2017-08-24

water comparing 1

Not all water the same. By comparison to find better ones.
These are some bottled still spring water and or still mineral water.
Fuji, Highland Spring, Volvic, Co-op,VOSS...
Brands
 
Unit: mg/L
Fuji

Highland Spring

 Volvic (Danone 
   Waters)
Co-op
Fairbourne
 
Springs
 VOSS

(a USA
 company
but majority
 of control :
 a PRC Chinese
company
Reignwood
Group )
DescriptionArtesian
water.
UV treated
drinking
water
Still Spring
water
Natural
Mineral
Water
(filtered
by volcanic
 rocks)
Still
natural
mineral
water
artesian
water
(still)
SourceYaqara,
Viti Levu
Ochil HillsClairvic
Spring
Fairbourne
Springs,
Churchstoke,
Montgomery,

Powys
Iveland

CountryFuji IslandsUK
- Scotland
FranceUK
- Wales
Norway
(not in VOSS)
bottleplasticplasticplastic plasticglass
volume 1 Litre1.5 Litre1.5 Litre 2 Litre800 ml
pH at source7.77.87.07.85.5
Bicarbonates153.0150.074.0137.6<20.0
Calcium18.040.512.046.25.0
Chloride*9.0no data15.015.812.0
Fluoride*no datano datano data0.10.1
Magnesium15.010.18.06.01.0
Nitrates1.03.17.36.3
-

Nitrites*no datano datano datano data-
Potassium5.00.76.00.8-
Sodium18.05.612.012.16.0
Sulphate1.05.39.023.45.0
Other:Silica93.0
no data
32.0no data-
Other *not listed
not listed
not listednot listed*not listed
Dry Residue
 at 180
degree C
222.0
170.0
130.0195.044.0

note taken
2017.062017.082017.082017.082017.08

(officially version of released info as on the food labels in packaging,
except VOSS, which is from their official website.
Different from data printed on bottle & in Wikipedia.
Data on bottle is different & fewer. Truth??? )
Their water quality report full version listed more,
including 0.037 mg/L Manganese, 3.381mg/L ±1.004 Radium 226/228 (combined),

 NOTE 1:
  There are non-sparkling still water sold in glass bottles.
Eg. :
Acqua Pana, Evian, Harrogate, Hildon,
Highland Spring, Perrier, San Pellegrino, VOSS, Waitrose, etc.

* NOTE 2:
last dacade there was a specialist website that someone took bottle waters to do lab test.  They found that actual chemicals are usually not necessarily fully listed in packaging. Actual chemicals and Chemicals at source listed in packaging can be different.
Somehow that website was shut down.

NOTE 3:
plastic bottle: Store in odor free environment,
and away from direct sunlight. Once opened, keep chilled and used withing 7 days(or so).
I take that as the plastic has chemicals which can migrate into the water under circumstances. And, for smaller bottles, I read elsewhere that they can be easily become a pedri dish within 24 hours aka brew bacteria once you start drinking from it in contact to your mouth. 


WHY I make this?
I started noticing water about 20 years ago.
I used to drink in office & at home evaporated water
which was popular and said to be very pure.
So I notice odor +/ odd taste
 if I drink tap water.
Then there are people criticize not good to drink water too pure!!
Anyway, in Summer we drink more water. 
If we do not guard well,
it is down to ruin our kidneys & body,
 overloaded with unwanted chemicals. 


WHY tap water is not good?
They typically have hundreds of chemicals
ranging from heavy metals, pesticides, herbicdes, etc,
and anything people put in drainage ,
that include medicine & drugs, etc.
Not to mention all kinds of
hair dye chemicals,
floor polish chemicals,
 drainage caustic acid,
car wash chemicals, etc.
Even just basic lists
 in websites of  some
relatively open water companies
can be scary enough.

Let alone chemicals that
they are not able to filter //
not willing to //
can't afford to test //
dare not to test //
do not release to let people know.