Did you not know Aquafina was tap water?

Question

I really thought everyone knew Aquafina and Dasani were tap water. But apparently it's news that they have to label more clearly.

http://www.wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=6858533

Were you surprised? (Be honest.) And will this affect your purchasing? I use a Brita filter and sports bottle most days.

Answer 1

i don't ever recall an aquafina bottle saying spring water or "bottled at source." i do recall it saying it was purified water. now, why wouldn't you think that to be tap water? don't people know what purified means?

Answer 2

Here's the problem that Aquafina faces, and why they have to get more specific...

It's not that Aquafina has EVER says that it comes from some source like a mountain spring in the Eastern Fjords of Norway that's been untouched by man...these companies (Aquafina and Dasani, etc.) have always had it labeled on their bottles that it is PURIFIED WATER (Come to think of it, one of 'em even had an advertising campaign within the past couple years implying that they DID NOT come from a spring, and knocking those that do) The problem is that A) People never read the f**king labels and 2) Half the people, even if they read the labels, are morons. Now, maybe the water companies were kinda counting on that in their sales, but guess who else is counting on it now (uh, that would be news media)

The thing is, what everyone is missing in all these reports, when they hear that Aquafina comes from the same PLACE as tap water, they think that Aquafina is the same thing as the tap water in their homes. Not true. What the bottled water companies are selling you is not the same thing coming out of your faucet. Bottled water is taken from the source, and run through abunch of very large, very expensive machines in order to make it about 10 times healthier and tastier than normal tap water. It's that process that you're paying the extra for, not the fact that they went to a faucet, filled up a bottle, and slapped a groovy label on it.

Maybe if our country were a little more literate, people wouldn't "feel bamboozled" (as I recall one lady in a CNN report saying)

Answer 3

Aquafina Water Recall

Answer 4

what we all need to realize and stop freaking out about is that Aquafina isn't tap water put into a bottle... its "tap water" that has been filtered and purified through various processes to not only have far fewer impurities but to taste alot better, and then put into a bottle. These filtering techniques are relatively expensive. And unless you have a reverse osmosis system (read: not a cheap brita or pur thing) installed on your tap at your house, aquafina isn't even comparable to the "free" tap water you get at home or a restaurant. therefore, since it isn't plain tap water, there is no "loop hole" to speak of

Answer 5

This is kind of misleading. Spring water often comes from mountain sources and is naturally filtered. The mountain on the Aquafina label makes you think that it comes from spring water. What the article is saying is that Pepsico uses city tap water and runs it through 7 different filtering processes including "reverse osmosis". In the end it is still "purified water". How much of the waters impurities are removed is another question all together.

Answer 6

I live in Las Vegas and our tap water is incredibly foul. So I would pay to have regular unfilter, unpurified tap water bottled from another. tastier city. Most everyone here has bottled water coolers or extensive filtering systems and treat the tap water as if it were unpotable. The first year I lived her, '98, there was a news story about male fish in the lake where our water comes from getting pregnant.

If you live in Sweet Water, Texas this will Aquafina thing would be more scandelous then if you live in Vegas.

Answer 7

I read an article a few months ago stating that MOST bottled waters are tap water. It won't effect my purchasing at all. Its just easy to grab a bottle of water and go. I understand that doing it with a water bottle is easy too, but meh. Doesn't really surprise me.

Answer 8

well as long as they filter it well It really doesn't matter. Those are the 2 brands I buy and I still will. I use brita as well. I would never just drink water out of the sink eww

Answer 9

that had been in the news yrs ago when they first came out with the water. Someone wanted to stir the pot again I think. No differant then the beer companys and thier water sources.

heck the air we breathe has more crap in it then the water i bet.

Answer 10

It's freakin' amazing, isn't it!

And they often sell the water for more than they sell soda. So adding expensive sugar and flavorings actually decreases the value of the water! LOL