Do you use bottled water as your main source of drinking water?
A recent survey has discovered that approximately 15 per cent of Australians primarily use bottled water as their main source of drinking water at home.
More than 1000 Australian adults from across Australia were surveyed, with 15 per cent saying that more than 80 per cent of their at home drinking water was purchased bottle water.
When the same respondents were asked why they chose to buy water bottles, the majority said they trusted the quality and preferred the taste of bottled water.
According to the survey, the main (80 per cent or more) water source that Australian household are drinking are:
- Tap water 56.6%
- Filtered water 23.1%
- Still bottled water 15.4%
- Sparkling water 2.8%
- Other 2.1%
Can you believe so many Australians drink bottled water at home? Do you drink bottled water at home? Do you drink water straight from the tap or do you filter it first?
Pure rainwater if collected direct from the sky after a prolonged period of rain (goodness knows when that is going to happen) will be virtually pure. However, if you live near the surf, the wind will blow salt onto your roof which will be washed into your tank and since seawater contains about 4mg/litre fluoride, you could get fluoride in that water. Of course there is also dust and smoke in the air and other air pollutants which are all washed out by rain but I think generally there will be very little fluoride in rainwater.