Tap water costs 0.002 per gallon. If you filter it, the cost is about 0.25 gallon. Bottle water is about $10.66 gallon. Cost wise, giving it up is a no-brainer. If you are worried about drinking your tap water, test it. If it needs filtration, buy the proper filter.
You can get complete details on how to test your water and get the correct filter by reading Take Back the Tap Guide to Home Tap Water Filtration.
The City of Minneapolis produced 5 amusing videos to get the point across that the City of Lakes has great tap water. This is one of them. You can check out the rest on Tap Minneapolis. Then take the pledge and convert to tap water. Your story will appear on their website. What’s even better is that you’ll save a lot of money and help the environment.
In previous posts, I wrote about drinking tap water instead of buying bottled water. It’s better for the environment. You aren’t throwing away bottles. You aren’t draining the water from someone else’s community. And your own tap water doesn’t require fuel to get to you. Tap water is earth-friendly!
Soda presents the same issue. It’s basically flavored tap water. It uses a lot of energy to transport. It takes water from someone else’s community. It creates a lot of waste from bottles. So why not make your own?
It’s pretty easy to carbonate your own tap water using a seltzer maker. SodaStream has great kits that are easy—and fun—to use. You can buy their flavors or make your own. Or just drink the carbonated water straight. It’s refreshing!
Matt Williams is a SUNY Potsdam student (Biology major) who won 3rd place in the I Heart Tap Water Student Video Contest. He makes a compelling case for drinking tap water instead of using bottled water. Tap water is free, portable, and convenient. Bottled water costs money and, in most cases, is just tap water. On the other hand, the bottles from bottled water create garbage, release toxins, and, if reused, are prone to growing bacteria from all the pores created as the bottle degrades. Take a look at his video!
Watch this finalist for the I Heart Tap Water Student Video Contest. Great job from Verona Area High School and UW Milwaukee! Take the pledge. You’ll see a few more of these video entries this week.
