Comments on: Pepsi’s Bottled Water is Just Tap Water

By: corey

corey — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:37:05 +0000

I’ve been hearing a lot of noise lately about bottled water. It seems that people are shocked - SHOCKED - to find out that bottled water is, in many cases, simply municipal tap water that is filtered and bottled.

Excuse me guys, but no shit.

Think about two of the most popular brands of bottled water: Aquafina and Dasani. Aquafina is bottled by PepsiCo, Dasani is bottled by Coke-a-Cola. What makes these brands popular is not a) the virginal spring from which the water originated, b) the fresh, clean taste of pure glacial runoff, or c) any other characteristic of the water itself.

What makes these brands popular is that both of these companies already had established bottling facilities and distribution channels. They already had their products in every store in the country (world?), all they had to do to sell their water was to clear off a little space on their shelves.

Here’s the shocker, people: Coke and Pepsi (the beverages) are made from exactly the same tap water. This is, apparently, not newsworthy because Coke and Pepsi are marketed as Colas and not as water. Whatever.

By: Citizen Wilson

Citizen Wilson — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:57:22 +0000

No schitt! Didn’t you know ‘DANSANI’ is french for TAP. It’s all part of the great TILMA - American- NAFTA conspiracy to steal all of Canada’s water and sell it back to us at grossly unfair profits 351 ml at a time. Thank GOD the CBC exposed this fraud. Can you believe family friendly Disney has the audacity to position carts selling bottled water on ice directly in front of fountains dispensing free warm water. I find it mildly amusing to sit and watch how long the line of idiots get forking over top dollar for what they can get for free out of a tap.

By: WestmountLib

WestmountLib — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:56:15 +0000

Thanks for the info Saskboy!
I had no idea that the source was tap nor the excessive usage of water to produce the final product.
Shame Coca Cola!!

By: Rosie

Rosie — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:52:45 +0000

I don’t understand why municipalities don’t start charging for the water bottling companies take out of the ground. In order to prevent it from becoming a “commodity” they could use the term “user fee” or something. COke, or Dasani, uses brampton drinking water. I mean, think of all the water they are sucking out of the ground. Not to mention the bottles. Then companies like Brita go on a marketing campaign comparing tap water to toilet water…….(even though the sad truth is that toilet water is as clean as tap water given your toilet is clean). Its actually another pet peeve of mine….that we are so good that the water we shit in is cleaner than water most of the world’s population drinks. Anyhow, another rant for another day.

By: Red Tory

Red Tory — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:37:23 +0000

Avoiding bottled water whenever possible is one of those painless, environmentally-friendly things that absolutely anybody can do. It’s a total no-brainer really.

Thanks for the link btw.

By: leftdog

leftdog — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:58:49 +0000

Good stuff - great post!
This is the start of exposing the scam of selling H20 for profit - big profit at that!