Essay On Tap Water

Water is an essential nutrient and is extremely crucial for our body. As humans, we need about eight to twelve cups per day to keep us healthy and hydrated. The one question when thinking about water is, what type of water will you drink? One of the biggest controversies is bottled water versus tap water. Many people in the world today are switching from drinking tap water to drinking bottled water. In fact, the number of people who drink bottled water has been rising over the past few decades by an average of 7% per year. Personally, I prefer bottled water over tap water because I truly believe that it has a better taste and an overall quality than tap water. However, my opinion has changed after reading the sources. With that being said,

In source A, the table states that bottled water is “1000 times more expensive” and tap water is “less than 1 cent per gallon.” This shows that you are ultimately going to end up saving an abundance of money if you switch to tap water. In addition, most of the price of a bottle of water goes for its bottling, packaging, shipping, marketing, retailing, and profit. Shipping bottled water is done by boat, truck, and train which involves burning massive quantities of fossil fuels which is detrimental to our environment. To sum up, converting to tap water would benefit the environment tremendously from the pollution caused by the transportation of bottled water and will save a great amount of time and

Millions all across the globe don’t get to choose what type of water they prefer because the only working water source they have is a well that they share with their neighbors. We live in a reluctant time period where we can store multiple packs of water in a corner somewhere and not even think twice about it. Before reading the three sources, I thought that my essay was going to consist about me supporting bottled water, but after reading about all its downsides, I certainly think tap water is better for us and the