You’ve decided to go for it. This is the year that you break the cycle. You are going to stop the madness and ditch the bottled water habit. But what do you do to protect yourself from lead pipes, chlorine taste or minerals that could affect the smell? Luckily for you, there are many alternatives. If a chlorine taste is a problem, try storing the water uncovered in the refrigerator overnight. You could also use a filtering carafe. There are also residential chlorostatic water softeners Columbus that can remove tastes, treat bacteria and filter out minerals. Now that you have some alternatives up your sleeve, let’s discuss the reasons you should stick to your resolution and kick that habit!
Better for You
Even though BPA has been banned, there is still some concern that chemicals may still leach into water from bottles stored at high temperatures. Those chemicals can affect hormones (also known as endocrine disruptors), potentially contributing to obesity and other health issues. Recently, a fire department in Oklahoma posted a video of a fire starting in a vehicle due to the sun shining through a water bottle. To avoid risks, combine filtration methods with putting your filtered water into a reusable stainless steel water bottle.
Better for the Environment
Bottling water can lead to groundwater shortages due to the extraction of water for bottling. The manufacturing and shipping of bottled water create a large carbon footprint. It can take thousands of years to break down, leaching chemicals into groundwater in the process. If incinerated, plastics produce toxic fumes. Our oceans are becoming polluted by single-use plastics, causing poisoning and death to albatrosses, dolphins and more. Using reusable containers and alternative filtering methods can go a long way to cleaning up the damage to our environment due to the manufacture and disposal of plastics.
Better for Your Budget
Approximately 25% of water is sourced from the tap at hundreds to thousands of times the cost, depending on if you buy for yourself or purchase in a restaurant. In fact, after a PepsiCo scandal in 2007, Dasani and Aquafina had to be labeled a PWS, or Public Water Source. By the gallon, bottled water could convert to over $8, as opposed to pennies for tap water. If your bottled water is essentially coming from the tap, anyway, why are you paying a premium for the potentially harmful plastic container?
