There is a huge number of various brands and types of drinking water; not to mention the municipal/tap waters supplies. Now, municipal water is very safe and extremely inexpensive, so just why are people spending billions to purchase water in bottles? Is it just the benefit of being able to take small bottles with us, so we can have water with us all the time? Is it just a fad which will soon die out? Is all of it the new, cute, multi-colored bottles which are marketed towards teenagers or younger? If I were a venture capitalist, can i invest in this industry or wait to find out what will happen?
Now, I can understand in developing countries where the supplies of safe, clean drinking water are rare and many people are dying from a water crisis. So, safe drinking water can be provided in large bottled supplies and also the children and others might be helped. But in developed countries with safe municipal water supplies it doesnt make economic sense.
The different forms of water are vast. There is distilled water that is just H2O in one end and spa waters with carbonates and minerals on the other side. So, I assume before you decide what water is the best for yourself and your family, you need to examine your reasons for wanting bottled water.
If money is no object and you do not like the flavour or looks of municipal water in your city then the sky is the limit in price and variety of bottled drinking water. It is best if you have a small child and you are traveling from one supply of drinking water to another city municipal water supply. This was often a challenge with my kids when they were infants because the change in cities supplies would always cause them to become sick. So, bottled water was actually almost a necessity as well as a convenience.
Bottled water is almost necessary in a hot climate you can invariably have a bottle of water along with you at all times. This is important in the summer time where temperatures could get over 100 degrees or more in certain regions of the US and it is super easy to get dehydrated.
So, it looks as though, except for some of the about reasons, it is really up to each individual preference. In short, if you love bubbles go for sparkling water. If you want great taste, go for spring water.
However, in general, artesian waters rather than surface waters needs to be chosen. Artesian supplies are underground lakes, usually isolated from contamination. Surface waters and near surface wells and springs can be much more easily contaminated with industrial or agriculture run-off.
Basically, there isn’t any water which can make you look younger or healthy if you do not live a healthy lifestyle. But if you want to believe that a brand of water will make you healthy, then purchase it. All in all, the majority of bottled drinking water is safe and healthy to drink. So if an individual brand enables you to drink more water, then that’s the one for you since the main and most essential thing is that you simply drink enough water every day to keep you and your family healthy and hydrated.