When Was Your First Introduction to ...

[Dibbons]

... bottled water?

Besides Perrier brand which has been active for the past 150 years and sells a billion bottles annually, when/who did you first notice bottled water arriving on the scene as the new thing to drink?

My story begins at the California Highway Patrol Academy in Bryte, California. I attended the fifth class of cadet trainees of 1982 (140 total men and women). Everyone shared a dorm room with one other cadet. My first roommate, a newlywed, was spotted walking to the parking lot during the first month of the 20 week course of study/training. I never saw him again. I guess he missed his new spouse more than following through with a new career as a state traffic officer. He never even said goodbye.

I was then assigned a new roommate, Kevin, who was a surfer/lifeguard from Huntington Beach California. He ran the mile faster than anyone else in our class and at graduation time he was given an award for having been the most physically fit. He mentioned how he either delivered his first-born at home or he planned to do so.

When thirsty outside of cafeteria time, he kept bottled water in the top shelf of his closet while I drank water from the bathroom tap. That was the first time I witnessed anyone not satisfied drinking municipal water (fall 1982). The idea seems to have caught on since.

Evidently, Kevin later was award the Medal of Valor:
https://www.mendocinobeacon.com/2006/12/14/berg-awarded-medal-of-valor/

 

[odcics2]

There are lots of bottled water out there sourced from municipal supplies.
Also, there are natural sources than can be contaminated depending on the flow of the ground water.

 

[alfaitalia]

Bottle water is for the gullible only....I have some magic beans for sale if anyone is interested!!!
https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/about/live-healthy/tap-water-vs-bottled-water#:~:text=Bottled water is not typically,water comes from the tap.&text=Bottled water costs from $0.89,more expensive than tap water.
...not to mention the plastic particles in bottled water....
https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2019/08/22/Microplastics-in-bottled-water-don-t-appear-to-pose-a-health-risk-says-WHO#:~:text=Its results stated that 93,bottles than in glass bottles.

 

[Slap Stick]

Those municipal waters are filtered and certain minerals added for flavor.
Also during the process the fluoride and chlorine are filtered out.
Those two items are the main reasons people drink bottled water.
At my sons house you can run a faucet and the room will smell like a laundry or swimming pool.

 

[tnfastback]

I can’t remember my first bottled water experience, but I remember my first Dos Equis in Mexico in 1992 when the Senorita at a Cantina said bottled water was $4 and Dos XX was .99 cents
Good times!!!

 

[Slap Stick]

Hah! Swines! I drink Perrier and water.

 

[Cranky]

I keep two 1 gallon jugs of water in the fridge from the tap and do not cap the jugs. That seems to let the chlorine leach out then fill up the filtered water pitcher with those. There's also a filter on the line to the ice maker. I keep bottled water just in case and will drink from them from time to time just to keep it from sitting too long. Did get one case that tasted a bit odd several month ago.

 

[odcics2]

Those municipal waters are filtered and certain minerals added for flavor.
Also during the process the fluoride and chlorine are filtered out.
Those two items are the main reasons people drink bottled water.
At my sons house you can run a faucet and the room will smell like a laundry or swimming pool.

Depends where you live. Some bottled water is 100% municipal. Some not.
Sheeple drink bottled water for the convenience.
Pure water has no flavor or smell.

 

[Don selleck]

r.o. for me today from well water, perrier was the first i saw probably in the mid 70's I remember thinking how dumb that was to pay for water, But today buy a filter or be a filter, think about that one. good water is a must for me.

 

[chtampa]

Do you remember one of the first? "Naive". Think about it!

 

[dadsbee]

Oh my.. do you sleep at night..

 

[Slap Stick]

Depends on where your water comes from.
Ever hear anyone say water from x is the sweetest water you will ever drink?
It's due to the mineral content.
My son used to live in MS. That water tasted nasty and smelled brackish.
I got them a Berkey filter. It removed all the nasty and that water, with all the minerals and chemicals filtered out was truely flavorless.

 

[Dibbons]

Around here it was announced the ground water has arsenic.

 

[Pikser]

Moved to north east Greece in 1980. No one would drink anything except bottled water.
Lived in Greece, Holland, Spain, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain with bottled water in all .

 

[chtampa]

Do you remember one of the first? "Naive". Think about it!

Nobody go that? "Evian"

 

[Dibbons]

At the 2:00 minute mark, Joe Friday is offered "Poland Water".