Bottled water vs tap water, do you think there is a difference?  I do but there is no reason why the water coming from your tap can't really be better for you and better for the environment than bottled water.

You see most purchased water is just tap water run through a special filtering system. I know this is stunning and I used to think bottled water came from some pure spring that did not need filtration. And then one day on the news there had been a tale about a major bottled water manufacturer and how all they were doing was bottling filtered water straight from the tap.

So this got me thinking and made me curious about what was the difference between bottled water vs tap water.

I started doing a little analysis and discovered that bottling manufacturers just take normal tap water and run it thru a filtering system known as a reverse osmosis system. These are AKA RO filtration systems.

RO works by causing water thru a surface to clear out the pollutants from the water. Sadly in this process many of the pollutants such as pharmaceuticals aren't filtered out because they are sufficiently small to pass right thru the membrane. Plus reverse osmosis filters out natural minerals like calcium which are beneficial for bodies.

So now you know that bottled water is just tap water that is filtered and put in a plastic bottle. Plastic is also a key difference between bottled water vs tap water and I won't even go into the issues around all of the plastic being used today in the impacts it has on our landfills, I'll save that for another article.

Now the next query is if the only difference between bottled water vs tap water is an extra filtration process why can't we achieve the same results at home?

Well it seems you can, there are plenty of water filtration systems available on the market today.  There are point of use filters such as one you stick to your kitchen sink to entire house water filtrations systems that filter the water as it enters your home so every faucet in your home delivers amazing pure water.

Their 2 main types of systems, one we've truly learned about the RO filter system. The other kind is a carbon-based filter system.

I think the carbon-based system is the way to go because it will clean your water and leave the trace minerals in which is just what we'd like.

Now you know the difference between bottled water vs tap water and the way to get even better water straight from your tap. All that you need to do is a touch more research and you may find a tap water filtration system that will work for you, it's now up to you.