quote:Originally posted by (aka)PuckerupFrog:quote:Did anyone know that tap water is healthier than bottled water? A lot of people cannot believe that, but it is true... tap water has minerals in it that bottled water don't, and the vast majority of bottled water on the market is tap water with alka seltzer in it, lol.
I have been touting that for quite a while.
And there are certain health regulations for tap water, but not for bottled water.
I save my drink bottles and refill them with tap water.
Andy Rooney did a piece about the same thing the other night. Said the water cooler at work has water that is filtered, cold, taste just as good and is free, but he's never seen anyone drink from it. Instead that walk around with $2.00 bottles.
Tap water has minerals in it that bottled water doesn't... it also has chemicals in it too, to kill the bacteria.. but so does bottled water... there was one company in California that had UNACCEPTABLE levels of arsenic in their bottled water (some was OK, but they had too much)... and somewhere up north they fined them for using TAP water with about 1/8th of an Alka Seltzer put into it and sold it as REAL SPRING WATER...
Bottled water, UNLESS you know the makers, are just rip off artists according to the news... they KNOW people are going to buy it, all they have to do is MAKE the bottles and lids, the rest is pure profit.
Which is WHY, PPM of bacteria, the Tn River is probably OK to swim in, but like Nash said, take a bath shortly afterwards. McFarland has bathrooms to wash up in.