Water from a Bottle

Today's news comes from South Africa's leading news source, the Mail and Guardian.

We all know that bottled water is trendy, but an article by the Mail and Guardian shows the damage that is being done by replacing tap water with bottles. Of course, I'm not coming out against drinking bottled water some times, but when you consider the study discussed in the article, it is clear that drinking it all the time at home when you don't really need to has implications in other places. It is convenient for the drinker, which means it is probably inconvenient for others.

First off, it is expensive. You don't mind paying? Well consider the fact that the oil used to make the United States' water bottles every year could be gas for 100,000 American automobiles for an entire year. Looks like we are paying for bottled water at the pump too.

Then of course there are the environmental issues of garbage and water shortages in parts of the world this water is coming from. I'm not going to just reiterate this article. I just want you to read it and think twice about whether you need to drink bottle after bottle rather than refill the bottles you have.