Tag Archives: Water

Part 1: Is Water Draining Your Bank Account?

27 Feb

Bottled water is something of a mystery to me.  A single 16.9 oz. bottle of water sells for approximately  $1.50 to $2.00 and if you go to the movies that price doubles.  A study by the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security shows that it requires 2,000 times more energy to produce a liter of bottled water, compared to a liter of tap water. The study also went on to show that an estimated extra 32 to 54 million barrels of oil are consumed every year to produce the plastic to bottle the water and then distribute it across the country.  This all adds to the increased cost of water that gets, bottled, perfectly packaged and then sold to the consumer.  This also may explain why a natural resource that should only cost pennies to the gallon, is being sold by the ounce for outrageously high prices.

In a previous post, I spoke about the importance of drinking 3 liters of water per day for health.  Let’s say you were able to find a case water for $6.99 (that’s 24 bottles per case,16.9 fl oz. or .5 liter per bottle). If one person were to consistently drink 3 liters of water per day, it would cost you $0.58 for 1 litter and $1.75 for 3 liters each day.  Seems like a good deal, right? WRONG. At $1.75/day for water, one individual would be spending on average $638.75 each year on water! But wait, there is more, if you are a family of 4, you are spending a whopping $2,555 on water a year for your family.  So what can you do? The answer is simple…stop buying bottled water. Instead, get a high quality water filter for your kitchen sink and a reusable water bottle.

Premium 10 Stage Water Filter

New Wave Enviro makes  a Premium 10 Stage Water Filter that easily hooks up to your kitchen sink.  You can keep the filter on your kitchen counter for clean water to both drink and wash your produce.  This filter retails for $125 and will provide you with 1,500 gallons of clean filtered drinking water for up to 18 months before the filter needs to be replaced.  That is enough drinking water for a family of 4 and a huge financial savings! When it is time to replace the filter the company will send you a reminder to buy a replacement cartridge. You can buy the water filter online or at store near you.

Under Sink Mount for Water Filter

If you prefer, you can buy a conversion kit and mount it under the sink.  If you are handy you could install this yourself otherwise the plumber can do a one time installation for you.

Stay tuned for Part 2 on why to not drink bottled water and why it may be harmful to your health!

Find your truth.

You + Water = Health

25 Jan

Without Water

With Water

We are still in the beginning of the New Year with lots of momentum for our resolutions, right?  Many of us have the same resolution year after year and we know at the stroke of midnight on December 31 each year we resolve that the New Year ahead will be it…we will finally lose weight and get healthy.  January rolls in and we find ourselves in the gym or at yoga or going for a jog.  For some people that lasts a few weeks and others a few months, but we eventually let the stresses and challenges of life take precedence over our health.  Did you know that there is something even easier than going to the gym that you can do to increase your health?  You have actually heard it before and it doesn’t cost a lot!  It is to drink water.  How much exactly will vary, but generally speaking, for weight loss you need about 96 oz, which is equal to 3 liters.  Most of us know what happens to a plant if it doesn’t get water, it will start to turn shades of brown, shrivel up and die.  Now imagine what will happen if we don’t drink water!  You got it…It’s the same reason you can survive for a short time without food but you can’t survive for more than a few days without water. Knowing that, you would think we would make drinking water a priority, yet most of us wake up and have coffee and then drink soda throughout the day, both of which dehydrate us. But here’s the catch, once you realize you are thirsty, you are already dehydrated.  Water is essential to our health! Drink Water.

Find your truth.