The Importance Of Bottled Water

Water is one of the fundamental requirements of life, and as such, guaranteeing safe drinking water is the number one priority. It seems now that bottle water is everywhere, it is in offices, airplanes, stores, and restaurants across the country. But many people don’t realize the effects of water bottles on earth if not recycled properly. Due to the overuse and disposal of bottled water, the transition to a filter based or tap water is necessary to preserve the earth and to better the life of society. When consumers think about bottle water vs. tap water, most people drink both, knowing the importance of plenty of water. What the consumer may not know is some bottled water may not be as pure as they expect. In 1999, the Natural Resources

Since those campaigns, more and more colleges are banning and limiting the sale of bottled water, and installing reusable-bottle filling stations (Carlson 9). Pennsylvania State University has been working with the drinking-fountain manufactures Elkay, Oasis, and Hawes to produce water-bottle filling stations (Carlson 9). Earlier this year, the university installed prototypes and swabbed them every so often; discovering that they had the potential to transmit bacteria from bottle to bottle after each student would fill up a bottle (Carlson 9). Elkay and Oasis produced new designs, and now 11 of them are installed around the campus, the university will then test those, too, even as it plans to install more (Carlson 9). This movement from bottle water to tap water filling stations doesn’t just affect the environment, but the many universities that are putting this idea in use are saving a lot of money than when they were buying water bottles to sell to their students. The bad thing for bottle water companies is that their sales will go down and might go out of business, however the good thing is this will help the environment tremendously and will keep water bottles out of the landfills in the