Bottled Water Vs. Filtered Water

"Quality in-home water filtration is by far the best way to ensure healthy water for you and your family. A single home or office water filtration system can prevent thousands of plastic bottles "per year" from entering and damaging our environment..."

Courtesy of BottledWaterBlues.com

Take Back the Tap

"There are numerous environmental concerns with bottled water: the production and consumption of bottled water consumes energy, pollutes the environment, and contributes to global warming. Producing the plastic bottles uses energy and emits toxic chemicals. Transporting the bottled water across hundreds or thousands of miles spews carbon dioxide into the air, complicating our efforts to combat global climate change. And in the end, empty bottles are piling up in landfills."

San Francisco Department of Public Health's "Bottled Water vs Tap Water: Making a Healthy Choice"

"...Often bottled water is shipped from distant sources, or imported from foreign countries, thus, bottled water increases fossil fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and air pollution. Car trips taken to the store to purchase bottled water also increase use of fossil fuels and decrease local air quality. Use of bottled water also increases solid waste due to discarded plastic containers. Although most water is sold in recyclable plastic containers, not all of the containers are recycled and a portion inevitably end up in the landfill. Another environmental consideration is the fact that the EPA mandates that municipal water treatment facilities manage and protect the watersheds from which they draw their water. FDA only mandates that the source of the bottled water be protected but says nothing about the watershed as a whole..."

BBC News: Australia Town Bans Bottled Water

"A rural town in Australia has voted overwhelmingly to ban the sale of bottled water over concerns about its environmental impact."

Unicef's Tap Project

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's "Water Health Series: Bottled Water Basics"

"...Other terms used on the label about the
source, such as “glacier water” or “mountain water,”
are not regulated standards of identity and may not
indicate that the water is necessarily from a pristine
area..."

Find the best filter for your tap water

"Bottled water isn't any cleaner or safer than the water that flows from your tap. In fact, studies have shown that sometimes those bottles are filled with untreated tap water.

One thing is certain, bottled water is much more expensive than tap. The New York Times estimates that it costs about $1,400 a year for someone to get their eight glasses of water a day from a bottle, versus about 49 cents for an annual supply of tap water. You can calculate your own cost for drinking bottled versus tap..."

Courtesy of Yahoo Green