Bottled Water Store.com Private Label Program Highly Praised

Bottled Water Store.com has been selling brand name bottled water products on-line for over 10 years now. But, with the exception of there many customers, few realize that they also offer private and custom label bottled water. And not just regional but nationwide. Most bottling companies market and distribute their products to their regional market. This makes sense from a shipping pint of view. A case of bottled water is heavy.

Bottled Water Store.com partners with regional bottling companies that provide not only bottled water but also labels and label art services. Together with their partners, Bottled Water Store.com can ship economically to all parts of the USA. And because the price per bottle is usually lower than their competition, customers have the highest praise for this enterprising company.

To see a list of testimonials go to www.bottledwaterstore.com/Privatelabel.htm.

Smartwater is America's Sweet Heart

New bottled water products are launched all the time. There are probably two dozen a year. Sadly, or luckily,depending on the product, most of these fail or disappear within months. But there is one product became highly successful but has won the hearts and minds of the American bottled water consumer. That product is Glaceau "Smartwater".

Smartwater was launched approximately 5 years ago along with Glaceau's other successful product line of Vitamin waters. But Smartwater is the purified water product with added electrolytes (calcium and magnesium additives) that promises to make you smart if you drink it. How can you go wrong with a promise like that. And thousands over the years have accepted the challenge.

The original bottles included a "Genius" meter printed on the side of the bottle. The more you drank the smarter you became and when the bottle was empty the meter indicated that you reached genius level. Very cute. Very creative.

Smartwater continues to be a huge selling product for the Coca Cola company which purchased the product line from Energy Brands in 2007. Smartwater can be found in many retail stores and also on-line at Bottled Water Store.com. Smartwater is the best selling product at Bottled Water Store.com. Customers like to have cases delivered to their door at home or work and often purchased Smartwater as gifts.

The US Is Using Less Water

The US is using less water than during the peak years of 1975 and 1980, according to water use estimates for 2005.

Assistant secretary of the interior, Anne Castle, announced the report – ‘Estimated Use of Water in the US in 2005’ – as part of her keynote speech at the Atlantic Water Summit in the National Press Club.

The report shows that, in 2005, Americans used 410 billion gallons a day, slightly less than in 2000. The declines are attributed to the increased use of more efficient irrigation systems and alternative technologies at power plants.

Water withdrawals for public supply have increased steadily since 1950 (when USGS began the series of five-year trend reports) along with the population that depends on these supplies.

Nearly half (49%) of the 410 billion gallons per day used by Americans was for producing electricity at thermoelectric power plants. Irrigation accounted for 31% and public supply 11% of the total. The remaining 9% of the water was for self-supplied industrial, livestock, aquaculture, mining and rural domestic uses.

“Because electricity generation and irrigation accounted for a massive 80% of our water use in 2005, the improvements in efficiency and technology give us hope for the future,” Castle said.

The largest uses of fresh surface water were power generation and irrigation, and the states with the largest fresh surface water uses were California, Texas, Idaho and Illinois. The largest use of fresh groundwater was irrigation, and the states with the largest fresh groundwater uses were California, Texas, Nebraska and Arkansas.

The smallest use of ground water was for botted water - (this blogger).

Bottled Water Store.com Delivers In Space

Bottled Water Saves Lives, Again.

I don't wish to offend anyone but I have to tell you that hardly a week goes by that I don't get an Email or a comment to a blog from someone who is anti bottled water. It is of course perfectly respectable to have an opinion pro or con about anything but what usually happens is that, in the end, the writer is just pushing a product of some sort. These are usually water filters, RO systems, tap water etc. Please don't misunderstand stand me, these are wonderful products and I am involved with all of them, more than you would think. So it is that when the writer recommends the end of bottled water for much overplayed reasons, I cant help but become dismayed. That is because not one of the substitutions for bottled water has ever saved lives in an emergency, such as a hurricane or flood.

Last week the Southeast, and Georgia especially, suffered from heavy rains and severe flooding. Ten people died while emergency crews searched  for others reported missing. The Govenor of Geogia declared a state of emergency in the 17 counties hardest hit by the severe weather, which caused $280,000,000 in damage thoughout Georgia.

Today I read that Nestle Waters of North America quickly donated 5000 one gallon bottles of water to communities affected by the disaster.  There were no water filters, RO systems or tap water donated. What would happen if bottled water companies were to close and disappear over time because of the "conspiracy" against it?

In 2008, Nestle Waters delivered more than 2.7 million bottles of water to citizens and relief workers affetced by natural disasters and emergencies, as per Alex McIntosh, director of corporate citizenship.

Read more about Nestle's donation and the Georgia Floriding at bottledwaterstore.com.

The Beverage Guidance System

The Beverage Guidance System was developed by a panel of experts headed by Dr. Barry Popkin at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Over the past several decades, levels of overweight and obesity have increased across all population groups in the United States. Concurrently, an increased daily intake of 150–300 kcal (for different age-sex groups) has occurred, with approximately 50% of the increased calories coming from the consumption of calorically sweetened beverages. The panel ranked beverages from the lowest to the highest value based on caloric and nutrient contents and related health benefits and risks. Drinking water was ranked as the preferred beverage to fulfill daily water needs and was followed in decreasing value by tea and coffee, low-fat (1.5% or 1%) and skim (nonfat) milk and soy beverages, noncalorically sweetened beverages, beverages with some nutritional benefits (fruit and vegetable juices, whole milk, alcohol, and sports drinks), and calorically sweetened, nutrient-poor beverages. The Panel recommends that the consumption of beverages with no or few calories should take precedence over the consumption of beverages with more calories.

In an effort to help Americans make better decisions, the beverages are assigned categories from level 1 to level 6. Popkin recommends beverages in levels 1 through 3 while beverages in levels 4 though 6 should be consumed in great moderation.

Water of course, is the best hydration fluid and is level 1. The entire report can be dounloaded from bottledwaterstore.com by clicking on this link: http://www.bottledwaterstore.com/bevguidesys.pdf

More Disinformation in the Media About Water

It seems that every six months or so, another delusive study about bottle water is released. What is worse is that the mass media loves to broadcast and print the disinformation. The result is that thousands of intelligent citizens are treated liked idiots.

The latest report to make my blood boil was released this week. The Government Accountability Office and the Environmental Working Group (who are they?)claim that consumers know less about the water they buy in bottles then the water that comes out of the tap. They say this is because bottles do not contain the same information that municipal water producers must disclose. Well, here is my first argument.

Does anyone know what their tap water contains? Do you know what the tap water your served in the restaurant contains? I don't remember a waiter ever offering me a water analysis when I'm in a restaurant. Maybe it was on the bottom of the glass!

The reality is that once a year municipalities are required to provide each customer with a water analysis. Most people would not understand them. Most people likely throw them away, I speculate. The labels on bottled water contain some information including the source of the water and some mineral content. They are too small to contain the whole 22 page water analysis. But mandatory on every bottle is a contact telephone number to call to request this information.

The Bottled Water industry is highly regulated and most reputable bottled water companies adhere to FDA regulations. Most are members of the IBWA, International Bottled Water Association which requires that their members adhere to their strict rules.

Because I defend the bottled water industry, as well as citizens rights to choose what ever beverage they please, you might think that I do not approve of tap water. Contrarily, I think the major municipal water utilities do a good job treating our water supplies and provide a safe product. A major problem that seems to be always overlooked by those that decry bottled water and recommend tap is that people do recognize that tap water has problems and is just not as convenient to obtain when away from home. The chief problem, particularly where I live in Florida, is the taste. The water contains chlorine necessary for sanitation but unfortunately departs a bad taste and odor. Many restaurants serve water with lemon for that reason. If you filter it with a carbon filter the water tastes very good. Yea for tap water. Unfortunately, most of use do not carry our filtration equipment with us when we travel to work, the park the gym etc. Much easier to buy a bottle of water.

Bottled water companies process water much the same way municipalities do. The difference is that one is a government entity and the other is for profit. If the for profit screws up they can be out of business. If the government entity screws up, we all boil water for a week but they keep on going. So we trust Nestle, Coke, Pepsi, Evian, Poland Spring and the many other well known brands to do the right thing.

When I watch video of government meetings I rarely see anything but bottled water on the table. When the GAO presented their report before a sub-committee of congress, I wonder what was on the table in front of every attendee, tap or bottled water?