Bottled vs Tap Water

This is an ongoing and can be confusing subject.  I personally drink tap unless I'm in a pinch and need to purchase a bottle.  I use a Brita water filter most of the time, but find myself also drinking Utah H2O-unfiltered by myself.  However, this tap water is regulated and filtered by the US EPA.  All public water is regulated by this agency.  " Water suppliers use a variety of treatment processes to remove contaminants from drinking water. These individual processes can be arranged in a “treatment train” (a series of processes applied in a sequence). The most commonly used processes include coagulation (flocculation and sedimentation), filtration, and disinfection. Some water systems also use ion exchange and adsorption."-Click here for more info.  So as some may not think, our tap water is still strictly monitored for contaminants.

I found some good info on the impact of using bottled water here.  These two bullets on the site really alarmed me:  

• Making bottles to meet America’s demand for bottled water uses more than 17 million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel 1.3 million cars for a year1. And that’s not even including the oil used for transportation.

• The energy we waste using bottled water would be enough to power 190,000 homes2.

I highly recommend using a BPA free reusable water bottle.  Make sure to clean them often as they can easily turn into a perfect environment for bacteria growth (warm and moist).  Save your wallet and the environment by simply doing this. Keep calm and drink up!