Based on claims in a Huffington Post, here as some reasons that bottle water is such a bad idea for our society:
1. For every liter of bottled water you purchase, three liters of water are used
-- one in the bottle and two in the production. To put it bluntly,
every time you take a drink, you're using up three times that much of
the earth's water supply.
2. One-third of the cost of your imported bottled water goes for transportation costs
-- which means that much more carbon pollution of our atmosphere. So
at least drink local products if you must have bottled water.
3. A
single bottle of water costs as much as the entire amount of tap water
used for cooking, washing dishes, showering, and toilet flushing
combined. If a family used bottled water for all this, instead of tap water, their water bill would be $9000 a month.
4. Why does it cost so much? Besides the production, shipping, stocking, middle-man profits, store profits, there's the advertising to get you to buy it.
In the end, it's just H2O
-- same as tap water. Unless you get the flavored kind, or the fizzy
kind, or the kind with all sorts of additives, which just makes it cost
more. Your body simply flushes those out and uses the H2O.
So why not just buy a reusable bottle and fill it with tap water? Save money. Save the planet.
Ralph
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On the other hand, here are a couple of arguments for bottled water:
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2. If there is a water shortage in your area, it is one way of importing water without your city having to pay for it.
That's about all I can think of. The other things, like convenience, taking it with you in the car, on the trail, etc. can easily be solved by having a refillable water bottle that you fill with tap water.