Tap versus bottled water

Some facts about bottled and tap water:

• Approximately 1.5 million barrels of oil—enough to run 100,000 cars for a whole year—are used to make plastic water bottles
• Total amount of water used to produce and deliver one bottle of imported water is 6.74kq and the amount of GHGs released amount to 250g
• Some bottled water has more bacteria and less fluoride than tap water
• Americans spent (2001) approximately $6.5 billion on bottled water
• Last year (2006), Americans bought more than 4 billion gallons of water in individual-portion bottles. Most of the containers end up in the trash.

While the debate rages, it seems wise to stick to filtered tap water. At a nominal cost per gallon, you can save vast amounts of money and reduce waste. I find my Pur filter is convenient and makes the water taste great. Britta is also quite popular. Plus, I don't have to lug giant pallets of battled water from the car to my house.