Plastic bottled water is controversial. First, we have to worry about the quality of the water we are getting in every plastic bottle, and this article Worst plastic bottled water brands points out that we can’t just grab something off the shelf.  And then we need to be concerned about the grade and quality of the plastic bottles themselves.  Certain bottles leak chemicals into the product water more than others and none of the bottles are good for the environment.  The average PET plastic water bottle does not start to degrade in a landfill until about 700 years have gone by.  We are still putting nearly 40 billion of these bottles into landfills each year.

Have you heard of the Pacific Gyre?  (See video below.)  This patch of Pacific Ocean, roughly the size of Texas, is completely saturated with plastic.  Fish and wildlife including birds are suffering by ingesting the plastic bits – The chemicals are filtering right up the food chain to our dinner plates.  While this is not made up of entirely plastic water bottles, they do play a part.  And there is no known way to clean this up.

We have to look for sound and simple alternatives to plastic bottled water.

Installing a quality whole house water filter and salt free water conditioner provides water from every faucet that meets or exceeds plastic bottled water requirements in most cases.  It is so easy and convenient to just turn on the tap and know you have high quality filtered water.  This also removes carcinogenic chemicals like chlorine from the bath and shower water, which provides substantial health benefits.

Affluent areas like Orange County are known for their higher than average plastic bottled water consumption,

but recently demand for our HealthyHome Solution whole house water filter and salt free water conditioner has increased in Newport Beach, Newport Coast, Laguna Beach, San Juan Capistrano and San Clemente.  I wonder if these coastal communities are awakening to the concern for our ocean and environment, as well as recognizing the perfect in-home solution to the costly and confusing plastic bottled water dilemma.