{"id":1252,"date":"2010-10-13T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filtersfast.com\/blog\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2014-02-20T14:02:19","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T19:02:19","slug":"convenience-of-bottled-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.filtersfast.com\/blog\/convenience-of-bottled-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottle Water vs Tap Water &#8211; The Convenience of Bottled Water Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bottled water is convenient. This is one of the points the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) makes in one of its most recent videos, &#8220;Bottled Water: The Big Picture.&#8221; We&#8217;ve engaged in the bottled water vs. tap water debate in many blog posts, but it&#8217;s\u00a0hard to argue with the fact that bottled water <em>is<\/em> convenient.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After all, you can walk into any grocery store or gas station and take your pick from a sea of bottled waters. You have at your disposal &#8220;spring, purified, mineral, sparkling, artesian and distilled.&#8221; It may cost you more per gallon than gas, but hey &#8212; it sure is convenient, right?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Filtered tap water isn&#8217;t for people who only want convenience.\u00a0No, it&#8217;s\u00a0for people who recognize that they can filter out any off flavors or contaminants from their water for a fraction of the price of bottled water. Filtering your home&#8217;s water is for people committed to truly sustainable practices, and it&#8217;s for people\u00a0who are willing to put in just a little work if it means saving both their world and their wallet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That being said, some might argue that filtering your water at home and carrying it with you in a <a title=\"Stainless steel water bottles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.filtersfast.com\/Kleen-Kanteen-cat.asp\" target=\"_blank\">stainless steel water bottle<\/a> might actually be more convenient.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What about you? 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