What happens to those single-use, non-biodegradable, plastic bottles?
The list of monitored contaminants and acceptable levels are very similar.
The EPA requires that community water systems (suppliers of most tap water) provide Consumer Confidence Reports, which describe their water quality in detail and are publicly available to all consumers.
Bottled water is FAR more expensive than tap water If you buy bottled water for drinking all year, you’d pay about $1,400.
Bottled water costs between 450 and 10,000 times the cost of tap water, depending on the brand and quantity of purchase.
Bottled water use is harmful to the environment The plastic material used to store bottled water (PET or Polyethylene Terephthalate) is non-biodegradable, and even though it is recyclable, as much as 85 percent of these bottles end up in the trash.
For every pound of PET made, 3 pounds of atmospheric CO2 is generated.
It takes as much as 3 gallons of water to produce 1-gallon of bottled water.
Buy your own refillable bottle, fill it with tap water, and carry it with you.
Adding final filtration to your tap water can improve flavor, add additional protection, and is still far cheaper than bottled water.