Study Shows that Bottled Water is No Purer the Tap Water

The Environmental Working Group based in Washington D.C. has recently published a reported that bottle water found in you local market and convenience store may be no better then water that pours from the kitchen.

The study showed that out of ten top selling bottled water brands, a collection of 38 pollutants were found including, industrial chemicals, bacteria, drug residue from drugs like Tylenol and fertilizer. This is very disturbing considering that Americans have more than doubled their bottle water consumption since 1997. As of 2007, $10.3 billion was spent on bottled water on that year alone. Don’t be expecting pristine water from natural springs when purchasing water from the store but rather whatever the city is supplying. On an average you are paying more then 1,500 times for “premium” bottled water then you would for tap, which you are drinking anyways.

Perhaps one of the most ironic aspects of this bizarre case is that public water utilities are required to inform customers about contaminants that may be present in tap water and how it is purified but companies selling bottled water outside of California are not held to such rules.

All brands were treated at independent laboratories for fair results. Sam’s Choice purified drinking water sold at Wal-Mart found levels of chemicals known as trihalomethanes, known to cause cancer at high doses, easily exceeded state standards.

So how do you prevent dirty water and getting ripped off outside of stopping drinking water all together? Our staff at Air-n-Water has thoroughly tested some water purification units and can recommend some affordable solutions to give you the water you deserve.

What We Recommend:

The Filter-Ice Aqua-Pure Water Purifier is a great cost effective way to get bottle fresh water from refrigerators, ice-makers, water fountains coffee makers or any other water dispensing device. It has an easy to install screw-ion design to fit just about anywhere and can remove particulates and filter for up to 1,500 gallons. You will notice results immediately.

You will always have healthy pure water with the Filter-Ice Aqua-Pure Water Purifier. Maybe perhaps is the amount of money you will be saving instead of buying bottled water that might be coming from the tap anyways. If this study has shown anything, is that consumers have to be more aware, and the best way is to take water purification into your own hands.