Why say no to bottled water?

The Bottled Water Industry - Some little known facts:
In recent decades consumers have turned en masse to buying bottled water. However bottled water may not be as pure as it is marketed to be. Such water may often be little more than reconstituted tap water - and that's a fact.  Sometimes it's less healthy & lower in quality that normal tap water. Regardless of it's quality, does it really justify 1000% price increase from tap water?

Water filters provide a safe source of pure drinking water and at a fraction of the cost of bottled water.

The Environmental Impact

• It can take up to 400 years for a plastic bottle to biodegrade
• The total amount of water used to produce and deliver one bottle of imported water is 6,74kg
• A bottle that holds one litre requires five litres of water in its manufacturing process
• PET Plastic South Africa said about 79 000 tonnes of plastic was used anually to manufacture plastic bottles worlwide (Read Mail & Guardian - September 2010)
• America alone used over 17 million barrels of oil to produce plastic for bottled water in 2006
(Read Pacific Institute Fact Sheet)

Did you Know Bottled Water is Banned in numerous cities, universities and locations in the USA and Canada

Other websites of interest:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/pablo_calculate.php
http://www.allaboutwater.org/environment.html
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/bottled-water-47091001 http://www.leadershiponline.co.za/articles/environment/379-bottled-water-watch
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/08/18/1186857841959.html
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/bottled-water-industry-effect-environment.html
http://www.wisegeek.com/is-bottled-water-bad-for-the-environment.htm
http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/editorial-060724-1.html