Most of it is , it is just tap water from some towns water supply.
Is Bottled Water Bull Crap?
Pretty much, most bottled water is from the tab anyways, but most people dont know that .
That depends on what you mean.
Will both types of water hydrate you, and are both safe to drink (in the US)? Yes, of course. So if your definition ends there, then you could say that bottles water is BS.
Then again, if you are looking into taste, mouth feel, consistency, convenience, shelf life, and the lack of chemical additives (i.e. Chlorine), then no bottled water is decidedly NOT "bull crap". Of course this doesnt take into account places such as Mexico where tap water can actually be harmful due to contaminants, chemicals, and parasites present in the public water system.
There are a lot of different types of bottles water: Spring, artesian, mineral, sparkling, and purified. Since most major brands are of the purified variety (those pulled from municipal water sources) I will concentrate on that.
Yes, "purified" bottled water (as defined by the FDA) is water taken from the public water system. This is a great starting point, given the fact that basically all public drinking water in the US meets some very high standards in terms of quality and drinkability.
From there, this municipal water is exposed to UV light as a first step purification process. UV light disinfects without affecting pH, aroma, color, or stability of the water while never creating a residue or byproduct unlike some other forms of disinfection used in municipal water systems.
After this, the water moves onto the filtration process. This removes basically all particulates, chemicals (like the chlorine used in the public water from which it was taken), and microorganisms. These filters run in a linear series, going from ~5 microns to 0.2 microns. This is typically looped a few times over as well in order to get to 99.9% filtration effectiveness.
Then, after the filtration process the filtered water is treated with an ozonation disinfection process. In this process they use ozone gas (a form of oxygen) to fully disinfect the water even further. Again, as with the reverse osmosis process, this step does not change the pH, or add aroma, color, or taste to the water.
After these steps are completed, you are basically left with pure H20. The problem with this is that "pure" H20 doesnt have ANY taste and feels "rough" across the tongue (theres that mouth feel thing). This is why companies typically add minerals to the water at this stage. These minerals would naturally be found in water, but were removed by the refinement process mentioned above. For the mineral injection process, companies add minerals such as calcium and magnesium in order to produce more healthful benefits as well as adding to the taste and mouth feel of their water. Of course each company adds different amounts of each mineral to custom tailor the taste and feel of their water, which is which you notice some bottles waters taste and/or "feel" different from one another.
After all of this, the bottles water is put into it's... Well... Bottles, under strict sanitary conditions fully regulated by the FDA. It is because of this process, combined with the above mentioned filtration/disinfection steps, that bottled water can be stored indefinitely as long as it is kept at or below room temperature and out of direct sunlight. Again, this is something you can NOT do with tap water in and of it self.
Now, I'm not even delving into the controversy about things such as the presence of estrogen and other medications in public drinking water systems or the potential tampering with public water works systems by terrorists and what not. I do not have time or motivation to get into that whole can of worms. Needless to say, though, that neither of these issues are relevant when discussing bottled water.
Will both types of water hydrate you, and are both safe to drink (in the US)? Yes, of course. So if your definition ends there, then you could say that bottles water is BS.
Then again, if you are looking into taste, mouth feel, consistency, convenience, shelf life, and the lack of chemical additives (i.e. Chlorine), then no bottled water is decidedly NOT "bull crap". Of course this doesnt take into account places such as Mexico where tap water can actually be harmful due to contaminants, chemicals, and parasites present in the public water system.
There are a lot of different types of bottles water: Spring, artesian, mineral, sparkling, and purified. Since most major brands are of the purified variety (those pulled from municipal water sources) I will concentrate on that.
Yes, "purified" bottled water (as defined by the FDA) is water taken from the public water system. This is a great starting point, given the fact that basically all public drinking water in the US meets some very high standards in terms of quality and drinkability.
From there, this municipal water is exposed to UV light as a first step purification process. UV light disinfects without affecting pH, aroma, color, or stability of the water while never creating a residue or byproduct unlike some other forms of disinfection used in municipal water systems.
After this, the water moves onto the filtration process. This removes basically all particulates, chemicals (like the chlorine used in the public water from which it was taken), and microorganisms. These filters run in a linear series, going from ~5 microns to 0.2 microns. This is typically looped a few times over as well in order to get to 99.9% filtration effectiveness.
Then, after the filtration process the filtered water is treated with an ozonation disinfection process. In this process they use ozone gas (a form of oxygen) to fully disinfect the water even further. Again, as with the reverse osmosis process, this step does not change the pH, or add aroma, color, or taste to the water.
After these steps are completed, you are basically left with pure H20. The problem with this is that "pure" H20 doesnt have ANY taste and feels "rough" across the tongue (theres that mouth feel thing). This is why companies typically add minerals to the water at this stage. These minerals would naturally be found in water, but were removed by the refinement process mentioned above. For the mineral injection process, companies add minerals such as calcium and magnesium in order to produce more healthful benefits as well as adding to the taste and mouth feel of their water. Of course each company adds different amounts of each mineral to custom tailor the taste and feel of their water, which is which you notice some bottles waters taste and/or "feel" different from one another.
After all of this, the bottles water is put into it's... Well... Bottles, under strict sanitary conditions fully regulated by the FDA. It is because of this process, combined with the above mentioned filtration/disinfection steps, that bottled water can be stored indefinitely as long as it is kept at or below room temperature and out of direct sunlight. Again, this is something you can NOT do with tap water in and of it self.
Now, I'm not even delving into the controversy about things such as the presence of estrogen and other medications in public drinking water systems or the potential tampering with public water works systems by terrorists and what not. I do not have time or motivation to get into that whole can of worms. Needless to say, though, that neither of these issues are relevant when discussing bottled water.
No it isnt and it also depends on weather it is an original one gotten from the spring.
Yes i know this because i have put tap water in a bottle of empty bottle and put in the refrigerator and they thought it was a bottle they put away in the fridge and drank it
Say you get some bottled water that says fresh from natural spring. More likely some somewhere a guy who is filling the bottles is laughing while filling them with a hose.
I only drink bottled water. I think that it has a weird taste compared to tap water, but out here in BFE we have well water and that crap is nasty. The best bottled water is Fiji Water, that water is very tasty and thirst quenching. All in all though, I think bottle water is a waste of money.
Nope cuze it helps clean out some of bad waste in yur system