Hum Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 NEW YORK (Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc. will spell out that its Aquafina bottled water is made with tap water, a concession to the growing environmental and political opposition to the bottled water industry. According to Corporate Accountability International, a U.S. watchdog group, the world's No. 2 beverage company will include the words "Public Water Source" on Aquafina labels. "If this helps clarify the fact that the water originates from public sources, then it's a reasonable thing to do," said Michelle Naughton, a Pepsi-Cola North America spokeswoman. Pepsi Chief Executive Indra Nooyi told Reuters earlier this week the company was considering such a move. Pepsi's Aquafina and Coca-Cola Co's Dasani are both made from purified water sourced from public reservoirs, as opposed to Danone's Evian or Nestle's Poland Spring, so-called "spring waters," shipped from specific locations the companies say have notably clean water. Coca-Cola Co. told Reuters it will start posting online information about the quality control testing it performs on Dasani by the end of summer or early fall. "Concerns about the bottled-water industry, and increasing corporate control of water, are growing across the country," said Gigi Kellett, director of the "Think Outside the Bottle" campaign, which aims to encourage people to drink tap water. San Francisco's mayor banned city employees from using city funds to buy bottled water when tap water is available. Ann Arbor, Michigan passed a resolution banning commercially bottled water at city events and Salt Lake City, Utah asked department heads to eliminate bottled water. Critics charge the bottled water industry adds plastic to landfills, uses too much energy by producing and shipping bottles across the world and undermines confidence in the safety and cleanliness of public water supplies, all while much of the world's population is without access to clean water. But industry observers said such opposition is unlikely to drain U.S. sales of bottled water, which reached 2.6 billion cases in 2006, according to Beverage Digest. The industry newsletter estimated that U.S. consumers spent about $15 billion on bottled water last year. "Consumers have an affection for bottled water. It's not an issue of taste or health, it's about convenience," the newsletter's publisher, John Sicher, said. "Try walking up (New York City's) Third Avenue on a hot day and getting a glass of tap water." Dave Kolpak, a portfolio manager at Victory Capital Management, said the environmental objections will have little impact on the bottom line for either Pepsi or Coke, though he admitted it could slow the market's growth rate. "Pepsi and Coke do not make a lot of profit" on bottled water, said Kolpak, adding that people may talk about the issue, but will likely continue buying some bottled water. Victory Capital owns about 3 million shares of PepsiCo among its $62 billion under management. source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shof Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 I seen one of those bottles at a store once, whats odd is that aquafina water seem kinda better then the rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revvo Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Just like all the snobs who get Evian water thinking water and pay extra cause the source is The Alps. You're not getting healthier water! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 I seen one of those bottles at a store once, whats odd is that aquafina water seem kinda better then the rest That's because Aquafina is filtered and purified, although it comes from the same public sources as tap water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I8PP Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Aquafina has always tasted wierd to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsolete_power Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Aquafina has always tasted wierd to me. It is the minerals they add to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Any Brits who watch Only Fools and Horses will love this :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire Cat Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Peckham Spring FTW :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted July 28, 2007 Author Share Posted July 28, 2007 Distilled water -- all the way. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 It is the minerals they add to it. umm...they add nothing to it but ozone. There are 0 minerals in it. It is reverse osmosis water (actually, multi-stage filtering and then reverse osmosis). It's not a convenience factor that makes people buy bottled water. Think about what is in your water. In ours here they add: Chlorine, Fluorine, Fluoride, Chloride, copper sulfate. None of these I personally want to be drinking, not to mention it tastes gross to me and I feel nauseous when I drink it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxpor Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 First of all, Chlorine=Choride, and Florine=Floride. Second, they are for you own protection. Personoly i would rather drink a minute amount of clorine, which is probably less in a year than if i took one gulp of swimming pool water, than some parasite that will eat my insides. Florine is in the water to protect your bones. I hope you take a floride pill, for your own sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 I personally like Fiji water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 First of all, Chlorine=Choride, and Florine=Floride. Second, they are for you own protection. Personoly i would rather drink a minute amount of clorine, which is probably less in a year than if i took one gulp of swimming pool water, than some parasite that will eat my insides. Florine is in the water to protect your bones. I hope you take a floride pill, for your own sake. umm...they are not the same thing. as for the fluoride in the water and you saying to take it, I counteract with this: http://www.drjaygordon.com/development/ped...ks/fluoride.asp I do agree with adding a bit of chlorine in the water for safety's sake. Hell, I do still cook with tap water. The problem I have is that when I drink tap water I get more thirsty, and no matter how much of it I drink I still get dehydrated on a hot day. I don't with reverse osmosis water (see: aquafina, dasani, etc.). I also can not stand the taste of city water anymore after having drank bottled water for a while. It just tastes unhealthy. I keep seeing this idiotic story on the news and I wonder why. Who cares where the water comes from. Water itself is always the same, no matter where you get it from. It's the crap that's in the water that's different. Aquafina, Dasani, ect. aren't "just" tap water, they are filtered, passed through a reverse osmosis system, ect. This whole story just reeks of FUD from the government, which I'm sure is all it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strekship Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 i drink tap water, so what? it hasn't killed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavalyr Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 almost 40 and have never had a problem with tap water. or water straight from the water hose for that matter. amazing. hmmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted July 30, 2007 Veteran Share Posted July 30, 2007 I drink tap water. I don't bother to Brita filter it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNWDweller Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 That's because Aquafina is filtered and purified, although it comes from the same public sources as tap water. umm...they add nothing to it but ozone. There are 0 minerals in it. It is reverse osmosis water (actually, multi-stage filtering and then reverse osmosis).It's not a convenience factor that makes people buy bottled water. Think about what is in your water. In ours here they add: Chlorine, Fluorine, Fluoride, Chloride, copper sulfate. None of these I personally want to be drinking, not to mention it tastes gross to me and I feel nauseous when I drink it. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritsuke Veteran Posted July 30, 2007 Veteran Share Posted July 30, 2007 This isn't that surprising to me, but I don't drink bottled water for (mythical, outside of the 3rd world) safety reasons. I'm more about taste and convenience, while I contribute to the deterioration of Earth. Though, the bottles are recycled, many of us know the pitfalls of that interesting subject... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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