Two Cents
The Real Cost of Bottled Water
2020 • E7 Mar 18, 2020 8m
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The water that comes from your tap is 3000x cheaper than what you can buy in a store... so why are Americans willing to spend money on it?
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sources:
https://www.circleofblue.org/2018/water-management/pricing/price-of-water-2018/
https://www.pvwc.com/story_of_water/html/costs.htm
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-trouble-with-bottled-water-40529397/
https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/about/live-healthy/tap-water-vs-bottled-water
https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/insight/take-back-tap-big-business-hustle-bottled-water
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-09-21/nestl-makes-billions-bottling-water-it-pays-nearly-nothing-for?src=longreads
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/water-bills-rising-cost-of-water-creating-big-utility-bills-for-americans/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/are-you-prepared-for-unaffordable-water-bills/
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/5/19/15477702/map-30-us-cities-water-price
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/08/691409795/a-water-crisis-is-growing-in-a-place-youd-least-expect-it
https://www.bottledwater.org/types/tap-water
https://thefactsaboutwater.org/regulations/tap-water/
https://www.americanrivers.org/rivers/discover-your-river/drinking-water/
https://www.epa.gov/sourcewaterprotection/drinking-water-mapping-application-protect-source-waters-dwmaps
https://www.npr.org/2016/04/14/473806134/how-do-we-get-our-drinking-water-in-the-u-s
https://www.moneycrashers.com/bottled-water-vs-tap-water-facts/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottled_water
https://www.creditdonkey.com/bottled-water-statistics.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bottled-water-sales-outpace-soda-for-the-first
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The water that comes from your tap is 3000x cheaper than what you can buy in a store... so why are Americans willing to spend money on it?
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sources:
https://www.circleofblue.org/2018/water-management/pricing/price-of-water-2018/
https://www.pvwc.com/story_of_water/html/costs.htm
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-trouble-with-bottled-water-40529397/
https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/about/live-healthy/tap-water-vs-bottled-water
https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/insight/take-back-tap-big-business-hustle-bottled-water
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-09-21/nestl-makes-billions-bottling-water-it-pays-nearly-nothing-for?src=longreads
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/water-bills-rising-cost-of-water-creating-big-utility-bills-for-americans/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/are-you-prepared-for-unaffordable-water-bills/
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/5/19/15477702/map-30-us-cities-water-price
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/08/691409795/a-water-crisis-is-growing-in-a-place-youd-least-expect-it
https://www.bottledwater.org/types/tap-water
https://thefactsaboutwater.org/regulations/tap-water/
https://www.americanrivers.org/rivers/discover-your-river/drinking-water/
https://www.epa.gov/sourcewaterprotection/drinking-water-mapping-application-protect-source-waters-dwmaps
https://www.npr.org/2016/04/14/473806134/how-do-we-get-our-drinking-water-in-the-u-s
https://www.moneycrashers.com/bottled-water-vs-tap-water-facts/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottled_water
https://www.creditdonkey.com/bottled-water-statistics.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bottled-water-sales-outpace-soda-for-the-first