Drink What?

by Jameise, March 24, 2009 at 2:54pm

So, you’ve got this great reusable water bottle, and you’re ready to do your part. But, they don’t just magically fill themselves. Now, you have to figure out where your water will come from. The sink? A gallon bottle stored in your fridge? Some sort of filter device?

Personally, in my room, if it wasn’t from a bottle, it came from the sink. Either, my roommate and I went out and bought bottled water, or we enjoyed D.C.’s finest tap water from our lovely kitchen sink. Now, in some places, it is okay to drink tap water. Actually, some municipal water is better than bottled water; also, some bottled water even comes from tap water sources (See Top 5 Reasons to Give Up Bottled Water.) If you want to know about the quality of water in your area, try this site.

In less favorable news, I came across an article from Environmental Working Group that certainly made me think twice about my tap water consumption. The article talks about the contamination of tap water by pharmaceuticals. It doesn’t give exact percentages, but you’re not getting a full dose of a drug by any means. Nonetheless, it’s there for your reading pleasure. If you want more to think about, check out this post about contaminants in bottled versus tap water!

We’ve got all this information that empowers us with choice. Hopefully soon there will be more information on the levels of contamination so we all are able to make more informed decisions about our water sources. We can reduce the pollution of water by drinking tap water. Doing so eliminates all the costly factors that go in to the making of a water bottle (see our Cost Calculator)!

…Just some things to think about.