Tap Water vs. Bottled Water

We all know tap water is dirty, unclean, and undrinkable right? Actually, no. If you’re like me and live in San Francisco, you get your water from Hetch Hetchy. Does that sound familiar? If not, go look it up. That’s the water system where we get all of our water. The water from Hetch Hetchy is clean, crisp, and very refreshing. Most environmentally aware consumers know that drinking from the tap lowers your environmental impact when compared to always drinking bottled water. Bottled water has a huge environmental impact mainly because they are bottled. These bottles are plastic and do not biodegrade. Even though recycling is become more mainstream, it is more likely that the bottle will end up in the ocean somewhere. What about all that energy it takes to manufacture the bottles that the tap water is put in? Did you ever think about that? This is why, as a matter of fact, tap water has about 1% of the environmental impact that bottled water has. I always drink from the tap. I started this habit, oh I’d say about 4 years ago. I realized that our family ran though a huge amount of bottles. You can only reuse plastic bottles so many times before you have to toss them. If you really want to conserve, you should use reuseable bottles, like glass bottles. I discovered that VOSS bottled water comes in glass bottles and that they can be reused over and over again. All that you have to do is wash them in between and you have a great tap water storing vessel! I’m in love with my VOSS bottle and the tap water that I drink. Just by making the simple decision to stop drinking bottled water, you are saving the Earth. Even if you have to use a jug filter or a tap filter, it is still better than just buying bottles. I do have to say that in some places water really tastes nasty. For example, Davis water does not taste as good as San Francisco water. One solution is to come up with a way to spice up your tap water. For one, you’ll be living a more healthy lifestyle, drinking water and not all those sugary substances. Secondly, you won’t be needing all those bottle waters. Do something for the environment. Even though it’s a small thing, it still counts. Alone we’re not the sole problem. It doesn’t take one person driving a car to cause global warming. However, if a billion people drive cars, we have a problem.