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On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:12:18 -0400, John H
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" ".a Fairfax Water customer who buys a 20-ounce bottle of water for $1.25
could fill that same 20-ounce bottle with our tap water every day for more
than
10 years for that same $1.25."

I wish they'd charge a 25cent deposit for every plastic bottle sold.

I find it strange that people lose their mind if someone pays a buck
for a bottle of water but if someone puts a few pennies worth of sugar
and artificial color/flavor in it, that is fine.

You are paying for the convenience of the bottle.

In DC the tap water is "bottle quality" as long as 3ppm of chlorine
doesn't bother you but in a lot of places tap water is pretty nasty or
they have a well with nasty water.

For us, in hurricane country, bottled water is survival supplies. If
you just try to bottle your own tap water and store it away, more
times than not, you will have a science fair project in a month.
I have little interest in having a stomach virus while I am recovering
from a hurricane.

3PPM. That's about where our pool water is when the salt generator is set
right.