I’ve been using bottled water for many years. Why switch over to Point-of-Use?
Your bottled water is relatively expensive, the bottles are heavy and take up quite a bit of storage space, there are some serious sanitation concerns, and there is a good chance that you may not be getting what you think you’ve paid for. Expensive: Bottled water costs an average or $0.79 per gallon, or $7.95 per 5-gallon jug. A 16 oz. Bottle from the convenience store can cost as much as $1.50. But according to the EPA, most bottled water does not qualify as spring water. In fact, most bottled water is actually just filtered water taken from the municipal water supply of a town probably hundreds of miles from where it is finally consumed. Worse, the EPA estimates that approximately 25% of all bottled water on the market is actually just regular tap water repackaged as spring or filtered water, and resold to the consumer for a significant markup. When was the last time you paid $0.79 for a glass of tap water? When you purchase bottled water, there is nothing to assure that you aren’t d
