, water from outside the area is a better drinking water.
/johnny
Wow, conservatives agreeing with liberals. Disgusting!
It’s a crazy world where people will pay for water, air, dirt, sand, rocks, cow****, etc. When I was a kid, you didn’t have to pay for these things. They were free. Kind of like cellphones, healthcare, food and housing are now to certain people. It’s a backwards world.
Actually, Perrier isn’t just bottled water. It’s sparkling water with a delicious taste.
I speak from memory, because I can’t afford the stuff.
Otherwise, I agree; it’s pretty dumb to drink bottled water unless you’re really stuck somewhere where there’s nothing else that’s safe to drink.
FWIW, the cost of bottled water is basically the cost of packaging, distribution and shipping. Tap water as a utility, provides a common commodity in bulk at a least cost distribution level.
When everybody drinks bottled water, they cause the cost of water utilities to increase because they lower their service volumes, but the distribution system costs the same. The consequence will be higher taxes to maintain the fire mains and distribution systems, although the volumes are generally small compared to the distribution system flows.
I drink beer, cow juice and, sometimes, fruit juice. Tap water will suffice if the others aren’t available. I do not understand designer water.
The tap water is probably great when it leaves the treatment plant. It amazes me that people still drink it after its been through miles and miles of pipes. In many cases those pipes are decades old and in some they are over 100 years old.
Here in Tampa they lose roughly 10% of the water to leaks in the pipes. What gets in through those holes?
Several years ago there was a small town where the water department screwed up and connected a sewer pipe to a water main. People couldn’t figure out what all the grit was in their water, clogging their pipes, coffee makers and so forth. Then there was the white stringy paper like stuff in the water as well.
We always keep bottled water on hand. It’s nice to grab one on the go and I don’t have to worry about washing reusable bottles. At home though all water goes through my Berkey first. Filling it I can smell chlorine in the water. Yuck!
I used to live in Evart Michigan where they bottle Mountain Spring. It used to crack me up to see people buying it at the store when they had it at home for free.
Tap water for me.
Articles like this have been coming out for 30 years. People still want to buy bottled water.
Nothing wrong with making money selling to people something that they want to buy. At a price they are willing to pay.
My frig has a built in filter that gets 92%+ of all organic chemicals, including the chlorine. Makes our less than tasty city water taste great. I fill my washable sport bottle every time I go out in the car.
Bottled water does have its uses, but I do not care for its plastic taste and use it only when expediency necessitates.
We drank (& cooked) with nothing but distilled water till we got an RO.
LOL @ Johnny You’re right! & I thought Perrier came in a blue bottle.
SO basically.. you drink flavored water ;)
By contrast, my hometown tap water was potable—barely. It is slightly yellowish (there is a visible difference in colour between the top and bottom of a Brita jug), and tastes like it was served in a dirty flowerpot.
My tap water has unsafe levels of radium. It’s OK for washing, but I’m not going to ingest too much. Local store has bottled water for about 8 cents a 1/2 liter.
Name brand bottled water is definitely overpriced. Store brands and off brands are more reasonable but still more than tap water - I assume we are mostly paying for the bottles. I spend approx. $2 a week on bottled water, refilling the empties with filtered tap water until the bottles get nasty, then I pull new ones. I know I’m overpaying but it’s not breaking the bank, and the bottles are convenient for lunches and trips.