Bottled Water Toxicity and Money Waste
Posted by easy eco blog
Environmental Working Group has a report that their Oakland office tested 10 brands of bottled water and found that Wal-Mart’s Sam’s Choice contained chemical levels that exceeded legal limits in California and the voluntary standards adopted by the industry. They also have articles on why bottled water is a no go.
“Some of the Sam’s Choice bottled water purchased from Wal-Marts in Mountain View and Oakland came from Las Vegas Valley Water District’s sometimes-chlorinated public water supply, the group found.” Interesting, doesn’t Las Vegas have a drought problem?
“Americans drank more than 9 billion gallons in 2007, and fewer than half of 228 brands of bottled water reveal their source. Typical cost is $3.79 per gallon, 1,900 times the cost of public tap water. Families easily spend over $1000 a year on bottled water. Green campaigns have focused on steering away from bottled water because manufacturing, transporting and sending unrecycled bottles to the landfill use natural resources and create an environmental burden.”
Considering bottled water does not offer better quality than tap water, costs MORE than gas, and drains the environment, just say no. Use a Brita water filter if you are concerned with your tap water. Fewer than 15% of water bottles are recycled, leading to a big waste of resources.
The CamelBak BPA-Free Better Water Bottle is a low cost water bottle that I switched to. No more buying bottled water and no BPA.
Stainless steel water bottles are also a good bet. Just make sure they have no plastic interior liner or BPA liner.
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A few words on water treatment systems….
How do you change people’s perception of tap water, while also providing them with the security the masses have come to associate with bottled water? Installing a whole house water filter or commercial water treatment system is a great alternative. Doing so will optimize water quality, help to minimize our reliance on natural resources such as oil and offset our impact on the environment in the transport and disposal of plastic bottles.
Benefits to installing a water treatment system for home or commercial applications include removing disagreeable tastes and odors, including objectionable chlorine, many chemicals and gases, and in some cases it can be effective against microorganisms. In particular, reverse osmosis is highly effective in removing up to 99% of contaminants in water. It removes several impurities from water such as total dissolved solids, turbidity, asbestos, lead and other toxic heavy metals, radium, and many dissolved organics. The process will also remove chlorinated pesticides and most heavier-weight VOCs.
Water treatment and reverse osmosis systems can be implemented for use in housing developments, cosmetic production, food processors, hospitals, remote area drinking water systems, and water stores, just to name a few. So next time you reach for a bottle of water, make sure it’s a reusable bottle (preferably stainless steel), and fill it up with delicious tap water recently purified by your water treatment or reverse osmosis system.