“Only 1 in 5 plastic bottles are recycled. Plastic water bottles can take between 400 and 1000 years to decompose (Ellsbury).” To see the impact plastic water bottles have on the environment, the use of tap water needs to be taken into consideration. For some reason, people don’t want to think twice about using tap water over bottled water. People don’t consider that before 1947 bottled water didn’t exist and people were still living. While bottled water has multiple cons; people don’t look at the pros of tap water. Tap water is versatile, it is needed for farmers to produce agriculture products, for people to cook, clean, bathe, and it is more regulated and controlled.
Tap water wants to be bashed but has it been considered that American Farmers wouldn’t be able to produce food for consumers without it. American farmers have to be able to water their crops that feed the population. If farmers didn’t have tap water how would we have food on our tables throughout the day. On average, a bovine’s water “consumption will range from 1 gallon per 100
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“In the U.S., public water is regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which requires multiple daily tests for bacteria and makes results available to the public. The Food and Drug Administration, which regulates bottled water, only requires weekly testing and does not share its findings with the EPA or the public (Shotyk).” Tap water receives more inspections and is cleaner for the consumers of the water. JEA states “every year, we collect and test over 45,000 samples throughout our service territory for over 100 bacteriological and chemical components to ensure compliance. The fresh, clean water is pumped from the well fields to one of the 37 water treatment plants, where it then flows through an aerator to remove the sulfur odor (JEA).) Owners of wells can add water softeners to their wells to add magnesium and calcium to their