“In 2022, U.S. bottled water sales volume amounted to approximately 15.9 billion gallons - the highest volume of bottled water ever sold in the United States.”
A lot of people can’t get safe drinking water out of their tap. A lot of people, just in the US. That’s a lot of ongoing costs for filters. Where there’s municipal water, that water should already be safe to drink.
It’s no different from bottled soda except it doesn’t have all the extra crap they add to make it soda.
https://www.statista.com/outlook/cmo/non-alcoholic-drinks/soft-drinks/united-states
"In the Soft Drinks market, volume, at home is expected to amount to 47.0bn L by 2024.
Volume, out-of-home is expected to amount to 17.6bn L in 2024.
Volume, combined is expected to amount to 64.6bn L in 2024."
vs. 60bn L for bottled water.
https://www.statista.com/topics/1302/bottled-water-market/#topicOverview
“In 2022, U.S. bottled water sales volume amounted to approximately 15.9 billion gallons - the highest volume of bottled water ever sold in the United States.”
But somehow water is the problem? 🤔
Oh, you get soda directly plumbed into your house?
You don’t, peasant? /s
You don’t?
Fuck, I wish.
Well, you can get water out of your tap, so there’s an easy alternative. Use a filter if your tap water is iffy.
Not everyone has reliably safe tap water. Remember Flint?
And the Bay Area as the article warns about.
The article says that cancer causing chemicals were found in bottled water in the Bay Area, not tap water.
Article said the bottled water was tap water. And the tap water in the Bay Area had cancer causing chemicals.
A lot of people can’t get safe drinking water out of their tap. A lot of people, just in the US. That’s a lot of ongoing costs for filters. Where there’s municipal water, that water should already be safe to drink.
what is a water storage alternative?
If your tap doesn’t work, large refillable bottles. In the US, there are services that deliver them and some grocery stores offer it.
They are, strangely, more expensive than large multipacks of water bottles. Even with bottle return discounts.
That’s the part people like to forget. The cost
25l water tanks with tap water and/or forklift water tanks.