Tap Water vs. Bottled Water

The debate between bottled water and tap water has raged on for... well about a decade. Since the inception of bottled water, a clear division has been created between the two sides. Misinformed? Maybe.

I discovered an awesome video that I thought I would share on my blog that provides information on bottled water. It is an eight minute video (worth your time) about the follies about bottled water and the lies consumers have been fed. Bottled water is a large contributor to green house gases and ocean pollution. If we could all drink less bottled water, we would be doing a large part in making this world better for us and future generations. If you don't have time to watch the video, book mark my page or read the summary below. Enjoy! :)



I urge you to make the change. Carry a re-usable water bottle around. Make sure that it is stainless steel, because these last longer and are actually healthier than plastic bottles. Remember, just ten years ago, we thought it was silly charging people for water that was free, but now it is a hot item. We can be smarter than that.

I'm also aware that the ads on my page might be selling you bottled water, unfortunately I can not control what shows up, because it picks up on keywords in my blog.

Summary of the video
- Fiji bottled water compared itself to the "dirty" tap water of Cleveland. Lab test showed that Fiji bottled water was lower quality, tasted worse in blind taste tests, and costs 2,000 times more than tap water.

- 500,000,000 bottles of water are sold in the United States every week, enough to circle the earth five times.

- Bottled water companies are divisions of soft drink companies, like Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

- Bottled water companies were unable to sell bottled water a decade ago, so they scared people into thinking tap water was dirty, seduced us with mountains and forest pictures.

- 1/3 of bottled water companies use tap water as their source of water.

- The amount of oil used to make bottled waters in America in a single year could fuel one million cars. This does not even include shipping and transportation fuel.

- About 80 per cent of bottles end up in landfills. The remaining 20 per cent that are supposed to be recycled either ends up in dumps in Asia or are used to create other non-recyclable products.

- Cities spend millions of tax dollars disposing of bottled water we throw out which could be used else where.

- The cost of one package of bottled water can provide five years of tap water in Africa to an entire village. This is a fact directly from their website, not the video.