The Bottled vs Tap Debate
It seems that the bottled water versus tap water debate is a little more complicated than you may first have suspected. It is not as simple as one is bad, one is good for you. Nor is it simply that one is worse for the environment, where as one has virtually not carbon footprint (though this is certainly the case). The matter is more complicated. While it is always good to drink water (unless it’s contaminated) and the general rule is the more the better, there are things to consider as to what type of water you should be drinking. Most people are very happy to drink the water that flows from their taps. Others are not so sure and opt for home water filters like Brita, which to an extent purify the tap water. Others are very funny about tap water and won’t touch it with a barge pole. This is for reasons ranging from they think its better for you, to they think its tastes better. There are suggestions that tap water can contain harmful chemicals which are by-products of the chlorination process, yet other suggestions that it is ludicrous to suggest that tap water can be harmful. What a confusion.
