Bottled Water:Consumers and Enviromental Issues

The global consumption of Packaged drinking Water  was almost 40 Billion Gallons in 2004. Bottled water with perceived convenience,  safety and potability versus Tap water really is not safe, as it is reprocessed from Municipal water, in some cases.The demand is due to many factors like lack of potable ground water, safe Municipal water( in many urban areas),polluted ground  water and covenience.The high cost, compared to tap water, creation of “post-consumer PET” for recycling, effecting the environment and the environmental issues in manufacturing to sales are aginst the consumption.The  cost calculation of bottled water and the environmental impact  are here http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/askpablo-exotic-bottled-water-002401.php , http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/articleAID=/20070226/OPINION/

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