Well now it looks like Pepsi is going to go ahead and label Aquafina as tap water.
Amazing, we bitch about gas and pay something like $10 gallon for tap water in a bottle that literally has no regulation on bottling it.
Truth about bottled water
Thursday, May 03, 2007By Jeff Alexanderjalexander@muskegonchronicle.com
By Jeff Alexander
jalexander@muskegonchronicle.com
A glowing orange sun rises above snow-capped peaks on the label of Aquafina, America's best-selling bottled water and one that claims to be "pure water" with a "perfect taste."
The label doesn't mention that the Aquafina sold in Michigan comes from the city of Detroit's water system.
"Yuck," said Muskegon Community College student Sara Tibbe, who said she didn't know Aquafina was Detroit water. "I don't like the taste of Aquafina as well as the Nestle water."
That might be because Nestle's Pure Life and Ice Mountain products in Michigan are groundwater pumped from wells and natural springs in the Muskegon River watershed.
Before it bottles Detroit water, Aquafina goes through a seven-step treatment process, beyond the treatment the Detroit water department conducts, a company official said.
Detroit gets its water from the Detroit River and Lake Huron. The American Water Works Association last year rated Detroit's water the best-tasting municipal water in Michigan.
Aquafina is one of several products that is bottled city water: The Dasani sold in Michigan is also Detroit city water; and the Propel sold in Michigan is flavored water from municipal water systems in Indianapolis and New Jersey, company officials said.
Corporate watchdogs and environmentalists are pressuring water bottling companies to disclose the source of their water.