What is your reason for drinking bottled water?

• Healthy habit – drinking eight fluid ounces eight times a day.
• Convenience – carrying your bottle is easier than a jug and glass.
• Concerned about purity – worried that tap water may be polluted.
• Image – you only drink the most expensive and exclusive aqua available.

Drinking for health reasons definitely makes the most sense. Water makes up seventy five percent of our body mass. Dehydration can cause headaches, hypertension, back pain, arthritis, ulcers, asthma, morning sickness and fatigue. We must maintain the body’s natural fluid levels.If you drink bottled water for convenience you might consider filling your bottle from a tap or better still using a home water filter or a bottle with a built in filter. You can get your drink purer than any bottled product at a fraction of the price.

If you are concerned about the purity you should definitely consider a home filter or a bottle with a built in filter. Many people are unaware that many brands of commercially bottled products are municipal water, and in some cases it is not even filtered or treated, just bottled. The beautiful picture of mountains on the bottle are no guarantee that the product is not municipal. Federal regulations only require bottled products to be as good as tap, no better.

Federal regulations for bottled products are not nearly as stringent as the regulations relating to home water filters. Home filters are required in certain states to provide documentary proof of the purity they claim. California is the strictest state requiring manufacturers to have promotional, advertising, website and packaging materials reviewed by the Department Of Health for accuracy prior to certification.

When considering a home filter choose a company that backs up their claims of purity with the documentary proof. Californian regulations are the strictest and an excellent indication that the product is of the best available.

Whatever your reason for drinking bottled water, consider investing in a home filter and fill your bottle with filtered water from your tap. You will certainly save your pocket.

As a last comment, if you are drinking bottled water for the image you should certainly consider buying a bottle of the most expensive available and refilling it thereafter with the purest aqua available from a home filter. You will have the best image and the best aqua.