h sleeves for a better grip and/or clumsy people. The advancement in technology also is changing the way the glass bottle is made by making it shatter-proof. If that doesn't push you more toward choosing glass, just know that glass bottles are permeable to air, doesn’t impact the flavor of its contents, and has the longest history of safe human usage. The manufacturing process is also environmentally friendly when you compare the fact that there are 80% of plastic bottles made ending up in a landfills globally.
Sources Of Water
There are multiple sources of water available to us besides tap water. According to EPA standards, tap water is okay to drink even though it only goes through a basic filtration process. This basic filtration process includes adding chemicals to supposedly rid the water of more harmful chemicals. Chlorine is also added to kill off bacteria in the water so it's no surprise that people seek alternative types of water to consume. It's also common for people to want to utilize other water sources (besides tap) for things such as farming. Below is a list of common alternatives and the reasoning why there are great choices opposed to regular water from the tap. It may also help you to understand as to why having real pure water can sometimes cause a dent in your wallet. The process involved in producing real pure water is not easy nor cheap.
Deep Sea Water and Iceberg Water
Some many thousands of years ago, icebergs in Greenland melted causing a water makeup that was different in composition compared to the surrounding sea water. Because of these differences, the iceberg water sank deep into the ocean floor some 3,000+ miles and now circles the Earth every several thousand years. This iceberg water is desalinated and is in high demand by corporations to sell to the public. The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) gives access to this desalinated water through a massive pipeline that is drilled down below the sea. As this process became more known, the market for iceberg water (or the purity that is produced from it) grew. Icebergs are formed by glaciers so there is more to the process than just picking a random iceberg and bottling the goodness from it. Those who are experienced in this industry say that you should never pick from an iceberg that came from the side or bottom of the glacier as this would be where the most sediment would be. These same experts have the ability to tell whether or not snow that fell in many years earlier had fell trapped underneath additional snowfall. Why does this matter? Because those particular icebergs contain that fallen, trapped snow deep inside where it has been protected from the mass majority of toxins and bacteria in the seawater and air. This type of water without exposure to pollutants and such, can easily create some of the best and purest water known to man. You would think that more people would flock to this industry and make great money but the problem is that it is very dangerous. Harvesting icebergs can only produce a limited amount of water at a time due to logistical difficulties for example, the weight/height of an iceberg can sink a ship. This includes the ships that are designed to take the contents back to shore for rinsing, melting and bottling.
Spring water may be the most controversial on the list due to the fact that not all spring water is pure and actually a high percentage of it is not pure at all. A vast majority of bottled spring water is 100% from the source, not 100% free of impurities. People automatically assume that "100% Pure" means just what it says but unfortunately, that is the game that big corporations play when it's time to put a label on what you are buying. If the water collected is brought to the surface by the use of its own pressure from the spring, the presence of bad bacteria is almost non-existent but not truly. By definition, spring water is water that flows through the surface of the earth with no help from man-made machines. However, if there is a need for a drill in the vicinity, there is still a bi