The Story of Bottled Water

I learned many new and interesting facts from The Story of Bottled Water. I admit, I was one who was tricked into believing that bottled water is always better than tap water. I never really drink water from the tap. Usually, we drink water from the icebox dispenser or bottled water in our household. Yet, I learned that bottled water is sometimes cleaner than tap water, but most times it’s not.

Through this video I also realized that a big reason why many of us is tricked into drinking bottled water is because of manufactured demand. Bottled water companies try to scare, seduce, and mislead us in thinking that bottled water is better. Yet, what I failed to realize is that bottled water is really filtered tap water. So I agree, one of the solutions to drinking clean safe water is to use filters such as a Brita filter or invest in something that will filter a public water infrastructure. I have a friend that goes to a natural food store to fill up his gallon glass bottle with filtered alkaline water. However, this may end up adding up in terms of costs. Nonethless, solutions need to be made in order to prevent pollution, eliminate disposal of plastic bottles, and to make water clean for all of us.