Bottled Water World

Blog Moving

2006-02-27T11:38:00.000-05:00

All, I just realized that there is a magazine with the name Bottled Water World. Since I don't want to step on their toes, I have moved this blog to bottledwaterblogger.blogspot.com.

Golden Gates' Water Conundrum

2006-02-27T10:16:00.000-05:00

Over the past couple of months, the City of San Francisco has come under fire for buying bottled water for its employees. The high cost ($2 million) and the pure water from the Sierra Nevada reservoir which supplies San Francisco's water supply, were a big part of the reason people were irked.

Now, they have one more reason to be upset. San Francisco placed Fourth in the Festival of Waters in Berkeley Springs. I'm sure this will just be one more reason why people of San Francisco are upset they're paying for city employees' bottled water.

Water Winners

2006-02-27T10:02:00.000-05:00

As a follow-up to a previous post, the gold medal winners in the Berkeley Springs Festival of Waters are:

Municipal Water:
Gold Medal Winner: Desert Hot Springs, California (419 points)

Non-Carbonated Bottled Water:
Ice Mist, Morarp, Sweden (458 points)

Purified Drinking Water:
Pure StoneClear Springs Water, Vanleer, Tenn. (439 points)

Carbonated Bottled Water:
Bosec, Harghita County, Romania (487 points)

The People's Choice for Package Design:
One Liter, Northumberland County, Markham, Canada

For a complete listing of the results, click here.

How Does Your Water Sound?

2006-02-24T10:01:00.000-05:00

I recently ran across this press release on the PR Newswire.

Apparently February 16, 2006 was "Sound Healing Day" (why didn't I get the day off?), and the bottled water company H2Om, LLC, introduced its water infused with "vibrational frequencies." According to the press release, the treated water works with "The consumer’s individual ability to connect to the water and literally, “Drink” the vibration inspired and supported by the words on the label. This vibration reverberates in the body and out into the world." Their current vibration waters include Love and Perfect Health.

Here is their website. I'm not sure what I think about it, but if they come up with a flavor/vibration that keeps me from experiencing road rage, I may give it a try!

If anybody tries this stuff, or sees it on the store shelves, let me know.

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New Day -- Same Ol' Complaint

2006-02-24T09:43:00.000-05:00

I found this story today, posted on the Word Business Council for Sustainable Development's website. It's a February 10th article from Agence France-Presse (AFP). This article single-handedly blames bottled water for most of the plastic bottle litter around.

Fact Check:
1) Bottled water suppliers and bottlers are the original recyclers. You know that water cooler in your home or office? It's 100% reusable. That's why they pick it up and reuse it!

2) At least in the U.S., bottled water is just one of thousands of products that is packaged in plastic. Not only that, but bottled water consumption is only about half that of soda.

3) In certain areas without solid infrastructure, bottled water may be the only potable water around.

4) In the U.S. bottled water is subject to FDA approval -- it's a food product and the water manufacturing plants are big complex organizations. And for bottled water that comes from municipal water sources, it's filtered again. It's not just some guy with a hose -- if it were that easy, everybody would be doing it!

5) All bottled water containers (glass, plastic and aluminum) are 100% recyclable.

Seriously folks, there are a lot of bad things in the world, and if you must include bottled water among them, it should certainly be at the bottom of the list.

Water Taste Test

2006-02-23T13:31:00.000-05:00

Starting tomorrow through the weekend, Berkeley Springs, WV is holding its annual Festival of the Waters. Sounds crazy, but this event seems to be getting a little bigger every year (I saw it on CNN a year or two ago). The big part of this festival is a taste test, complete with different categories and medal winners. Check it out.

Interesting fact, Berkeley Springs website claims that 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. I wonder where they got that info.

New to this

2006-02-23T12:38:00.000-05:00

Hey all, just setting up a blog to talk about a topic I deal with every day -- bottled water. Trust me, it's more complicated than you might think. It ranges from recycling issues, to groundwater, to food and FDA compliance, and even to homeland security (bottled water is usually one of the first things on the ground when a castrophe strikes).

So sit back, read, learn and make up your own mind!

Thanks,

-H2O Guy