Going for bottled water as against satchet water ("pure water", for some of us, is an extension of panache. Some people, as a matter of principle, take only bottled water while others take "pure water" indoors but bottled water ONLY outdoors...

Hehehe...

But no, that effizy is not what I'm branching about today. In Punch's interview of a nutritionist, Dr. Kemi Elumoye, she not only argues that bottled water is expensive, but also considers money spent on buying it wasteful. Worse, she says, “contrary to popular belief, the average bottled water is not any healthier for consumption than tap or deep well water.”

Yeparipa!... But before you start calculating the difference between N60 and N10, let's hear her out:

In her words: “I challenge bottled water consumers to examine closely the labels on the water bottle if they would ever see where the water they drink comes from. What this translates to, in essence, is that bottled water companies also drill boreholes from which they source the water, and then take the water through certain processes that may be inimical to health when used regularly.”

Such processes include reverse osmosis which filters out a select number of contaminants, depending on the size of the contaminants. If the contaminants are larger in size than water molecules, they will be filtered out, but if they are smaller in size, they will remain in the drinking water.

As for mothers who feed their babies with bottled water or use it to mix infant formula, Elumoye warns that the probable high mineral content of some bottled water “makes them unsuitable for feeding babies and young children.”

So, next time you're stuck in traffic and you're wondering whether it is "pure water" or bottled water that is most respectable to buy...just purchase according to your financial might, for packaging might just be the difference!
Posted by tutu branch at 2:02 pm

Yes o. U r absolutely ryt. Infact,me n ma family dnt waste money again on paying heavily for drinking water. We get our drinking from d borehole,treat wit waterguard in d ryt quantity and them put into d dispenser. We hardly suffer typhoid.