Water We Control

In life, we control very little. Should I make a list? We do not control the weather, we do not control the attitudes of others, we do not control the price of cheese in the market... well maybe we control that more than other things. (Especially if you are a cheese monger.) Either way, there are a number of things we do not control, we do however, control water.

At least we should control water, but lately it seems as if we have given our control over to others. Okay, so you have to pay the city for your water supply, but once you buy it, it is yours to use as one would use water in their lives. If you happen to be on a well, even better, you own as much as you can pump out of your ground. What you do not often control is what comes in your water, right? Wrong, but before we get to that, lets look at what some do about the problem of what comes in their water.

You finally have the water in you faucets, and on tap, something earlier generations merely dreamed of, but you know that it is not healthy to drink. As a solution we give up what we already have and go buy more of it in the form of bottled water. It tastes better, it's healthier, it comes from a natural spring. Or so the marketing gurus have told you. The reality is, it is barely regulated at all, and most of it comes from the tap... something you paid for already.

So here we have a situation where many people in America are not drinking the water they buy from the city, but are buying water others have bought from the city at a much higher price... because it is bottled. Sounds like a lucrative business... and it is. The truth is, it is probably filtered in some way before it is bottled... but it is still tap water.

It is a strange thing how easy we give away what we should control, the water comes to you, what stops you from using it the same way you use bottled water? Is it the mystical form of filtration that bottling companies use? Well, how can this be, there are no real mysteries in filtration. Some systems are superior to others, and research is required, but believe me, the bottling companies merely have access to the same products you could buy and put in your home, they have larger versions because they use more water, but it is the same principal.

What is it that causes us to give our money to the countless vendors who sell bottled water each and every day? I can almost understand the convenience factor, but people buy this stuff in bulk from warehouse stores to have in their own homes... which have running water. They spend an outrageous amount of money. It is easy for a family of four to drink and cook with 3 gallons a day, if you buy the cheap stuff, and most will not, this is about $3.00 a day. Not bad right? This comes to $1095.00 a year, or $10,950 after ten years. I could save you at least half of that money, and produce much more than 3 gallons a day, in fact I will produce about 273 gallons a day of premium filtered water... for at least half the price you are paying for bottled water.

It is really a no brainer, but some will cling to the idea that bottled water is the way to go. I for one, choose to control my own water, and to encourage the rest of you to do the same.

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