Tap Water Vs Bottled Water Cost

On average bottled water can cost from 0 89 to 8 26 per gallon.

Tap water vs bottled water cost.

According to abc news most bottled water is just reprocessed tap water. One gallon 3 8 liters of tap water costs roughly 0 005 in the united states while the same amount of bottled water obtained from combining single serving water bottles costs around 9 47. The bottled water industry grossed a total of 11 8 billion on those 9 7 billion gallons in 2012 making bottled water about 1 22 gallon nationwide and 300x the cost of a gallon of tap water. Costs vary depending on the state and brand but bottled water can cost 1000 times more than tap water.

However bottled water is made from tap water and then sterilized. Most municipal water costs less than 1 cent per gallon while a bottle of water typically costs over 1 for 20 ounces. But how about the purity argument. According to the ibwa the average cost per gallon of bottled water not counting imported or sparkling waters was 1 21 in 2013.

Environmental protection agency epa. I hate to burst your utopian fantasies of crisp icy glaciers polar bears and trickling mountain streams but it s mostly just the same stuff. The environmental protection agency regulates tap water while the fda regulates bottled water. But in most cases tap water is often safe and less expensive in comparison with bottled water.