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Bottled Water Really Better?
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Most companies today
choose bottled water for either convenience
or because they are concerned about the quality of their water.
But is bottled water really convenient? And is bottled water really
the best answer to purity concerns?
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Is
Bottled Water
Really Convenient?
Strict delivery schedules combined with varied usage can leave you out
of water, or with too much water
... and bottles occupying expensive office space.
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And changing a
40 pound bottle can be an “adventure”
as well as a potential workplace
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Is
Bottled Water the Answer
to Quality Concerns?
Recently several articles have appeared that seem to challenge the premise
that bottled water is the answer to concerns about water quality. Here are
some excerpts from those articles:
“Is bottled water better than tap? Not
necessarily. The federal government requires bottled water to be as good
as tap water but not any better—and bottled water is actually monitored
less frequently. Bottlers, who are monitored by the Food and Drug
Administration, can go more than three years between inspections.”
Good
Housekeeping Institute Report
“The Natural Resources Defense Council tested
103 brands against the highest state and federal regulations and found 22%
contained too many contaminants.”
USA
Today
However, the biggest danger to the
quality of bottled water occurs after the bottling process
- because the neck of the bottled is submersed into the cooler
reservoir.
Since the only way to lift bottled water is by its neck, anything
that is on the hands of the person lifting the bottle can be introduced
into the reservoir of the cooler, drastically compromising the
quality of the water being consumed .
Unfortunately, bottled water is “handled”
many times before it is consumed. At the site of the bottling plant the
bottle is “handled” as it is
filled and then several times more before it is loaded on the delivery
truck. Then it is “handled” by the
route driver bringing it into the office.
Once it is in the office the bottle can be “handled”
several more times before the bottle is placed into the water
cooler. Again, the quality of the water being consumed in the office can
be adversely affected by this “handling”
of the bottle itself.
According to the American Society for
Microbiology, 25% of women and 42% of men do not wash their hands when
leaving public restrooms.
The inside of a water cooler is dark, warm and wet. This is the perfect
environment for algae, bacteria, and virus to thrive.
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