A few months ago I was filling the bath tub and the tap water was light brown. I got scared and instead of calling the water system office to ask what was going and fight for an upgrade in the municipal water treatment, I just have decided to start buying bottle water. It means that since that day I have been wasting money and polluting the environment. But finally, today, I have decided to change it, so I started looking for solutions and information on the internet. Here it is: the New York Times estimates that drink it costs about $1,400 a year to someone to eight glasses of water a day from a bottle, versus about 49 cents for an annual supply of tap water. Also, looks like bottle water (Aquafina, Dasani and go on) are essentially filtered tap water. For me, those are good reasons to make us buy a filter and use to improve the water that comes out of the faucet home. But there is more: it is our greenest option since bottled water has many negative environmental impacts from the manufacture of plastic bottles through their disposal (almost 80% of them go directly to the garbage and not to the recycle bin). If you want to check the quality of water Tampa Bay area, go to: http://www.tampagov.net/dept_Water/files/Annual_Report_and_CCR/2009_water_quality_report.pdfTo know more about different filter options, from inexpensive pitchers to more costly systems: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/home-garden/kitchen/water-filters/water-filter-buying-advice/index.htm.. I am planning to buy my pitcher this weekend, what about you?
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