Posts Tagged ‘Water’
Types of Bottled Water
Read this from a friend’s wall on faceboof. I find it practical to post on my site.Which do you prefer?
| tesian | Water obtained from a well that taps a confined aquifer, an underground layer of rock or sand that contains water. Example: Fiji Natural Artesian Water. |
| Distilled | Water that has been boiled and then recondensed from the steam that the boiling produces. Distillation kills microbes and removes minerals, giving water a flat taste. Example: Glacéau Smartwater. |
| Mineral | Groundwater that naturally contains at least 250 parts per million of dissolved solids. All minerals and other trace elements must be present in the water when it emerges at the source. Example: Calistoga. |
| P.W.S. | Public water source, also known as municipal water supply, or tap water. Fun fact: Aquafina, one of the top 10 selling domestic brands, used to say “P.W.S.” on its label—but changed that in 2007 under pressure from Corporate Accountability International to make clear that the water came from a public supply and not some pristine mountain spring called P.W.S. |
| Purified | Water from any source that has been treated to remove chemicals and pathogens according to standards set by the U.S. Pharmacopoeia. Must contain no more than 10 parts per million of dissolved solids. Distillation, deionization, and reverse osmosis are all purification methods. Examples: Aquafina, Dasani. |
| Sparkling | Water that contains carbon dioxide at an amount equal to what it contained when it emerged from its source. Carbon dioxide lost during the treatment process may be added back. (Carbonated waters such as soda water and seltzer are considered soft drinks, not bottled waters.) Example: Perrier. |
| Spring | Water derived from an underground formation from which water flows naturally to the Earth’s surface. Spring water must be collected at the spring or through a borehole tapping the underground formation (aquifer) feeding the spring. Examples: Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water (Nestlé), |
How to Quench your thirst this summer
Hmmm I will not write about your favorite soda or your pearl shake here. I will be talking about the universal solvent and at the same time the most natural thirst quencher of all: WATER. As we can see, no one gets overdose with water. In fact, the doctor highly recommends drinking 8-13 glasses of water every day especially this summer season. However, some cannot rely on the purity of water anymore considering that there now exist water-borne diseases. Before, people enjoyed the natural taste of spring water, now it already passes through number of filtering stages in order for it to become purified. However some purification stages method will lose the alkaline content of the water which is very essential in our body. That is why if you have notice there are three types of bottled water being sold right now, the Purified, Distilled and Alkaline Water. How to quench your thirst? Drink water every day.
