One Clear Dot

Bottled water seems to be as much as part of our society as the air we breath. You see people at the gym, kids at school, paparazzi photos of celebrities leaving drug rehabs, and little old ladies toting around plastic bottles of water with $1 minimum price tags.

I know there is a debate over whether tap water or bottled water is safer. Here in the Tampa Bay area, some testing sponsored by the St. Petersburg Times suggests tht the bottled water is safer. Even so, they point out that spring water, which many people buy in a bottled form, can contain all sorts of impurities anyway.

My opinion? In order to both save money and ensure that you have access to the cleanest possible drinking water, filter your own tap water at home. We use a huge reverse osmosis system at my house and the water has a noticeably better flavor. We have tested the water we “make” and compared it to water we have tested from the tap, from bottled water, and from the local water supply companies and in all cases, the water we filter here at home is the best. Plus, it costs less than buying it from the store. And, we store it in glass jugs, which means there are not chemicals leaching into the water from plastic jugs like the stuff you buy at the store.

Posted on March 17th, 2008 by onecleardot
Filed under: Healthy Living