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Drinking Water

What Bottled Water Really Costs

Cases of bottled water add up in money, plastic and trips to the store. How that compares with filtered water at home.

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Many families buy bottled water because they don't trust their tap water or don't like how it tastes. Makes sense. But bottled water has costs most people never add up.

What it really costs

Start with money. Per gallon, bottled water costs many times more than water from your tap, and a family going through a case or two a week spends a lot over a year.

Then there's the plastic. Every bottle has to be made, shipped and thrown away or recycled, and much of it never gets recycled at all. Add the time it takes to buy it, haul it in, store it and run out at the worst moment.

And those bottles often sit in hot cars, garages and warehouses, which isn't ideal for something you drink.

What filtered water at home gives you

Good-tasting water from your own kitchen faucet any time you want it, for cooking, coffee, ice and pets as well as drinking. Nothing to buy, carry or recycle. Just fill a reusable bottle on your way out the door.

What replaces bottled water

A reverse osmosis system under your kitchen sink gives you water comparable to many bottled brands, and it often pays for itself over time compared with buying bottled water. Add a whole-home system and every tap in the house gets better water.

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