Most people don't like tap water for various reasons: it tastes bad, it smell like rotten egg, there might be (and there are plenty) of some stuff that shouldn't be there such as heavy metal, chlorine or chloramines and its by products, bacteria and viruses, trace of drugs...just to name a few. So they turn to bottled water. Sadly, many of the bottled waters are filled from the same source: tap water with some kind of treatment. It may taste better but studies show that some bottled water has the same amount of bacteria or even more.
If you are using the 5 gallons and have a dispenser, the next time you change the bottle, check the bottom of the dispenser and you might find that it is kind of slimy, which means there are plenty of bacteria in the water. Bottled water is often stored in plastic bottle, plastic bottle releases harmful chemical into the water if it is under sunlight. I have seen large grocery stores with piles of bottled water outside the store right under sun for hours even on hot summer days. When recycling the big bottle, you don't know how well it is rinsed before being filled again.
Yes, there might be microorganisms in your tap, by installing ultraviolet water purifier will easily correct the problem and it is less costly comparing to buying bottled water in the long run. Let's do the math. Even taking the bottle to the water store and fill it yourself will cost you anywhere from $1.75 to $3.00 for a 5 gallons bottle (depend on where you live), this has not include your time, your transportation and your effort of carrying it to the house. It would cost more if you add all those up. Ultraviolet water purifiers price range from a few hundreds dollars to a couple thousand dollars, depending on the size and the brand. And you shouldn't use just the ultraviolet water purifier alone because it only sterilize bacteria, viruses and cysts in the water but will not filter other contaminants. Your best bet is to use it in conjunction with an activated carbon filter. I use a unit that cost about $600; it includes a dual cartridge with the ultraviolet bulb inside a carbon-block filter. The activated carbon-block filter will absorb and filter out the bad stuff that we don't want in our bodies such as mercury, lead, dirt, pharmaceutical ect... The ultraviolet light will destroy the waterborne microbes if any are present in the water. Each year just replace the cartridge that cost about $175 and it will purify 1320 gallons of water, bringing the cost down to just about 13 cents per gallon. It's cheap, it's convenient, it saves your time and trouble, but most important, it provides fresh, clean, clear and bacteria free water for you and your family. Just turn on the faucet and enjoy quality water for your drinking and cooking.
Use a refillable bottle to carry water with you when you are on the go. I'm staying away from any kind of plastic since there are reports of plastic bottle leaching harmful substance into the water. Buy a glass or stainless steel bottle is best.
Saw this statement somewhere "Refill not Landfill", it is just everybody should consider doing to curb global warming. If you are concerned about tap water quality, investing in a good carbon-block and ultraviolet water purifier is the best thing you can do to protect harmful contaminants entering your body. Water is good for you, but only if it is good and clean water.
The coupon industry came up with a solution to this: distributing coupon books-veritable encyclopedias of savings and discount deals. But for every coupon that a person does use, there are scores of discounts that people simply do not need.
Those wasted coupons end up as trash, junk mail. The savings and promotions of coupons come at the cost of the nearly 100 million trees ground up each year to produce junk mail. And according to the Native Forest Organization, paper and cardboard waste takes up nearly half-approximately 40%--of landfill space.
Just as other industries are moving towards more environmentally friendly products-hybrid cars, Energy Star appliances-so too has the coupon industry evolved. One such example is The Max Card: a discount card that condenses all the savings and promotions of coupons into a wallet-sized plastic card.
The Max Card is a perfect example of the intuitiveness of a discount card. The card offers ongoing savings at over 190,000 retailers nationwide and thousands worldwide making it the world's largest discount program. With a membership, (currently reduced to $39.95 annually) a Max Card holder gets full online access to worldwide discounts as well as a personalized discount card that gives them thousands in local savings. In many cases, the card actually pays for itself in a day's worth of shopping.
A discount card like the Max Card is equally as beneficial for businesses in building customer loyalty. Companies that offer discount shopping through Max Card are brought into a circle of preferred businesses for members and ongoing discounts mean that a customer will come back to a merchant over and over for the same savings. Businesses are also saved the hassle and cost of designing, printing and distributing coupons.
Because of the discount card's format, it also makes it ideal for non-profit organizations and corporations. The Max Card is implementing features to allow organizations to donate a portion of membership sales to a good cause with ease. They also make an excellent incentive for employees or members.
The Max Card clearly shows how the discount card is the leading change in the coupon industry, providing a more efficient, more eco-friendly, more customer- and business-friendly way to go discount shopping. The discount card offers a plethora of savings that would simply be impossible with a traditional coupon book.
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