It's funny when I think about bottled water. I live in a city where clean, safe tap water is available in almost all public settings and at home. Nonetheless, people still choose to buy bottled water. I understand that not all cities have tap water facilities installed and I feel privileged that my city does, yet there still are people making choices in buying packages after packages of bottled water. Ironic, eh? Furthermore, we see companies like Nestle exploiting water sources, packaging bottled water and selling it off for billions they barely paid much for. Taking more into consideration that manufacturing and exporting these plastic bottles also adds to carbon emissions. Do we really want to funnel our finances into making these environment destructors or installing/utilizing fresh, clean and free tap water facilities?

I completely agree. I too live in a city with good tap water, and it would honestly be a huge waste of money to go out of my way to buy bottled water. Some people live in places where the tap water is bad for you, and that is the only real reason you should be consistently buying bottled water. Tap water averages at about $2.10 per CCF. In case you're wondering, a CCF is equivalent to 748 gallons and 4,787 bottles. If you think about this, with the money to buy 2  bottles of water, you can have 4,787 bottles worth of tap water. Assuming a bottle costs you $1, the price is 2,279 times the cost of having the same amount of water, but tap. Also, as mentioned above, companies export water very far distances in big trucks, and even planes and ships, causing lots of greenhouse gasses to be released.
https://20somethingfinance.com/bottled- … tap-water/

I agree, I also live in a city where the tap water is clean. But people still buy bottled water. I think people do this because are scared that unhealthy things are in the tap water. Which makes those people think the only safe option is bottled water. Also if people used tap water and reusable bottles we would use less plastic. Which would reduce our carbon footprint.

I agree that we should avoid buying bottled water. According to sciencealert.com, "For the vast majority of Americans, a glass from the tap and a glass from the bottle are virtually identical as far as their health and nutritional quality are concerned. In some cases, publicly-sourced tap may actually be safer since it is usually tested more frequently." Therefore, there is no valid reason to buy bottled water unless you don't live in a place with healthy tap water. Someone once told me that the water bottle industry is a scam because minerals are added that can actually make people thirstier, so they will be buying more bottles and using more plastic. This gives companies like Arrowhead, Dasani, and Aquafina more money. Consistently using a water bottle is a small step you can take to reduce your yearly carbon footprint.

I live in a place where most bottled water companies get there water yet I still see so many people choosing to buy bottled water that is up to 2 dollars. In some places where peoples tap water is dirty you can buy a water bottle with a filter in side. This would not only be cheaper overall than buying bottled water it would also be a lot more environmentally friendly.

drinking bottled water too much can damage your teeth

i dont agree with you because not all wate r is clean but if we stop trashing it it will be clean so its not better for water bottles becuse people throw it on the floor and dont pick it up and it goes in the sea or ocean and it killes sEA ANIMALS WITH  IS SAD