" "…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.

"John H" wrote in message
...
" ".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.

Bottled water at sam's club is 15 cents per bottle. You are not
supposed to refill the disposable bottles, due to sanitation concerns.
If you carry a refillable bottle you have to hang on to it.

"Del Cecchi" wrote in message
...

"John H" wrote in message
...
" ".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.

Bottled water at sam's club is 15 cents per bottle. You are not supposed
to refill the disposable bottles, due to sanitation concerns. If you carry
a refillable bottle you have to hang on to it.



We have a better system here. I go to the local grocery store and pay 65
cents for a 4 liter refill of city tap water run through a reverse
osmosis/filtering and ultra-violet light process machine. Tastes much
better than any mineral water.

On Jun 11, 9:40*pm, "Del Cecchi" wrote:
"John H" wrote in message

...

" ".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.

Bottled water at sam's club is 15 cents per bottle. *You are not
supposed to refill the disposable bottles, due to sanitation concerns.
If you carry a refillable bottle you have to hang on to it.

I don't refill the thin plastic ones from water, but we save gatoraid
and other thicker bottles and use them. We go through a lot of water
at the track, and we also fill a bunch with water and powdered
gatoraide or similar too. We have RO filters in both houses, and well
water too so we don't really pay anything for our refills to speak
of..

Scotty

wrote in message
...
On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:12:18 -0400, John H
wrote:

" ".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.

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:40:42 -0500, "Del Cecchi" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
.. .
" ".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.

Bottled water at sam's club is 15 cents per bottle. You are not
supposed to refill the disposable bottles, due to sanitation concerns.
If you carry a refillable bottle you have to hang on to it.



I wouldn't expect them to refill the bottles, just recycle the plastic. A lot
fewer people would buy water in plastic bottles, and a lot fewer of those
plastic bottles would be polluting our rivers, lakes, ditches, lawns, etc.

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:18:01 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:12:18 -0400, John H
wrote:

" "…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.

I have no problem with buying bottled water for survival supplies. Buy it by the
gallon, pay a deposit, and store it forever. That's a good idea.

And, if the tap water is bad, buy plastic bottles. Just pay a deposit and return
the bottle to the store when buying more.

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:33:22 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:40:42 -0500, "Del Cecchi" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
. ..
" ".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.

Bottled water at sam's club is 15 cents per bottle. You are not
supposed to refill the disposable bottles, due to sanitation concerns.
If you carry a refillable bottle you have to hang on to it.



I wouldn't expect them to refill the bottles, just recycle the plastic. A lot
fewer people would buy water in plastic bottles, and a lot fewer of those
plastic bottles would be polluting our rivers, lakes, ditches, lawns, etc.

Littering is not the same issue as bottled water. Pigs are pigs.

We have curb side recycling but they burn the plastic and paper in the
waste to energy incinerator. That is a lot more efficient than
trucking it 1500 miles to a recycling plant. Somebody complained and
they are going to start sorting and trucking. It will cost us about
$300,000 a year for this "saving"

Here in Montgomery County we can't give away our recycliing.

On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:59:32 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:33:22 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:40:42 -0500, "Del Cecchi" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
...
" ".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.

Bottled water at sam's club is 15 cents per bottle. You are not
supposed to refill the disposable bottles, due to sanitation concerns.
If you carry a refillable bottle you have to hang on to it.



I wouldn't expect them to refill the bottles, just recycle the plastic. A lot
fewer people would buy water in plastic bottles, and a lot fewer of those
plastic bottles would be polluting our rivers, lakes, ditches, lawns, etc.

Littering is not the same issue as bottled water. Pigs are pigs.

We have curb side recycling but they burn the plastic and paper in the
waste to energy incinerator. That is a lot more efficient than
trucking it 1500 miles to a recycling plant. Somebody complained and
they are going to start sorting and trucking. It will cost us about
$300,000 a year for this "saving"


I think a hefty deposit on the plastic bottles would reduce the number of pigs,
and maybe entice some kids to pick up bottles. That's how I bought Cokes when I
was a kid.

As to the 'complainer', well, you just can't cure stupid.

On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:11:45 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:37:18 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:18:01 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:12:18 -0400, John H
wrote:

" "…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.

I have no problem with buying bottled water for survival supplies. Buy it by the
gallon, pay a deposit, and store it forever. That's a good idea.

The half liter bottles are a lot better for that. You can freeze
them, have ice for the coolers and still be able to pull out a few for
drinking. A frozen gallon jug is fairly useless
You also have the problem that without clean water you are not washing
dishes so if I have gallon jugs, I will be using paper/plastic cups.
The .5l bottle is better.

And, if the tap water is bad, buy plastic bottles. Just pay a deposit and return
the bottle to the store when buying more.

Deposits are just a tax. I thought you were a conservative.

Deposits are a refundable tax. I don't mind those if the reason is appropriate.

As to the two liter bottles (I assume that's what you meant), I was talking
about survival supplies. I use the 'Simply Orange' plastic jugs for water in the
coolers. The bottles are heavyweight and the tops stay on well.