Do We Need Bottled Drinking Water?

Is bottled drinking water the biggest con going or arebetter quality than any of the bottled brands for sale.
there really magical and medicinal benefits to water inBut whether you agree or disagree with the sale of
a bottle. God only knows they charge enough for it.water in pretty bottles, one thing is certain, and that is
Take my Mum for example. She's 82 years old andbottled drinking water has become very big business in
as strong as an ox, yet the only water she's everrecent years.
drank is that straight from the tap. You should haveOf course, there are certain options that bottle water
seen my wife's face when Mum tuned down a glassdoes have over tap water in that it comes as
of her Bling H2O. Now you might want to be seatedcarbonated, mineral, or enhanced etc, whereas our tap
before you read the next sentence. Bling H2O iswater is always still and purified. Research also shows
available in 750 ml bottles which will set you back athat European brands of bottled water are generally
whopping $40 US bucks, and the 350 ml versions acleaner and purer than U.S. brands, but my argument
mere snip at just $24.here is who really knows? Certainly not we the
My wife, who's a bit of a snob bless her, says you canconsumer! As far as we're concerned it's all hearsay,
tell a lot about a person by the bottled water theybut despite that, many of us, like my wife, fall for it
carry. Well at forty bucks a time I think the only thing ithook line and sinker every single time.
portrays is what an idiot the person is for wastingSo if some bottled water companies really do make
good money on such bottled bunkum! I mean, c'monfalse claims on their labels about the source of their
$40 to quench your thirst! My mother asked my wife ifwater (and I believe some of them may do), how on
there was any mind altering substances in the fluid asearth are we to know? I guess the internet is a good
no sober person could be so daft as to pay for suchresource for research but if one is going to be looking
a rip off, surely. Good on ya Mam.into the authenticity of the product, then what the
In fact, such is the debate about drinking bottled waterheck's the point in the first place? Why not just enjoy
over tap water, that it's actually been proven in the UKa chilled glass of your favorite tap water and save all
that tap water in certain areas of the county is actuallythe hassle?