Bottled water vs. tap water, which is safer for our health? Many of us ask ourselves this question. Someone, somewhere, somehow decided that tap water was no good for anyone anymore, then became an obsession that bottled water was better for us. Bottled water has many hazards, it is not good for environment, a health risk, most of all the cost is outrageous.
The environmental impact globally is enormous. “ Researchers have concluded that satisfying the annual global demand for bottled water consumes energy equivalent of about 160 million barrels of oil - up to 2,000 time the energy required to produce the equivalent volume of tap water.” (Jonathan Gornall, 1) Bottled water has a terrible impact on the environment, the bottled water can pollute the earth, According to the The Water Project “it takes over 1,000 years to biodegrade and if incinerated, they produce toxins fumes.” The lakes and springs are what the major bottled water companies use to produce water, soon the natural resources and fossil fuels will run out through the lakes and springs. In addition to bottled water polluting the earth. Bottles water also required an estimated total of 32 million to 54 million barrels of oil to generate the energy to produce all bottled waters consumed. …show more content…
All this means is, priced per gallon is 600 times more expensive than tap water. If someone were to spend $1 on a regular 16 ounce bottled water, they would relatively being paying a total of $7.57 per gallon, 3,785 more than someone would spend from just filling a water bottle up from a faucet. Another reason, getting a yearly amount of water from a faucet could cost less than $0.10, while the same amount of bottled water could cost $365. Moreover, bottled water is there cheaper way to
The environmental impact globally is enormous. “ Researchers have concluded that satisfying the annual global demand for bottled water consumes energy equivalent of about 160 million barrels of oil - up to 2,000 time the energy required to produce the equivalent volume of tap water.” (Jonathan Gornall, 1) Bottled water has a terrible impact on the environment, the bottled water can pollute the earth, According to the The Water Project “it takes over 1,000 years to biodegrade and if incinerated, they produce toxins fumes.” The lakes and springs are what the major bottled water companies use to produce water, soon the natural resources and fossil fuels will run out through the lakes and springs. In addition to bottled water polluting the earth. Bottles water also required an estimated total of 32 million to 54 million barrels of oil to generate the energy to produce all bottled waters consumed. …show more content…
All this means is, priced per gallon is 600 times more expensive than tap water. If someone were to spend $1 on a regular 16 ounce bottled water, they would relatively being paying a total of $7.57 per gallon, 3,785 more than someone would spend from just filling a water bottle up from a faucet. Another reason, getting a yearly amount of water from a faucet could cost less than $0.10, while the same amount of bottled water could cost $365. Moreover, bottled water is there cheaper way to