Bottled Vs Filtered Water

What is the difference between bottle and filtered water?

Very little, in general terms the one major difference is the source. Spring water comes from out of the ground and filtered water comes from your municipal supply. Spring water then goes through sediment and carbon filtration to make it safe and palatable for bottling. With the Just Water Filter you don’t need to store or lift heavy bottles and it is better for the environment than buying individual bottles of water – 65% of which end up in landfill. Plastic water bottles are becoming a major environmental hazard. They suck up valuable fuels to make and create mountains of rubbish when they are thrown away.

Why filtered water over bottled water?

There has been growing cynicism about the excessive cost of bottle water along with increasing concern over the safety and environmental impact caused by manufacturing and drinking bottle water.

Cost of Bottle Water

Growing cynicism about the excessive cost of bottled water combined with increasing concern over water safety and the environmental impact caused by manufacturing and drinking bottled water have made home water filters increasingly popular.
The cost of an at-home water filtration system is about $0.01 per litre of impurity-free drinking water compared to an average rate of $2.53 a litre for bottled water and home filters do not produce the environmental waste single-serve bottled water does.

Environmental Concerns of Bottle Water

There are many environmental concerns about the production of bottled water, namely:

• In production: Most bottled water is packaged in PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic bottles which are derived from crude oil. It can take up to 3L of water to produce 1L of water.
• In transportation: Transportation of bottled water around the world requires burning of fossil fuels.
• In landfill and the litter stream: Although plastic bottles are recyclable, many end up in landfill and take up to 1000 years to break down. When littered they often end up in the sea where they break up in small pieces, killing marine life that mistake them for food

If you would like to talk to someone about installing a water filter in your home, please call us on 08 9330 1466 or go to our contact us page.