I’ve already written an article on why using a water filter is one of your best options for safe drinking water. You may not be worried about the environmental impact of bottled water, that daily 60 million wattle bottles end up landfills – you’re just thirsty and want a drink of water. Let me appeal to the bottom line.
In this economy people are watching their budgets.
Let’s examine how much an average family of 4 is likely to spend annually on drinking water:
$ 200 – Using a water filtration system.
$ 520 – Home water cooler delivery.
$ 528 – 2 Gallon Jugs
$ 1755 – Drinking 3 bottles of water a day at a cost of .40 per bottle, 4 person family.
There are many cost variations. Clearly the brand you buy, how much you pay per bottle, how many bottles you drink each day… all of these factors will impact your annual cost. Use this link figure out how much your family is actually spending, this link also provided me figures that I used for the above calculations.
If you rent don’t despair, there are many portable water filtration systems available in the marketplace.
In some ways it is less convenient to use stainless steel, you have to keep the bottles clean, round them up, fill them up… but I’ve never been a fan of lugging heavy flats of water!
An average family of 4 can save $1555 per year eliminating bottled water. Add the dollar savings to the environmental impact of bottling plants, trucking, refrigeration, not to mention disposing of billions of bottles a year and perhaps you will reconsider grabbing that next plastic bottle of water.
CLICK HERE to see the great selection of stainless steel water bottles available at Amazon.
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Our city has just started moving in the right direction by banning bottled water from city hall and city offices.
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I’ve been trying to convince people at work to switch from the water bubbler to a filter on the tap, but it’s been hard! I think they’re used to the water being super cold immediately, and they’re bizarrely suspicious of filters. About half the people in my office actually walk to the suite next door to use their bubbler.
Our city has just started moving in the right direction by banning bottled water from city hall and city offices.
.-= Karen´s last blog ..Home Solar Panel – Instructive Free Advice =-.
I am lucky to have really good tap water and don’t even need a filter or anything. As a family we bought reusable plastic bottles that have a piece that goes into the freezer to help keep the water cool. I do have (2) 3 liter plastic bottles of Poland Spring water that I fill with tap water to take to work, the water at work is very bad, and I have been using the same two bottles for a while. Other than that we try not to purchase bottled water.
Sounds good Andrew! You may want to make sure the plastics you are using are completely safe for multiple use. If you do a search for plastics in my search bar I’ve written a few posts on plastic safety.