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Sign the petition. Email Address. To Publix. Close Menu You are not logged in. Log Out. The Publix Checkout. Written by Caroline A. Related Articles. Where Did Mr. My Account. Bottlers get both a ready, untaxed supply of water see "Swapping Water for Jobs" and proximity to a large, thirsty population that keeps shipping costs low. The Division of Food Safety, the state agency responsible for monitoring the water companies, tests bottled water to make sure it's safe and inspects bottling facilities for sanitation.

State law also requires the division, part of the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, to ensure that bottled water is "from an approved source. No agency keeps track of precisely what the companies are bottling.

So where does the water in the bottle actually come from? Some non-spring bottled water, such as "drinking water" sold in grocery stores, is essentially tap water poured into a bottle or jug.

Nearly half of Florida's plus water companies don't have a permit to withdraw water from one of Florida's five water-management districts.

In most cases, that means they're either bottling municipal water or buying water in bulk from another supplier.

Packaging water from wells and municipal sources is neither illegal nor unusual. Publix, for example, pumps groundwater from wells under its huge Lakeland Industrial Center in Polk County to produce some of its store-brand drinking water. Some Publix water also comes from municipal sources.

Purified drinking water— This has been processed to remove chlorine and a majority of dissolved solids such as magnesium. Naturally sparkling water— This is naturally carbonated from a spring or artesian well. Artesian water or artesian well water— It comes from a well that taps a confined aquifer a water-bearing underground layer of rock or sand.

Mineral water— Typically spring water, it contains no less than parts per million of total dissolved solids like calcium , magnesium, sodium, potassium , silica, and bicarbonates. No minerals can be added to this product. Which tastes better?



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