More than a quarter of the bottled water sold today is no more than highly filtered tap water including some of the most popular brands on the market like Aquafina, and Dasani. The water used to fill the bottles depletes existing ground water supplies that would otherwise be made available to many communities, small towns and cities. But with corporate profits soaring some bottled water companies have little or no regard about the stress being placed on the existing supplies, how it affects others who need access to the water, or the effects on the eco system and whether it depletes existing supplies available to the local wildlife that also depend on the same water for survival. The truth is that water is the one essential element necessary to sustain all life on our planet. Humans must keep filling up on it daily as 70% of our brain is water, 90% of our lungs are water, 83% of our blood is water and, 60% of our body is water. Without it life as we know ceases to exist.
Drinking water is certainly healthier and by far a better alternative to enthusiastically chugging down an acidic sugar filled can of soda or other high calorie, fat generating, diabetes causing beverage so readily available on the market today. But convenience and availability comes with a price. You can see it everyday in the form of an eye-sore on the side of highways, streets, waterways, lakes, rivers, streams, and various other locations where empty plastic water bottles are discarded. In addition to depleting ground water supplies the bottled water companies also burn millions of gallons of oil and emit tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere manufacturing and delivering their goods to the market. Consumption of bottled water in the U.S. reached 30 billion bottles per year in 2005 and only 12% of those bottles were actually recycled. The billions and billions of plastic bottles discarded over the past several years and sent to a landfill will still be there 1000 years from now. And it will be your tax dollars used to clean up the mess and a legacy we will pass down to the generations.
Oh, did I forget to mention that there is also a new plastic available for bottling the water from the A.W.G’s that is 98.5% biodegradable. That’s right; it will harmlessly melt away causing little or no damage to the environment and/or posing a threat to existing ground water supplies by leaching, or the many other environmental problems associated with the plastic presently being used to contain the water sold on the market today.
This is a simple one folks. The ability is here, the time is at hand, the public is more aware than ever, and our government recognizes the necessity and importance of these types of new innovative technologies to be implemented. Now all it will take is the public; the consumer to rise-up and demand this type of product. With the money involved in selling bottled water it will not take long before the pioneers with the vision, insight, and a good accountant to recognize a literal goldmine when they see one. And it will prove to be one of the most beneficial products to reach the shelves in years. Plus the public will get access to some of the purest drinking water in the world.
I would also strongly recommend and encourage anyone with an interest in where the world’s fresh water provisions are headed over the next decade to view Irena Salina’s 2008 first class eye-opening documentary entitled “Flow” which thoroughly examines the global water crisis and the preconceptions and misconceptions that most people have regarding our water supplies.
Using atmospheric water generating technology combined with a 98.5% biodegradeable plastic can create the best bottled water in the world. Advanced water purification systems ensure that the water is 99.9% pure and clean and no depletion of existing ground water supplies!
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