[DVBC] Bottled Water

[Douglas Bower]

Ira,

I assume you have a well?  If not there should not be a difference in winter
water vs summer water.  Anybody that has a well should be very careful and
have it tested often to guarantee there is no ground contamination leaking
into their water supply, and tested by a reputable company, not somebody
trying to sell you a water filter system.

Buckeye

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Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 1:15 PM
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Thanks Doug
And although the point of the article was about labelling and the
difference in standards between bottled water and municipal water it
confirmed my belief right there in the 3rd paragraph that tap water should
be filtered.

I have been having my water tested for 20 years by Aqua as a test subject
and the reports show the presence of many contaminants that are known to
be toxic. Of course they are always present in quantities deemed to be
safe, but we all know about saccharin, red dye #4, monosodium glutamate
and other substances that were deemed safe at one time and were commonly
used until they were proven unsafe. I can often smell chlorine when I turn
on the faucett at my house and it gets worse in the winter when a lot of
salt is being used on icy roads and makes its way into the water. I think
that causes them to increase the levels of chlorine being used.

So why take a chance? A good home filtration system is easy, cheap and can
make good tasting safe drinking water that you can use to refill water
bottles to take on rides and trips as well as at home.

Even though #1 and #2 plastic that most disposable water bottles are made
of are readily recyclable, they are causing huge pollution problems around
the world and should be avoided whenever possible.

Ira

  > Ira,
>
> I am attaching the link again.  Some ISP's truncate long sentences so you
> may need to copy the link as a whole and place it into your browser.
>
> http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/consumer&id=6904573
>
> I have worked in water treatment facilities and also the food and beverage
> industries.  Almost all of them treat water the same.  If the water is
> coming from a lake or a stream it is filtered to remove suspended solids,
> then filtered through an ion exchange process that removes charged
> particles, the water is tested for ph, conductivity and opacity.  If all
> the
> tests are within spec for food grade it is sent to our house.  If the
> water
> is to be used for pharmaceuticals, as being injected it will go through a
> reverse osmosis system and may also be boiled and condensed to guarantee
> there are no live bugs contained in it.  Bottled water doesn't have to be
> anything more than tap water sealed inside a bottle.  Although many
> manufactures will perform a polishing process to the water prior to
> bottling
> just to guarantee their level of quality.  Polishing is running clean
> water
> through an ion exchanger one more time.  This is the same as using a Brita
> filter attached to your tap.  Inside that filter are ion exchange resins
> (made right here in Philly) that remove charged particles.
>
> Drink Up,
>
> Doug
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dvbc-list-bounces at list.dvbc.org] On Behalf Of ira at craftech.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 10:07 AM
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> Subject: Re: [DVBC] Bottled Water
>
> Doug
> I wanted to read the article but the link didn't work for me. Of course
> I've heard this argument before but am not clear about one important
> thing. When they say some of this bottled water people are buying is just
> tap water, does that mean it is untreated tap water (i.e. after it comes
> out of the tap)? I believe that pure filtered water can be the healthiest.
> And yes that can be filtered tap water.
>
> So does the article specify?
>
> Ira
>
>> Just in case you didn't already know (unless your father told you)
>> bottled
>> water is not healthier nor better then out of your faucet tap water.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/consumer
>> <http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/consumer&id=6904573>
>> &id=6904573
>>
>>
>>
>> Happy Trails, Buckeye
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