Bottled Water Vs Tap Water

Believe it or not, water makes a commodious difference in people’s lives. Everyone knows that water is one of the crucial needs for survival. People drink water every day and need it for activities like sports. Some people grab a pre-packaged bottle of water and go as a quick and convenient way, but an even more convenient way to get water is to just fill up a reusable bottle. It saves money and is reuseable. Bottled water can contain many unhealthy contents such as caffeine and pharmaceuticals, which both lead to cancer. People should also realize that tap water has much more advantages than bottled water such as its convenience, economy, and health influences in positive ways.

Of the many advantages of tap water, the convenience of tap

is one of the most conspicuous reasons. Many people say that pre-packaged bottled water is more conducive because anyone can effortlessly grab a bottle. This is true, but actually, tap water is much more beneficial if looked in a different way. For example, many people know the placement of the boxes and bottles can be very disorganizing and also annoying, when they could just grab a reusable bottle, fill it up with water from the tap, and go (Knightstep). Also, pre-packaged bottled water takes up much more space at home in the garage, in the car, and sometimes even at work. ¨What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another,” Gandhi stated, meaning by creating more unnecessary trash, we will not only be hurting the environment, but our own selves too, and one main group of that trash is bottles of water. Therefore tap water is much more convenient than bottled water, but tap can also be better in other ways, like how it is cheaper.
Tap water is much more depreciated than bottled water. Tap water only costs an average 1/10 of a cent per gallon, and bottled water costs an average of $7.57 per gallon, which makes bottled water, at the least, 2,000 times more expensive than tap water (Boesler). This shows that tap water can be extremely money efficient. It’s the same thing as buying a sandwich. Swap the water with sandwiches, and who would buy a $10,000 sandwich?
Another reason tap is better is that it is healthier for the human body. Tap water actually contains fluorides, which are good for teeth. The fluorides clean teeth of sugar, starch, and crumbs on teeth. Bottled water creates a firm shield around the starch, which allow the teeth to decay and create cavities (Atticot). Some people just do not have the money to go to the dentist and fix this problem, so there is something heavy on their hands. Also, pre-packaged plastic bottles and melt in high temperatures, and the plastic can seep into the water and actually cause cancer (APECSEC). Unlike bottled water, tap water cannot cause these things because they are not in unreliable bottles.
All people living on Earth need water to survive. If humans want healthier people, then we need to step up and start drinking more tap water for sports, before and after sleep, and for daily hydration. Tap water is healthier, more convenient, and more economically better. But seriously, what’s next? Canned water?