This was not news to us... which is why we rarely buy small bottles of
bottled water. I will occasionally if I accidently run out of water in
the truck having forgotten to fill my two water bottles I keep in there
and I get thirsty.
I like Aquafina when I do buy it. I have an Aquafina bottle that I've
been re-using now for about 3 months. I re-fill it mostly from the DI
tap at work that supplies deinonized water to the chemistry analyzer in
the lab. I like the taste of DI water. It actually has a sweet flavor.
The second bottle is a small gator ade bottle.
At home, we re-use glass 4 liter wine bottles (Carlo Rossi) for water.
We purchase it at wal-mart for $.25 per gallon from the purified water
vending machine. It has a very good flavor also. Water stored in glass
tastes better than water stored in plastic. ymmv.
I'm aware that that's just city water well filtered and run past UV
radiation to disinfect it.
We don't purchase purified water for health reasons (altho' filtering
out the fluoride is a plus). The issue we have with tap water is that it
tastes like crap. The filters help and buying water from the machines is
cheaper and less hassle than maintaining a filtration system here at
home and since it makes the water TASTE good, we drink more of it.
Both of us drink water in preference to any other beverage. I drink up
to 1 gallon per day, sometimes a bit more. I'm trying to get dad to
drink more and he is up to 2 liters plus per day now. He used to be
chronically dehydrated and many other people are as well. Not a lot of
people drink much pure water... It's very good for you. Severe
dehydration is what damned near killed him when he had that appendicitis
attack, over and above the E. coli sepsis.
It took 8 liters of IV fluid to finally bring his blood pressure up to
normal and out of the danger zone. Low blood pressure for too long can
cause death from an irreversible cascade organ failure. I've seen it
happen in patients that exsanguinated even with rapid blood replacement.
Drink water!!!
Article that prompted this post:
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/aquafin...rce/2007072709
2309990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
"Aquafina to Clarify Water's Source
By Martinne Geller,
Reuters
Posted: 2007-07-28 04:05:59
Filed Under: Business News
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NEW YORK (July 27) -- PepsiCo Inc. will spell out that its Aquafina
bottled water is made with tap water, a concession to the growing
environmental and political opposition to the bottled water industry.
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According to Corporate Accountability International, a U.S. watchdog
group, the world's No. 2 beverage company will include the words "Public
Water Source" on Aquafina labels.
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"If this helps clarify the fact that the water originates from public
sources, then it's a reasonable thing to do," said Michelle Naughton, a
Pepsi-Cola North America spokeswoman.
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Pepsi Chief Executive Indra Nooyi told Reuters earlier this week the
company was considering such a move.
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Pepsi's Aquafina and Coca-Cola Co's Dasani are both made from purified
water sourced from public resevoirs, as opposed to Danone's Evian or
Nestle's Poland Spring, so-called "spring waters," shipped from specific
locations the companies say have notably clean water.
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Aquafina maker Pepsi says that the leading bottled water brand comes
from the same source as tap water. Soon labels will include the words
"Public Water Source" instead of "P.W.S."
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Coca Cola's says that its Dasani water comes from local water supplies,
is filtered using a process called reverse osmosis and enhanced with
minerals.
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Unlike rivals Aquafina and Dasani, Danone's Evian is shipped from
so-called "spring waters" in the French Alps, stressing the cleanliness
and purity of their water.
Coca-Cola Co. told Reuters it will start posting online information
about the quality control testing it performs on Dasani by the end of
summer or early fall.
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"Concerns about the bottled-water industry, and increasing corporate
control of water, are growing across the country," said Gigi Kellett,
director of the "Think Outside the Bottle" campaign, which aims to
encourage people to drink tap water.
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San Francisco's mayor banned city employees from using city funds to buy
bottled water when tap water is available. Ann Arbor, Michigan passed a
resolution banning commercially bottled water at city events and Salt
Lake City, Utah asked department heads to eliminate bottled water.
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Critics charge the bottled water industry adds plastic to landfills,
uses too much energy by producing and shipping bottles across the world
and undermines confidence in the safety and cleanliness of public water
supplies, all while much of the world's population is without access to
clean water.
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But industry observers said such opposition is unlikely to drain U.S.
sales of bottled water, which reached 2.6 billion cases in 2006,
according to Beverage Digest. The industry newsletter estimated that
U.S. consumers spent about $15 billion on bottled water last year.
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"Consumers have an affection for bottled water. It's not an issue of
taste or health, it's about convenience," the newsletter's publisher,
John Sicher, said. "Try walking up (New York City's) Third Avenue on a
hot day and getting a glass of tap water."
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Dave Kolpak, a portfolio manager at Victory Capital Management, said the
environmental objections will have little impact on the bottom line for
either Pepsi or Coke, though he admitted it could slow the market's
growth rate.
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"Pepsi and Coke do not make a lot of profit" on bottled water, said
Kolpak, adding that people may talk about the issue, but will likely
continue buying some bottled water. Victory Capital owns about 3 million
shares of PepsiCo among its $62 billion under management.
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