Do you buy bottled water to drink?
By Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (56770)
April 1, 2026 11:37pm CST
It makes sense that many plastics will jump in price since they are at the mercy of high energy costs, etc. due to the type of plastic they are made from. I was surprised to read that nearly 9 out of 10 Americans buy bottled water to drink, and one out of five only drink bottled water.
The prices of bottled water are on the upsurge and supposedly will climb higher. I will enclose the article for anyone wanting to read it--it's a quick read.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/bottled-water-prices-set-to-soar/ar-AA1ZTndD?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=69cdea5d076e49898080313dc09df9b7&ei=44
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@Fleura (34470)
• United Kingdom
2 Apr
@MarieCoyle Could you not just fill a bottle to take with you?
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@MarieCoyle (56770)
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2 Apr
Judy, I keep a few bottles of it here for when we will be gone all day, we each take one with us. But it seems so many people actually have to buy water to drink, as theirs is undrinkable. I have a filter I can use for water as well.
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@augusta123 (7804)
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2 Apr
I don't buy bottle water I drink water from my water dispenser.
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@MarieCoyle (56770)
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2 Apr
I have a water filter pitcher, but I do keep a small amount of bottled water in case it's needed and/or for trips.
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@GardenGerty (168392)
• United States
19h
I only buy it in a pinch. I actually will buy a gallon of drinking water and pour in my personal water cups because a gallon of water at the store costs less than one half liter bottle of water. And I would rather drink out of a cup with a lid. I hate crinkly sounding plastic water bottles.
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@MarieCoyle (56770)
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2 Apr
I know you said your water is sickening. I would buy water in your case, too. I do keep some bottles of water here. Twice we were told not to drink the water in the last few years for a week at a time, always in the summer when the water table levels are so low and it tastes and smells nasty. I do have a water filter pitcher we use for daily use, too. Where I used to live, the water sometimes smelled terrible and we couldn't drink it. Nasty stuff.
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@Fleura (34470)
• United Kingdom
2 Apr
No. We pay for drinking water to be delivered to our taps at home so why would I buy anything else? I just do not understand why people pay extra for water from somewhere else and then just use the drinking water they are already paying for to flush the toilet etc. And of course all those plastic bottles!
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@Fleura (34470)
• United Kingdom
2 Apr
@MarieCoyle Of course if you are stuck away from home and there isn't any other option then you have to. But I do wonder whether people are creating more health problems by drinking out of plastic all the time too!
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@MarieCoyle (56770)
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2 Apr
@Fleura
I worry about all the plastic, too. It can't be good for us. And so, so many foods we buy are wrapped in plastic in some way, plastic film, plastic bags, plastic everything! Ugh.
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@MarieCoyle (56770)
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2 Apr
Our water that is piped into our homes here is decent water so we drink that. I don’t like to drink out of plastic bottles. But sometimes when we are not home for hours if I want water there isn’t much other way to have some.
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@snowy22315 (205507)
• United States
2 Apr
Sometimes I do, I will buy some today, as they will be good to take on the trip.
@celticeagle (187361)
• Boise, Idaho
23h
The only time I buy bottled water is if I am out away from home and haven't brought a water bottle or run out. I can't see paying for water. I know the prices are going up. Some plastic can also be toxic.
@RasmaSandra (95984)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23h
I do what my mom did all her life, I boil up water adn then pour it in a jug and keep it in the fridge for dringing,
@Marilynda1225 (89718)
• United States
2 Apr
I don't buy bottled water but I do have filtered water available in my fridge. Thankfully I don't have to worry about the rising cost of bottled water.
@Traceyjayne (9514)
• United Kingdom
2 Apr
The Mister buys bottle water …..I use it at home …it does taste better .
@LindaOHio (218016)
• United States
2 Apr
I don't drink bottled water. I have filtered water from the fridge. There are too many plastic bottles that don't get recycled.
@valherma00 (1959)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
2 Apr
i don't buy it here. only once, by mistake, thinking it was a mineral water.
