This makes me appreciate our tapwater even more. Some time you don’t seem to have a choice but to buy bottled water. A fact that hasn’t escaped the companies.
Wake up, kid. Nestlé supplied Flint with all this water for SALES PROMOTION PURPOSES, not because they’re big-hearted, sympathetic or anything.
Nestle is profiting $$$+ from their sneaky PR scam. Just stealin’ water from Lake Michigan and other parts of Michigan such as Osceola Township, bottlin’ and truckin’ it to Flint — “Look folks, we’re good guys!”
PepsiCo, the maker of Aquafina, will soon be changing its label in order to make it clear to consumers where the bottled water is coming from. The new labels will include ‘public water source,’ to clarify that the water is really just tap water. Before going into an Aquafina bottle, the water is purified through a seven-step process, removing minerals and other contents that may be found in municipal water supplies.
My usual response to “corporations are greedy”: Buy stock. Not only will you profit from the assumed greed, but you’ll have a say in corporate governance.
There is almost no one, individual or corporate, who is all one thing. Thinking otherwise blinds you and will drive you to assumptions that in some cases prove disastrous.
A point that is often lost on a lot of people is the astronomical cost of treating water, which where I live is reflected in a wastewater tax. We pay for the water and then we pay for an equivalent volume of wastewater (a lot higher than the former). The problem with pristine drinkable water coming out of all your taps is that you not only drink it, you use it to fill your pool, wash your car, water your lawn, etc. That’s on top of old, leaking water pipes that waste water and cause road damage and sinkholes. Until we get smart with how we use water, we will have Flints and huge water bills.
I understand not drinking bottled water if you live where the tap water is good, but that is not always the case. I lived in a house with well water as a teenager – it was orange, and I stopped drinking water (the taste was foul). Where I live now, the water is so hard that plumbing fixtures need replacing every couple years or so, or you need a very expensive water softening system. It won’t kill you (soon), but it tastes awful, and the mineral content is high enough to affect the health of people with medical issues (according to my doctor, who told me not to drink tap).
The bottled water is NOT “the same as the tap water”. It is filtered beyond what is done with plain tap water (which can also pick up impurities on the trip from treatment plant to your home) and some does come from natural springs (which isn’t, on its own a guarantee of quality).
In any case, the corporation has to pay for the processing, bottling and transportation. They only make money if people are willing to pay for it. I suggest the busy-bodies worry about themselves and not the preferences of others.
You need some six-formula aqueous H2O dissolved in concentrated distilled water (I have actually forgotten the formula thing for how concentrated 100% water is, so I just picked six).
Isak Dinesen wrote“The cure for anything is salt water — tears, sweat or the sea.” I believe this to be true. But an awful lot of symptoms can be alleviated by even a big ol’ tank full of the chlorinated stuff.
Pumping water up from under ground, especially if it’s very deep, is NOT cheap. Plus you can get lots more minerals and smells. Even wells that aren’t that deep can have an off taste (at least at first) and high mineral content. I lived on a rural Midwest farm in High School, and when we moved in we had it tested and the lab suggested getting it filtered. We never did.
Darsan54 Premium Member over 5 years ago
the state of denial Frazz enjoys is exactly what the corporations and government officials are counting on.
whahoppened over 5 years ago
Beer companies do it without the plastic.
pschearer Premium Member over 5 years ago
Everyone who hates corporations should boycott their products. And if you die, so you die.
pony21 Premium Member over 5 years ago
@scherzo – Oddly, page would not let me reply to your comment yesterday, so I’ll ask here if you don’t mind.
Who is the “Weird Texan”?
asrialfeeple over 5 years ago
This makes me appreciate our tapwater even more. Some time you don’t seem to have a choice but to buy bottled water. A fact that hasn’t escaped the companies.
Ginger Retiree over 5 years ago
Wake up, kid. Nestlé supplied Flint with all this water for SALES PROMOTION PURPOSES, not because they’re big-hearted, sympathetic or anything.
Nestle is profiting $$$+ from their sneaky PR scam. Just stealin’ water from Lake Michigan and other parts of Michigan such as Osceola Township, bottlin’ and truckin’ it to Flint — “Look folks, we’re good guys!”
Sportymonk over 5 years ago
https://clark.com/deals-money-saving-advice/pepsi-aquafina-tap-water-best-bottled-waters/
Half of all bottled water is just tap water
PepsiCo, the maker of Aquafina, will soon be changing its label in order to make it clear to consumers where the bottled water is coming from. The new labels will include ‘public water source,’ to clarify that the water is really just tap water. Before going into an Aquafina bottle, the water is purified through a seven-step process, removing minerals and other contents that may be found in municipal water supplies.
Uncle Bob over 5 years ago
Of course it took a while to get there because of all the chuckholes…
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 5 years ago
Water, like everything from fire and the wheel to nuclear fission and the Internet, can be used for good or ill.
Flatlander, purveyor of fine covfefe over 5 years ago
and donated to fill the emergency trailers for disasters
jerrodmason over 5 years ago
My usual response to “corporations are greedy”: Buy stock. Not only will you profit from the assumed greed, but you’ll have a say in corporate governance.
jerrodmason over 5 years ago
By recognizing the difference between local and federal responsibilities.
Nick Danger over 5 years ago
There is almost no one, individual or corporate, who is all one thing. Thinking otherwise blinds you and will drive you to assumptions that in some cases prove disastrous.
cervelo over 5 years ago
A point that is often lost on a lot of people is the astronomical cost of treating water, which where I live is reflected in a wastewater tax. We pay for the water and then we pay for an equivalent volume of wastewater (a lot higher than the former). The problem with pristine drinkable water coming out of all your taps is that you not only drink it, you use it to fill your pool, wash your car, water your lawn, etc. That’s on top of old, leaking water pipes that waste water and cause road damage and sinkholes. Until we get smart with how we use water, we will have Flints and huge water bills.
sew-so over 5 years ago
I understand not drinking bottled water if you live where the tap water is good, but that is not always the case. I lived in a house with well water as a teenager – it was orange, and I stopped drinking water (the taste was foul). Where I live now, the water is so hard that plumbing fixtures need replacing every couple years or so, or you need a very expensive water softening system. It won’t kill you (soon), but it tastes awful, and the mineral content is high enough to affect the health of people with medical issues (according to my doctor, who told me not to drink tap).
whelan_jj over 5 years ago
The bottled water is NOT “the same as the tap water”. It is filtered beyond what is done with plain tap water (which can also pick up impurities on the trip from treatment plant to your home) and some does come from natural springs (which isn’t, on its own a guarantee of quality).
In any case, the corporation has to pay for the processing, bottling and transportation. They only make money if people are willing to pay for it. I suggest the busy-bodies worry about themselves and not the preferences of others.
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member over 5 years ago
You need some six-formula aqueous H2O dissolved in concentrated distilled water (I have actually forgotten the formula thing for how concentrated 100% water is, so I just picked six).
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
PostsFrazz12 hrs ·
Isak Dinesen wrote “The cure for anything is salt water — tears, sweat or the sea.” I believe this to be true. But an awful lot of symptoms can be alleviated by even a big ol’ tank full of the chlorinated stuff.
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I’d prefer a drink of cold fresh water myself.
oakie817 over 5 years ago
tap water doesn’t even taste like water
mauser7 over 5 years ago
Pumping water up from under ground, especially if it’s very deep, is NOT cheap. Plus you can get lots more minerals and smells. Even wells that aren’t that deep can have an off taste (at least at first) and high mineral content. I lived on a rural Midwest farm in High School, and when we moved in we had it tested and the lab suggested getting it filtered. We never did.