WHY CONSUMERS CHOOSE BOTTLED WATER
-Some groups have sought to frame drinking water issues as a "bottled water versus tap water debate" and that confuses consumers.
-Consumers are not uniformly replacing their public drinking water with bottled water; rather they are choosing bottled water over the other beverages available at the store and home. Consumers across the United States choose bottled water as an alternative to other packaged beverages because it does not include calories, caffeine, sugar, artificial flavors or colors, alcohol and other ingredients they may wish to moderate. Or, they choose bottled water because they are not always satisfied with the aesthetic qualities (e.g., taste, odor, color) of their tap water. There are thousands of public water systems across the US, most of which are succeeding; but others are faced with occasional "challenges," emergencies, or natural events that may cause service interruptions.
-Many consumers likely drink both bottled water and tap water depending on the circumstances. It does not, however, always amount to a tap versus bottled water choice.
Why Consumers Choose Bottled Water
Why Consumers choose bottled water
Another reason why we buy bottled water:
"Because my tap water is terrible"
Yes I sound like a snob, but I want quality if I'm spending money. Some say " THE WATER IN MY TAP TASTES JUST AS GOOD" which may be true since NYC's water is actually very good compared to many other states, but what happens when you live in lets say Nevada, and the water tastes funky?
Another point: Bottled Water; the new wine
Believe it or not, there's way to rate water, such as pH, hardness, and what the original source is (ice berg, spring water, rain water, artesian water) Like how there are wine sommeliers, there will be water sommeliers.(there probably are some already but not certified as how wine sommeliers are)
If you'd like more information about great bottled water, I suggest you read this article: http://www.tibesti.com/articles/best-of-the-best/100/bb
Written by bottled water expert : Michael Mascha. He is the founder and publisher of Finewaters.com, and author of Fine Waters: A Connoisseur’s Guide to the World’s most Distinctive Bottled Water.
-fellow bottled water connoisseur
Tom
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