why bottled water is expensive than milk?

Question

Is it more expensive to filter water and bottle it? Is it cheap to feed a cow and milk it early in the morning before rooster wakes up? Is there difference between the quality of the plastic/glass they contain? Is it the water they use has been collected from heaven?
C'mon guys there are millions of people out there who doesn't have safe drinking water and what we get from our taps is as good as bottled water (according to research). Why don't we donate to those people half the price of water bottle whenever we want to buy a bottled water and satisfy with tap water (if there is one nearby)

Answer 1

Good questions. The main thing they do to water is they filter more of the water since there are more unhealthy stuff in it and there is less they have to do with milk. All they have to do is pasterize the milk once they get the milk from the cow, but it would take a lot longer for them to filter the water, boil down the water and bottle the water - that is one reason why water expires a lot later than milk.

Answer 2

It is not expensive to filter and bottle water at all. The reason it is expensive is simply because people like the convenience and are willing to pay for it. Many people mistakenly believe that bottled water is healthier for you. This belief is fostered by marketing campaigns that want you to spend your money and is not the case. In actuality, there are more regulations in place to ensure its quality than there are for bottled water. In many cases, that bottled water is simply municipal water that has been fintered to improve the taste. You can do the same thing at home with a water filtration system and save a lot of money. The markup on bottled water is enormous.

Answer 3

Because people have been fooled into thinking that bottled water is somehow better for you than what you get out of the tap. In blind taste tests most people actually chose tap water over the bottled water brands.

If you live in places like San Diego where tap water tastes horrible, you just get a filter like Pur or Britta and the water tastes great.

Answer 4

Water is more expensive because there is more shipping involved....or so the companies claim.
Milk comes from farmers in rural areas and are usually, if not always are fairly close to the pasteurization plant.
The milk is picked up and delivered by trucks owned by the plant.
Then milk is processed and tested in house
(at that plant) before it's sold to a store for sale to the consumer(you and me).

Water.... most companies if not all water companies claim that their water comes from the most remote regions of land where man hasn't had a chance to pollute the "natural" spring or lake or river their product comes from.
This "claim" (and that's all it is) enables them to jack up their prices on a simple bottle of H20.
Well how much do you think Dasani or Aquafina pay to have their water shipped in from a"natural" spring the French Alps? It's not like they buy it by the litre....they buy it by the ton.
Whether or not you believe where the water's coming from your still getting ripped off. Your better off buying a home filtration system like a Brita water pitcher or faucet attachment.

Answer 5

Marketing. Plain and simple. We have all been lead to believe that the more we pay for something the better it must be. I admit that I do buy bottled water, but I buy it by the case and it works out to about 20 cents per bottle. And we do not drink it when we are at home. It is for lunches and trips when it is more convenient.

Answer 6

It's called Marketing. The price will be what the buyer will pay. Transport cost does play a small factor. Humor yourself. Take the things you buy regularly. Calculate the cost per gallon and then watch how crazy you will get. Here is a sample. Basic generic shampoo for let's say $4.99 for 4 ounces is $159.68 per gallon....more than the milk or water.....

Answer 7

You make a good point! That would be a great communtity service. My organization would go to poor areas of the community during summer and give out box fans for those who didn't have any AC and sometimes we would bring coolers fillled with bottled water.

Answer 8

I agree, water is water. The Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) product definitions for bottled water are:

Artesian Water/Artesian Well Water: Bottled water from a well that taps a confined aquifer (a water-bearing underground layer of rock or sand) in which the water level stands at some height above the top of the aquifer.


Drinking Water: Drinking water is another name for bottled water. Accordingly, drinking water is water that is sold for human consumption in sanitary containers and contains no added sweeteners or chemical additives (other than flavors, extracts or essences). It must be calorie-free and sugar-free. Flavors, extract or essences may be added to drinking water, but they must comprise less than one-percent-by-weight of the final product or the product will be considered a soft drink. Drinking water may be sodium-free or contain very low amounts of sodium.


Mineral Water: Bottled water containing not less than 250 parts per million total dissolved solids may be labeled as mineral water. Mineral water is distinguished form other types of bottled water by its constant level and relative proportions of mineral and trace elements at the point of emergence from the source. No minerals can be added to this product.


Purified Water: Water that has been produced by distillation, deionization, reverse osmosis, or other suitable processes and that meets the definition of purified water in the United States Pharmacopoeia may be labeled as purified bottled water. Other suitable product names for bottled water treated by on the above processes may include "distilled water" if it is produced by distillation, "deionized water" if the water is produced by deionization, or "reverse osmosis water" if the process used is reverse osmosis.


Sparkling Water: Water that after treatment and possible replacement with carbon dioxide contains the same amount of carbon dioxide that it had at emergence from the source. (An important note: soda water, seltzer water and tonic water are not considered bottled waters. They are regulated separately, may contain sugar and calories, and are considered soft drinks.)


Spring Water: Bottled water derived from an underground formation from which water flows naturally to the surface of the earth. Spring water must be collected only at the spring or though a bore hole tapping the underground formation finding the spring. Spring water collected with the use of an external force must be from the same underground stratum as the spring and must have all the physical properties, before treatment, and be of the same composition and quality as the water that flows naturally to the surface of the earth.


Well Water: Bottled water from a hole bored, drilled or otherwise constructed in the ground which taps the water of an aquifer.

The bottom line is that marketing drives the price of the the water. Take Dasani (Cokes' water), this is purified drinking water. It is sourced from the same public water supply that its bottling facilities are located. They may add a few minerials to it but is tap water. Dasani is a brand and Coke markets it as an upscale water. Their price points need to reflect this.

Then you have Neslte, one of the largest water companies in the world. Some of their brands are: Zephyrhills, Ozarka, Poland Springs, and Arrow Head. These are considered "warehouse" waters, very inexpensive.

I drink bottled water becuase it's convenient and easy then there are some who drink the Fiji's of the world because of Status.

Answer 9

I remember something in my Econ class that the gov. actually give the farmers incentives for raising cows, and there for we have a surplus of milk. And that's why there's so much of it. It even seems like they have to give it away.

Answer 10

bottle water is more expensive b/c they add in perserveatives, flavor, and they also have to filter and bottle the water. milk is taken from the cows and filtered, then its bottled.