The Pros And Cons Of Bottled Water

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Many have always questioned if bottled water or tap water is better for themselves and the environment. Bottled water has many conveniences and is needed, or even wanted, by many people in the United States and all over the world. Water bottles is just not a want for some, it is a necessity. This essay will convince you of the reasons why bottled water is superior to tap water. Not only will you find out why it is superior but why it is important to always have bottled water available to everyone. A reason that bottled water has been valued over tap water would be that it is more portable. It is more convenient to just go and pick up a bottle of water than have to fill something up and take it with you. If you are in a time crunch you would …show more content…

During disaster many breakages can happen to the public water system; such as contamination of public water systems. Whenever public water systems are not available there could always be a convenient and life saving resource available, such as the water bottle. Fager writes in his essay, “In almost all such events, public water systems are made unusable almost immediately, sometimes for a long time” (2). Fager states in this piece of his essay that water systems in local communities are often compromised in and after times of natural disasters. Therefore, water bottles will be lifesavers in these times due to the fact that they are not contaminated, unlike the tap water that can harm many people after these …show more content…

Those people believe that bottled water is not a good investment for people that have safe tap water. Standageaug states in an essay “...is to stop spending money on bottled water and to give the money to water charities” (4). In this piece of the essay, Standageaug states that people that have safe tap water should not buy bottled water. Some people do not just buy their bottled water because their tap water is not safe. There is different kinds of water of not everyone likes the same kind of water. Therefore, someone may not be buying their bottled water to be safe, but because they do not like the tap water that is available to them. Bottled water is not just for safety, it is for what the people want as

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