Evian and Perrier had the market for awhile but now this is a very competitive market. I use the stuff myself, mostly because of the convenience of the container in the car.....but I refill the container from the tap 3-4 times before I buy another 'container.' Price has dropped a lot in the past year or so. There is no money to be made here....believe me. Especially in Wyoming and surrounds... I keep having trouble with this image of a Wyoming redneck drinking yupie water out of a plastic container. ;-)
TC
Top Cat, your DD is pathetic. You do not even care to research the effect of re-using these bottles when they clearly state "DO NOT REFILL" And this is something that could affect your health, which is far more valuable than money friend. You are an amateur, leave it to the pros like my friend Mike. Here is an excerpt from an article for you it is from an interview with Gary Kincy, Manhattan water plant supervisor:
Many students on campus take bottled water to class or to study. Once they finish what's in the bottle, a lot of them refill it with water from local drinking fountains or from faucets at home, Kincy said. This is where the problem occurs.
"Once you take a drink, bacteria from your mouth is on the bottle. If you refill the bottle or put it back in the refrigerator, the bacteria spreads," he said.
What's missing in these popular bottled waters is the chlorine. Chlorine is what kills bacteria in the water, and without it, bacteria will grow, Kincy said.
Take a look at a bottle of Evian. In small print on the side of the bottle it reads, "Do not refill." It's important to realize what minerals you aren't getting and what bacteria you are exposing yourself to in bottled water, Kincy said.
Hint TC, do not re-use these bottles, which means you should buy a new one every time, which means more money for those of us intelligent enough to care about our health and take claims like "DO NOT REFILL" to possibly have some medical reason and not just a marketing one, but then your pathetic DD would not have unconvered this. Now as to your point about this being a market where there is no money to be made, another excerpt from the water investment newsletter:
This past year, a number of water-related companies experienced very strong stock price growth of over 40%, over 50% and even over 90%
Why invest in water? Because water is a rock-solid growth area for these simple reasons.
Water will become more scarce in the future because there will be a greater net consumption of water. The water that is available will become contaminated. These facts provide you and me with solid investment opportunities in the water industry.
As a result, a number of companies have enjoyed spectacular growth in their stock over the last year. Millipore, +40%. United States Filter, +55%. Ionics, +51%. Osmonics, +14%.
Utilities that are well managed and related support companies are also enjoying this growth. Consider these outstanding stock performances over the last year. American Water Works Co., +20%. Davis Water & Wastewater Ind., +92%. Southern California Water Co., +18%. Zurn Industries, +38%.
Opportunities also exist in other areas of the water industry. Replacing the nation's archaic water infrastructure has led to phenomenal stock price growth for Insituform East of 77% this last year.
No money TC, dying industry TC, and you say to believe you, I say leave it to the pros which you are obviously not, here is something else to consider with your wonderful powers of DD:
Californians consume more than 700 million gallons of bottled water annually. That's 33% of all bottled water consumed in America!
Hence, TC the closer to California, the better, alot cheaper to ship from Wyoming to California than from North Carolina to Califronia.
Something else for the grandmaster DD TC:
Bottled water Is considered a food product by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is regulated as such.
Tap water is not considered a food product and is regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which allows for higher levels of substances such as copper, radon, chlorine and lead in tap water than the FDA allows for bottled water.
Hint TC, bottled water is better for you, I think people who care about their health will buy it, but then there are those fools that refill bottles clearly marked "DO NOT REFILL" Some more TC:
The bottled water boom over the past decade has transcended the elements of fashion and become a basic staple in the American household. In 1995, according to Beverage Marketing Corp., bottled water sales had increased 8.1 percent to 3.375 billion wholesale dollar business. Nationwide, consumers are drinking 11 gallons of bottled water per capita but, compared to 22.1 gallons per capita for beer and soft drinks at 51.9 gallons per capita, its beginning to make a splash.
This fastest growing segment of the beverage industry can attribute the boom to several factors. Baby boomers are maturing and their tastes, as well as waistlines, are guiding them toward more natural, less caloric beverages. America's passion with fitness, combined with a near-prohibitionist atmosphere about alcohol, has driven consumers to beverage alternatives. The deteriorating taste and quality of tap water and fear of unknown contaminants have placed bottled water as the perfect solution.
TC, did you see that fastest growing part, yet there is no money to be made here, so I am to believe YOU over the beverage marketing corporation. I am sorry that you have been drinking from contaminated refilled bottles clearly marked "DO NOT REFILL", apparently it has affected your cognitive abilities. You don't have a bacterial infection do you? Maybe my friend Mike will one day care to loan the amatuers like yourself a few IQ points. But for now YOU cannot "SAVE" me that is Mikes job. |
