August 23, 2007
- Bottled Water’s Value
As I write this in August 2007, bottled water has become a $15 billion a year industry. Bottled water’s value to bottlers is projected to climb to $16 billion next year. But what is the value of bottled water to you?
Is bottled water important enough that you order it in a restaurant? Do you so [...]
July 5, 2007
- Household Drinking Water Systems
Last year, (writing in 2007), the United States population consumed more than eight billion gallons of bottled Drinking Water. Eight billion gallons! Eight billion US gallons = 30 283 294.4 m3. Many additional gallons poured forth from household Drinking Water systems.
Household Drinking Water systems are available in a variety of styles and sizes, filtering or [...]
May 18, 2007
- Drinking Filtered Water to Be Safe
Clean water was once taken for granted in the U.S. People drank water from the municipal supplies without question. Then bottled water arrived, and word spread that municipal water supply water was contaminated. Well water was believed to be contaminated also, due to pesticides and industrial chemicals seeping into the underground water supply.
Filtered Water
Drinking Filtered [...]
April 7, 2007
- Order Drinking Water Online
In 2006, people in the U.S. purchased more than eight billion gallons of bottled Drinking Water. Looking at the statistics another way, the average person in the U.S. consumed almost 28 gallons of bottled Drinking Water. Many of those decided that rather than carry water home from the store, they would order Drinking Water online.
How [...]
March 30, 2007
- Make Mine Distilled Water
Distilled water comes to you having had all dissolved salts removed from it. It has been boiled, and then condensed, with all solids remaining behind. It has been stripped of all organic materials and inorganic materials. It has, in other words, been purified.
What Is H20?
If you look up a definition of water, you will find [...]
February 17, 2007
- Drinking Water for Your Baby
Your little one is crying, pulling his knees toward his little stomach in pain. When you pick him up, he continues crying. He can’t possibly be hungry. You just nursed him 10 minutes ago.
“He has the colic,” your mother-in-law says. “Give him a little warm water with sugar in it.”
Your own mother disagrees. “He wants [...]
February 10, 2007
- Cool, Safe Drinking Fountain Water on a Hot Day
Cooler drinking fountain water would be nice, wouldn’t it? Cleaner drinking fountain water might be even nicer. The water quality of glaciers sounds best!
How would you test your park’s drinking fountain water, though? There are water quality chemical testing kits for the home, but could you use one at the park?
Safe Drinking Fountain Water
Whether your [...]
February 3, 2007
- Sparkling Water? Try a Purifier!
Sparkling, health-giving Drinking Water isn’t as common as it once was. Tap water, and even bottled water, may contain chlorine, lead, arsenic, and other unwanted chemicals. Distilled water tastes flat, and many Water Filters don’t adequately remove pathogenic bacteria.
What Types of Bacteria Can Grow in Drinking Water?
Tap water may contain:
* Cryptosporidium
* Giardia lamblia
* [...]
January 31, 2007
- Bottled Drinking Water - Why Buy It?
Bottled Drinking Water has become popular in many countries. Business meetings that once offered water pitchers at intervals along tables now offer bottled Drinking Water at each place. Runners who used to stop at park water fountains carry bottled Drinking Water. Secretaries keep bottled Drinking Water at their desks, and some even carry bottled Drinking [...]
January 22, 2007
- Bottled Drinking Water - Sources and Contents
People in the United States spent an estimated $11 billion in 2006 on more than eight billion gallons of bottled Drinking Water. Dividing that figure by the U.S. population, you will find that the average person consumed almost 28 gallons of bottled Drinking Water. We drank more bottled Drinking Water than milk, coffee, or beer.
Did [...]
