Comments on: Charles Fishman on bottled water

by: Brandon Arnds

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:16:04 +0000

I would assume the water originating from the Yosemite Valley is some of the best in the world, but I would think that that the houses in SF built pre 1978 with older plumbing would contain lead based solder. The lower the PH of the water, the more “aggresive” it is therefore being a better solvent. Nothing a good NSF certified Point of Use water filter couldn’t take care of. The bottled water ban though is a bit much.

by: UGN

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:36:28 +0000

Weird, I blogged about this excellent article on the 6th and I picked the exact same quote to emphasize. I guess this is proof that you are right: it’s sticky!

by: Dan Heath

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:52:53 +0000

i suspect they sample the water randomly at different end-locations, precisely for that reason. water-purity experts, fill us in!

by: Jennie

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:27:16 +0000

I’m health conscious, so please pardon my opinion here. Sure, the water is very likely to be ultra clean, pristine, and filled with minerals. It may even beat the quality of Fiji “artesian water from the paradise” Water. However, how about the quality of “the messenger” of that Yosemite originated SF tap water? Those pipes, I mean.

by: Dan Heath

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:34:36 +0000

heh. you wonder if the problem wasn’t simply the order of invention. if we’d always been drinking bottled water, and then along came an entrepreneur who said, “i’ll give you all the Yosemite water you can drink — you just turn a crank like this and it’ll flow freely RIGHT THERE IN YOUR HOUSE,” don’t you think we could sell a kitchen sink for $20-30k? especially if Viking made them.

by: gerryg

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:31:26 +0000

Oh my gosh, I’m starting a new boutique bottled water company called “San Fransemite”. I just need to buy a couple truckloads of bottles (made from recycled plastic, of course) with labels then fill with S.F. tap water. I’ll operate it like a microbrewery and sell it in an eco-friendly store for $2.50 a bottle to green yuppies, who I’ll draw in by donating $0.10 a bottle to save the wildlife and drawing attention to the fact that Starbucks is exploiting third-world farmers who grow their beans. I’ll report back later this year when I make my first million…

by: michael

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:30:49 +0000

i have begun my fast from bottled water…

by: Michael Honza

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:22:51 +0000

Yup, all those little plastic bottles come from/go to somewhere. I carry small nalgene bottle. Starbucks will fill it with very good filtered water for free.

When my duaghter was home from college one summer, we were at the gracery store & she grabbed a case of bottles water & I explained the value of grabbing a gallon & refilling a bottle. She whinned & protested.
I was with her later that year at college & went shopping (when she paid). When I asked her about the gallon of water she grabbed istead of a case of bottles, she just grinned.

Real descisions happen when you actually have to pay the real price.

by: celine

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 09:16:15 +0000

And in Evian…
In the Alps, nobody would buy bottled water, except for babies/sensitive persons for who Alpine water’s high mineral content is laxative.
Also people would buy bottles of “Eau de Source” so they can refill them to go ski.
Otherwise the tap water comes out of the tap almost freezing in the winter: much tastier than drinking from plastic.

by: Ryan Holiday

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:46:41 +0000

Dan,

Hope all is well, great post. That is exactly the sort of succinctness and clarity social causes must employ.