John,
I have well water. It is good. I've been to people's houses and have
been given bottled water to drink.
> most water treatment plants do not filter quite like these bottled water
> companies. What cities can do reverse osmosis on a city scale?
I haven't researched water purifiers. Isn't it possible to purify water
by reverse osmosis, or whatever, on a small scale so that people can have
good drinking water in their own houses/apartments/places of work? Couldn't
they then put it in durable (nalgene?) bottles for when they go out? This,
rather than buying bottled tap water that has been transported many miles,
in "disposable" containers that contribute so much to landfills, let alone
the energy/resources wasted to produce. Like I said, I haven't looked into
it. At $1 - $3 for half a liter of bottled water wouldn't the price of
filtration quickly pay for itself ?
Shouldn't housing plans, whether for individual families or apartments,
consider water quality and, if necessary, include water filtration units in
the design? This may sound odd, but before I made the major investment of
buying a house I tasted the water. Back then it was common practice to taste
the water before buying a house. Quality water was a very high priority. The
value of a house or apartment is, at least in part, a function of water
quality at the tap.
There was (is still?) an image associated with bottled water .....
it's somehow special and so are those that drink it. In view of what we now
know, this is B.S. No? What if we decided to ensure good water at our taps
and better still, good water at the source? What if we took as much pride in
the water coming from our tap as we do in the view we have from our living
room or our back deck?
I'm old enough to remember a day when my father would take us to a ball
game and complain about having to pay for parking at the stadium lot.
He'd say "Next thing, we'll be paying for water."
Is it possible to filter water so that it is not only healthy, but
tastes good too?
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Mullan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Pepsi Forced to Admit It's Bottling Tap Water
> Some cities may, or may not, have just as clean of a water supply as that
> provided in the bottled water. But I have had water from the taps of a
> number of cities. Believe me, the taste of bottled water is much
> superior.
> If my tap water tasted as good, I might not buy so much bottled water.
> And
> most water treatment plants do not filter quite like these bottled water
> companies. What cities can do reverse osmosis on a city scale?
>
> My 2 cents.
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Keith Addison
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 12:48 PM
> To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
> Subject: [Biofuel] Pepsi Forced to Admit It's Bottling Tap Water
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>
> http://www.alternet.org/environment/58604/
> AlterNet: Environment:
>
> Pepsi Forced to Admit It's Bottling Tap Water
>
> By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
> Posted on August 2, 2007
>
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