Frugal folks turn to tap water again

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By Tali Arbel
Associated Press Business Writer

Tap water is making a comeback.
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With a day's worth of bottled water — the recommended 64 ounces — costing hundreds to thousands of dollars a year depending on the brand, more people are opting to slurp water that comes straight from the sink.

The lousy economy may be accomplishing what environmentalists have been trying to do for years — wean people off the disposable plastic bottles of water that were sold as stylish, portable, healthier and safer than water from the tap.

Heather Kennedy, 33, an office administrator from Austin, Texas, said she used to drink a lot of bottled water but now tries to drink exclusively tap water.

"I feel that (bottled water) is a rip-off," she said in an e-mail. "It is not a better or healthier product than the water that comes out of my tap. It is absurd to pay so much extra for it."

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[latebloomer]

1. Less plastic will be circul;ating around

and, also, greenhouse gases are going down as people drive less.

Silver lining to the crappy economy.

PS- An installed water filter is a good alternative- if you can afford one.

[Ayesha]

2. Good!

Don't get me wrong, straight from the tap water is disgusting, but a filter fixes that cheaply and without the environmental harm of all those bottles.

[SoCalDem]

3. The drinking fountain needs to be brought back..

They used to be all over the place.. My home-town even had them on street corners..