Foodie propaganda?

Must be working!
Bottled water sells like it's free--which it is NOT.
At up to $2 per liter, this is 1000s of times (yes, thousands) more costly than tap water.
In the U.S. tap water is safe. Elsewhere, even in Europe, it is not either due to general hygiene issues or specific ones (each region has it's own e. coli, for example).
But in the West, beyond plain water, there are literally hundreds of options to choose from, all to meet a relatively basic need for plain H2O and a few minerals. What is truly potentially lethal about drinks has nothing to do with fluid--it's all the other stuff that goes in. From alcohol to caffeine to vitamins to sugar (lots and lots of sugar), we HAVE poisoned our water with things that, especially in excess, can kill us. As usual, the food industry and its shills make money off of ignorance.
READ THOSE LABELS.
And in the end, you--and your budget--will be better off getting your water from the tap.