Aquafina labels to spell out tap water source

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Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor

So the truth comes out, something all bottled water afficiendos did not want to believe, but the rest of the Public figured out all along. Bottled water comes from your kitchen tap, no special technology, no glacier water from the left bank of the sunny side of the mountain. Your kitchen tap period. So save your money, by a glass bottle in a foam wrap around container and quit being a bottled water snob.

Truth sucks eh?

url="http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2007/07/27/aquafina.html?ref=rss"]The U.S. manufacturer of Aquafina bottled water will soon revise the product's label to clearly show the drink is made with treated tap water.

Water for Aquafina made in Canada is drawn from public sources in Vancouver and Mississauga, Ont.Water for Aquafina made in Canada is drawn from public sources in Vancouver and Mississauga, Ont.

(CBC)

Aquafina bottles sold in the U.S. are now labelled "PWS," but the new labels will spell this out as "Public Water Source," the brand's owner PepsiCo said on Friday.

A bottle of Aquafina sold in Canada currently shows the source as "water from the public distribution of Mississauga [Ont.]," but the company said it also uses a public source of water in Vancouver.

The bottler of the water in Canada, Pepsi-QTG [Quaker-Tropicana-Gatorade] said on Friday that it's reviewing the U.S. label change and will be making a decision shortly as to whether the Canadian label needs to be revised.[/q]