Julia Lurie on how our bottled water comes from the most drought-ridden places in the country: “Bottled-water drinkers, we have a problem: Theres a good chance that your water comes from California, a state experiencing the third-driest year on record. “The details of where and how bottling companies get their water are often quite murky, but generally speaking, bottled water falls into two categories. The first is ‘spring water,’ or groundwater thats collected, according to the EPA, ‘at the point where water flows naturally to the earths surface or from a borehole that taps into the underground source.’ About 55 percent of bottled water in the United States is spring water, including Crystal Geyser and Arrowhead. “The other 45 percent comes from the municipal water supply, meaning that companies, including Aquafina and Dasani, simply treat tap water—the same stuff that comes out of your faucet at home—and bottle it up. (Weird, right?) “But regardless of whether companies bottle from springs or the tap, lots of them are using water in exactly the areas that need it most right now.” -Erika
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 22:00:34 +0000
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