Bottled Water? Some Facts

[johnnyone1]

--It takes close to 17 millions barrels of oil to produce the 30 billion water bottles that U.S. citizens go through every year – i.e. if you imagine each water bottle filled a quarter of the way up with oil, that’s how much oil it takes to produce the bottle.
--It takes more water to produce a bottle than the bottle itself will hold.
Canadians consume more than two billion litres of bottles water a year.
--900 kilometres off the coast of California, in an area known as the North Pacific Gyre, there swirls an ever expanding island of plastic debris that is 30 metres deep and is bigger than the province of Quebec.
--Bottled water is more expensive than an equivalent amount of gasoline.
--Coca-Cola filters and bottles water from municipal supplies in Calgary, Alberta and Brampton, Ontario for its Dasani brand.
--Pepsi’s Aquafina brand is filtered from municipal supplies in Vancouver, B.C. and Mississauga, Ontario.

Source: Magazine article by Dr. David Suzuki

 

[johnnyone1]

What really aggravates me is that companies like Coke and Pepsi draw their water, almost for free from municipal supplies, "filters" it (by reverse osmosis) and sells it to us from pop machines etc. for $1.00 or more per 500ml bottle ($2.00 per litre).

That is approx 65 cents more than a litre of gas!

 

[ricardo47]

What really aggravates me is that companies like Coke and Pepsi draw their water, almost for free from municipal supplies, "filters" it (by reverse osmosis) and sells it to us from pop machines etc. for $1.00 or more per 500ml bottle ($2.00 per litre).

That is approx 65 cents more than a litre of gas!

Only to those who continue to buy it!!!!!

 

[onthebottom]

I thought this was fascinating and frightening....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch

 

[Keebler Elf]

I don't buy bottled water because it's better for me, I buy it for the convenience.

I think we're a long way from the times when people thought bottled water was more pure than drinking water.

 

[johnnyone1]

I don't buy bottled water because it's better for me, I buy it for the convenience.

I think we're a long way from the times when people thought bottled water was more pure than drinking water.

I just refill my plastic bottle from the faucet. My wife keeps bugging me to buy a stainless steel bottle but I can't find a one and half litre or larger size.

I think that there are A LOT of people out there that still believe that bottled water is safer.

 

[ricardo47]

I thought this was fascinating and frightening....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch

This is why I get my "bottled water" in 44 litre jugs at about 3 bucks! Better for
the environment. And all I have to do is fill up a couple of the smaller bottles and stick them in the frig for use when I go walking, etc. I know the water I have is safe and from the smell of chlorine, etc coming from the water exiting taps these days I feel safer. Who knows what else is in there.
Get the tap water tested and see whats there.

 

[bogo]

I just refill my plastic bottle from the faucet. My wife keeps bugging me to buy a stainless steel bottle but I can't find a one and half litre or larger size.

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As you intimate, beware of the plastic container you use. As most know I am sure, the plastic containers with a 7 in the recycle triangle are supposedly a carcinogen.

 

[johnnyone1]

This is why I get my "bottled water" in 44 litre jugs at about 3 bucks! Better for
the environment. And all I have to do is fill up a couple of the smaller bottles and stick them in the frig for use when I go walking, etc. I know the water I have is safe and from the smell of chlorine, etc coming from the water exiting taps these days I feel safer. Who knows what else is in there.
Get the tap water tested and see whats there.

If you install a carbon filter on the faucet it will get rid of the chlorine smell.

 

[ricardo47]

If you install a carbon filter on the faucet it will get rid of the chlorine smell.

And the etc part?? There are many ways to filter "stuff" out of the water. I just chose to do it this way and it's worked well for me and my family over the past 30 years.

 

[herames]

And the etc part?? There are many ways to filter "stuff" out of the water. I just chose to do it this way and it's worked well for me and my family over the past 30 years.

Dave Suzuki can lick the sweat off my balls.
I have a 4 station Reverse Osmosis System... i have had one for 8 years...i never buy bottled water because its better out of my filter system..Dansani and Aquafina are the same thing ...they just add minerals i don't want. System is $350 ...buy a good one and not the shit one ebay that has plastic products from China. Home hardware has good america/Cdn systems.Maintenance is 30 a year for filter replacement. the membrane filter every 4 + years. And

 

[ricardo47]

Dave Suzuki can lick the sweat off my balls.
I have a 4 station Reverse Osmosis System... i have had one for 8 years...i never buy bottled water because its better out of my filter system..Dansani and Aquafina are the same thing ...they just add minerals i don't want. System is $350 ...buy a good one and not the shit one ebay that has plastic products from China. Home hardware has good america/Cdn systems.Maintenance is 30 a year for filter replacement. the membrane filter every 4 + years. And

That is fine if you own your own house and plan to stay there but it isn't very portable or useful for apartments? And Mr Suzuki has nothing to do with this. As I said, I've been doing this for 30 years....long before anyone really thought much about the environment and in fact, bottled water wasn't being sold in stores. The place I get my water is also a 4 station Reverse Osmosis System filtered when I get my water. I know who owns the place and know the system is checked regularly. Works for me.

 

[herames]

my sis and bro and law rent..they bought an ok system on line...30 min install...just the hole in the kitchen counter is questionable...worked out the landlord would buy it if they moved. before that 30 years ago we had a Distiller...if you don't have a post filter on that it tastes like metal

 

[ricardo47]

I wouldn't take that chance. We had to move a lot with the business I was in and this was the better option. Earlier, it was difficult finding stores that did the 4 station thing but that has since improved. Now I live by myself and it's really inexpensive.

 

[herames]

Reerse Osmosis systems bypass a lot of water to get you the amoutn tht comes out of the tap.

"Feel" all you want but municipal tap water run through a activated charcoal filter is incredibly safe and has no chlorine.

If you want to filter out any chance of bacteria/virus'/cysts etc you can go to a ceramic media filter.

i am in the process of putting one at the cottage to draw water straight out of the lake(run of Algonquin PK)...need a UV lite to kill the bacteria/virus'/cysts... city water is lead and Chlorine issues...

 

[johnnyone1]

http://www.newwaveenviro.com/stainless-steel-c-8_2_11.html

http://www.kleankanteen.com/2products/klean-kanteen-27oz.html

http://www.kleankanteen.com/2products/klean-kanteen-40oz.html

Thanks for the info.

I guess I have to go and get one now.