Your best water source: Tap or bottled?.
Water-related subjects such as weather, floods, drought or contamination are often featured on the news promoted to the public; the situation in Flint, Michigan is a case in point.
These topics can be great concern throughout the United States and the world and significantly affect our daily lives; thus, like every subject, information and understanding are essential… The Marshall Utilities recently included a pamphlet in its monthly greeting to customers entitled “Consumer Confidence Report.” It contains the results of monitoring parameters performed on its drinking water during the last year.
The report, although somewhat detailed, initiates thought and confidence and should be reviewed by all of us.
It is estimated that bottle water costs about $3.79 per gallon, which is 2,000 times the cost of tap water and 100 times the cost of home-filtered water…and yet we buy it!
Of course, some consumers believe that bottle water is better.
Compared to some tap water, it is more (or less) tasty, and its use, especially in children, requires supplemental fluoride medication to prevent dental diseases.
However, it is a well-known fact that the dangers in drinking water are often from the contaminants that you cannot taste…and the ones that are removed by municipal purification systems.
It is often an unappreciated fact that the water contained in that bottle with the attractive label depicting a mountain stream, a flowing spring, or glacial ice often contains water from a municipal source and marketed by a food industry giant.
A common recommendation has been eight glasses of water each day.