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December 4, 2008

Replacing Bottled Water with Water Purifiers

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As the United States and the world at large enter a recession, most families are looking for simple ways to save money without having to hurt their lifestyle.  It turns out that one such simple method is clear - literally. Thousands of families are spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars every year on water.  Bottled water is many times more expensive than water filtered from your tap, so this is an expense you can eliminate easily.  Best of all,  water purifiers are also more attractive than water bottles and actually produce safer water. How much do you think you spend on plastic bottled water each year?  It is almost always more than you think. In a recent pricing study, a US supermarket sold a popular brand of bottled water for $1.19 per twenty ounce bottle.  In many studies, the same bottle of water was typically sold for over $1.75 in vending machines.  90% of the expense of bottled water is in making the bottle itself - all of which are soon disposed of.

Luckily, the use of  water filters can get that money back for you to spend however you see fit.Water filters are a very affordable option.  Water itself is amazingly cheap.  Tap water costs only two-tenths of a penny per gallon.  Adding in a step of filtration only adds a small amount of cost, since the same water filter can be used for hundreds of gallons of water.Plastic water bottles tend to be ugly and to take up a lot of space.  Thinking about it, it is really incredible how so many people take up storage space in their home  to store bottled water.  A  water filter  such as the AQ-4000 only takes up a few square inches of your counter top space . Some people drink bottled water because they think tap water will be safe.  This is a very common misconception, but it is also very misinformed.  The Food and Drug Administration does not regulate bottled water, but it does regulate tap water.  Tap water is at least somewhat safe, but you have no such guarantees with bottled water.  If you put your home water supply through a  filter, you make it even safer by removing metals and contaminants.Now that you know a little bit more about the relative benefits of using  water filters versus bottled water, I hope you can go out and start making wiser consumer choices.  Remember that  water filters save money, look better,and are safer as well.

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