Does Bottled Water Expire?
One thing that I never see an expiration date on is bottles of water.
I sometimes imagine a huge freighter bringing Evian water from France crossing the Atlantic so we can drink it here, while people in France for that brief time got freighter loads of water from the Hamptons.
Like many people, I’ve taken to carrying a bottle of water with me wherever I go every day.
I think water CAN go bad.
If the drinker’s just me, then the bottle is still good for a second day.
Another rule: If a passenger in my car drank some of my water, then it’s not good even the next day.
Or maybe—and this is really first class—I refill it from the water I get from the refrigerator door.
Refrigerator water, in my view, really can be drunk for days and days.
Finally, it’s all done right there, in the refrigerator, so this is the ultimate in what environmentalists tell you to do, which is to “buy local.” I do think that filtered, ice cold water from your refrigerator here in the Hamptons is probably the best water there is.