Bottled water brands seem to be a major controversy regarding whether there is actually a reason to be paying more or less for name brand or store brand products. The first realistic way to determine the benefits of higher priced bottled water is very simple, EPA had issued a transparency test which consisted of treatment and purity to bottled water company's but in compliance to federal law, many lower end brands refused the test while 50% of the company's tested failed the test, 18% would not say where the water came from in the first place.(environmental working group) According to statistics ratings of 173 bottled water company's ranging from common name brands like Dasani or Poland springs, to no name brands like xtramart natural spring water, the brands had been evaluated according to four major focus points, source, purification, testing, and advanced treatment. Gerber pure life rating the healthiest and presumed, "safest" bottled water had rated almost 100% including a micro filtration inducing revers osmosis. while other no name company's had actually gotten a full 0% rating (Bongiorno) making one wonder, "where does this water really come from?" in conclusion to this article it is safe to say the highest brand name price may be worth the price after all, simply for the fact of knowing what your putting in your body is, and where it comes from.












(Environmental Working Group. "2011 Bottled Water Search Page | Environmental Working Group." EWG Home | Environmental Working Group. Web. 12 Apr. 2011. <http://www.ewg.org/bottled-water-2011-search>.)

(Bongiorno, Lori. "Best and Worst Bottled Water Brands on Shine." Shine: Fashion and Beauty, Healthy Living, Parenting, Sex and Love, Career and Money, Food, and More - Shine on Yahoo! Web. 12 Apr. 2011. <http://shine.yahoo.com/event/green/best-and-worst-bottled-water-brands-2436818>.)