Bottled Water Facts

Bottled water is very popular these days, and if you don’t believe that then just take a stroll through your local supermarket’s beverage aisle.

On one side will be all of the carbonated beverages, the fruit juices, and the energy drinks. On the other side of the beverage aisle will be bottled water. It comes in individual bottles, gallon bottles, family sized multi gallon containers, etc. Most grocery stores have a place to refill water bottles one gallon at a time. Most towns have a few different businesses that will deliver bottled water to people’s homes.

Bottled Water Facts:

Water is regulated at both the state and federal levels to make sure that it meets safe water standards.

The water is regulated by the FDA as a food product and must comply with the FDA’s Quality Standards, its regulations for labelling and the Good Manufacturing Practices.

Water needs to be tested every year by the local health department or by a water testing lab.

The International Bottled Water Association has twelve hundred members

Eighty five percent of the available bottled water is developed according to regulations that complement state and federal standards.

It comes in second in the race of beverages that are for sale.

The amount of  water bought each year grows by at least one gallon.

In 2004, bottled water sales reached over nine billion dollars.

It is not required to be tested for e.coli, giardia, benzenes, asbestos or cryptosporidium.

Water bottlers can sell contaminated water as long as they make sure to note on the label that the water contains excessive bacteria or excessive chemical substances.

Tap water is regulated more stringently by the Environmental Protection Agency while bottled water is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.

Bottled water in the US can be artesian water, fluoridated water, ground water, mineral water, purified water, sparkling water, spring water, sterile water, well water or distilled water.

The United States consumes the most bottled water, followed by Mexico and then China, though the highest amount of water consumed per person per year is in Italy where apparently Italians each consume 183.6 liters of water each year.

The water is the most successful consumer product in the world.

Eighty percent of the water bottles bought by Americans end up in landfills.

The water is thought to be worse for the environment and the economy than tap water.

Bottled water is very popular, though how good it is for you remain to be seen.

These bottled water statistics and bottled water facts do certainly shed some light on the tap-vs.-bottled water debate. Whether or not your consumption of bottled water changes, the important thing you need to remember is that you body needs water, no matter where it comes from.

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