Comments on: Drinking Water http://www.livemom.com/2008/03/18/drinking-water/ Dedicated to building a better village Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:39:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Diane http://www.livemom.com/2008/03/18/drinking-water/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Diane Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:31:41 +0000 http://www.livemom.com/2008/03/18/drinking-water/#comment-362 My daddy has worked for the City of Austin for a very long time. The Water and Wastewater department to be exact. When I was younger he would have to go to these silly water conventions similar to wine tastings but with water instead. They would always test municipal water supplies and bottled water supplies. The C of Austin almost always came out higher than the bottled waters, and many many of the bottled waters were simply someone elses municipal water supplies. Think about this: You could completely legally sell bottled water advertising that it sources from the flowing streams of the Colroado River, and just bottle it from city pipes. My daddy has worked for the City of Austin for a very long time. The Water and Wastewater department to be exact.

When I was younger he would have to go to these silly water conventions similar to wine tastings but with water instead. They would always test municipal water supplies and bottled water supplies. The C of Austin almost always came out higher than the bottled waters, and many many of the bottled waters were simply someone elses municipal water supplies.

Think about this: You could completely legally sell bottled water advertising that it sources from the flowing streams of the Colroado River, and just bottle it from city pipes.

]]> By: Scooby http://www.livemom.com/2008/03/18/drinking-water/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Scooby Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:30:36 +0000 http://www.livemom.com/2008/03/18/drinking-water/#comment-361 Austin gets all of its drinking water from the Colorado River. Since there are no appreciable cities upstream, it makes sense that Austin would have little or no pharmaceutical traces in the water. And if we did, using bottled water wouldn't help- chances are, the bottled water comes from a municipal supply that does have pharmaceutical traces. Austin gets all of its drinking water from the Colorado River. Since there are no appreciable cities upstream, it makes sense that Austin would have little or no pharmaceutical traces in the water.

And if we did, using bottled water wouldn’t help- chances are, the bottled water comes from a municipal supply that does have pharmaceutical traces.

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