What water bottling company is using tap water? Is this true and who is it?

Question

I just heard this today and dont know if it is true or not.

Answer 1

Sorry to burst your bubble, but all bottlers who produce "distilled" or "purified" water products use tap water as a raw ingredient. The water is extensively purified, filtered, and disinfected before bottling, so it *is* purer and safer than the water that comes out of the tap. Bottlers are required by law to list their water source either on the bottle directly or on the exterior packaging of a multipack; the fact that some products use tap water should be clearly marked, whether or not they make a big deal out of publicizing it.

If you prefer to drink water that has never been through a municipal system, you will have to restrict your bottled water consumption to "spring water" and "artesian water" products. In order to qualify for those labels, regulations require that the water come from certified natural ground sources, and there are rules about how much purification can be done to make it safe for human consumption.

Contrary to popular belief, the bottled water industry is strictly regulated. Particularly if you buy a fairly well-known brand, you can rest assured that the product in the bottles is clean, safe, and free of chlorine and other chemicals.

Answer 2

No matter where the water comes from it goes threw the same process it would be imposable for me to explain it all out. I mean have you ever seen the test of the ground water in some places? almost none of the springs are in remote places most "springs" are 200 feet below a city and the water quality isn't better then city water. The point is that no matter where the water comes from the company's that produce it do the best that is available "mostly for reputation" to make it the purist they can. the filter systems are bigger then most peoples living room and the whole purification systems are bigger then most houses.

Answer 3

A lot of them use tap water-it is filtered and purified in various ways, though, so it's not exactly tap water-it just didn't originally come from a mountain spring.

Answer 4

It will tell you on the bottle if it is tap or natural spring. If it is tap, it will say something like Purified Drinking Water. If it comes from a spring, it will say Natural Spring Water. Ozarka is a natural spring water.

Answer 5

They all do. It is just the different purifiers that they use at the water facilities, that make them purified water or drinking water. Natural spring water just falls under the category of drinking water. They have that right by law to call it whatever they want if it falls under any of the specified conditions.

Answer 6

Tap water tastes like dirt - I prefer filtered water, it doesn't have to come from the mountain or some underground source but it does have to at least be filtered...

Answer 7

Pretty much all of them do. Even if it comes from "artisianal springs", that just means the water supply is from wells rather than surface water. Meaning you're paying over $10/gallon for filtered well water. Yum.

Answer 8

Yes Pepsi and Coca-cola use "public water sources" for their water. Aquafina is misleading because it has that mountain on its front. Who cares though! Tap water is the best.

Answer 9

The two biggest selling bottle water producers that who. Both coke and pepsi's waters are nothing more than filtered tab water.

Answer 10

Do you think they're all getting it from some magic alpine spring?? Sorry, hun... They get it from the same tap you do, then the magic of reverse osmosis takes over and bingo, you pay a buck a bottle. Just like magic!