Cost - Bottled water costs anywhere from $0.25 a gallon for water from a vending machine to $0.50 for generic water jugs you purchase in a store to $1.00 - $1.50 or more for water delivered to your home. If you purchase 10 gallons of bottled water a week, you will spend $260 (at $.50/gal), $520 (at $1.00/gal), $780 (at $1.50/gal), or more every year. Many of us are willing to pay extraordinary prices for the availability and convenience of certain products. That 16 ounce bottle of “designer water” you just purchased at the gas station for $0.69 costs $5.52 per gallon, probably more than twice as much per gallon as your gas! Purchasing one 16 oz bottle per day (at $0.69 per bottle) will cost you $248 per year - that’s for a total of 45 gallons. If you take a minute to fill your own well-cleaned water bottle filter, however, a 16 oz bottle of water would cost perhaps 1 - 2 cents a day, or less than $7.30 per year.

Convenience - Using bottled water requires moving and storing jugs or bottles of water. Water weighs about eight pounds per gallon, or about 40 pounds per five gallon bottle. Failure of a small valve can lead to a big mess, as I discovered after arriving home one evening after a long day at work to find 3 gallons of water soaking into the rug.

Environmental Impact - Producing bottles uses resources, and unless they are reused or recycled, they cause a waste disposal problem. Recycle or reuse the empty bottles, if at all possible.

Healthcare Providers will tell you we need filtered water as much as possible. We all need to be filtering our own water at home and everywhere we go. Home filters and portable water filters will save our pocketbook and our environment. Do your part!

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