I got serious. I cancelled Deer Park and invested the money I saved from that months Deer Park bill in 2 "Intak by Thermos" water bottles (in picture below), on sale at Wegman's for 7.99 each. (Total - 16.00) The key here is to ONLY buy 1 per person in your household. When you have a bunch of these lying around, you don't feel the need or responsibility to keep track of it, or clean it routinely because there is 10 more in a cupboard somewhere. Don't buy cheap bottles. This is important because if your drinking bottled water to start with, your probably squeamish about taste, smells etc. I had collected a huge cabinet full of cheap bottles, none of which I would use because they made the water taste or smell funny, or they would look like they were 30 years old after a few months of dish washing. I chose the "Intak" bottle for a few reasons: The price wasn't insane; it was made of really thick material that was more like an unbreakable glass than plastic; It had a wide mouth that was easy to clean well, It has a locking system so I can throw it in a bag and now worry about it leaking. It also has a dial that you can turn to keep track of how many bottles you've drank, but even I'm not that anal retentive.
Every morning, I'd rinse it out in hot water and refill from the fridge filter for work (if you don't have a built in fridge filter, you can also buy a separate Brita fridge filter. The only problem was that my job consists of being in a building with mold in the water fountain or in my car all day with no access to a water fountain. So, I started buying 2 gallon bottles of Poland Spring water for 99 cents per gallon and storing them in my trunk. My water bottle holds 24 oz. and I go through about a gallon of water a week to refill that bottle. Every few days or so, I'll put the water bottle through the dishwasher to sanitize it even better than my hot water rinses do.
I've done this consistently for five weeks now, and haven't touched the leftover water bottles in my living room. I also drink WAY more water and don't have a dozen disposable water bottles strewn over my office, car, bedroom, living room, etc. In total, I've saved 26.97 the first month (35.00 [deer park + [3.99 x 3] Disposable water bottles - 16.00 [2 Intak Water Bottles] - 4.00 [4 gallon bottles of poland spring]), and then 42.97 every month after that (35.00 Deer Park = 3.99 x 3 Disposable Water bottles - 4.00 Poland Spring Water Bottles).
What a great money saving tip!!
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I would add is to maybe think about changing the plastic jugs in your trunk to glass, or investing into an additional bottle for work. I say this because plastic made with BPA (more often than not, gallon jugs and disposable water bottles are) have toxic chemicals that are extreme sensitive to heat. By keeping these jugs in your trunk you are subjecting them to harsh temperature changes which can cause them chemicals to leak into your safe drinking water.
Not only are you saving the environment by no longer using disposable water bottles (which more often than not are not recycled)... You are saving yourself too!!!
Great Advice L.P.! Thanks for writing in!
ReplyDeleteYou can order the large jugs of water from water delivery calgary over the phone. They will deliver the jug with the hour, and take away your old container.If you have a private drinking water well you will have to determine how to ... a control box, pressure switch, and interior water delivery system.
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