Back in 800 BC Nile water was being bottled and exported from Egypt, and the kings of Persia took bottled water from the river Choapsis.
Convalescing after a car accident, an Englishman Sir John Hamsworth (brother of newspaper magnate Alfred), visited the French spa town of Vergeze in 1903. There his doctor, Louis Perrier introduced him to the local spring, which the locals claim was discovered by Hannibal. Inspired by the commercial possibilities of the water, Hamsworth decided to purchase the spring and bottle it. He named the water after Dr Perrier and modelled the green Perrier bottle on the Indian clubs he had been using to build up his strength following his accident.
Sir John Harmsworth was soon distributing millions of bottles of the Vergeze water all over the empire, marketing it as a safe addition to a tumbler of whisky.
Convalescing after a car accident, an Englishman Sir John Hamsworth (brother of newspaper magnate Alfred), visited the French spa town of Vergeze in 1903. There his doctor, Louis Perrier introduced him to the local spring, which the locals claim was discovered by Hannibal. Inspired by the commercial possibilities of the water, Hamsworth decided to purchase the spring and bottle it. He named the water after Dr Perrier and modelled the green Perrier bottle on the Indian clubs he had been using to build up his strength following his accident.
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Sir John Harmsworth was soon distributing millions of bottles of the Vergeze water all over the empire, marketing it as a safe addition to a tumbler of whisky.
Selling bottled water to South Koreans in their native country was illegal until 1994 due to fears it would incite discomfort between social classes. Even during the 1988 Olympics, bottled water was only allowed for foreigners.
Most of Nestle's bottled water is taken for free from freshwater lakes in British Columbia.
Perrier water and its competitor San Pellegrino are both owned by the Nestle corporation.
The average Briton gets through 170 bottles of water each year. Each 1 litre plastic bottle takes 162g of oil and seven litres of water to make.
Britons drink around 3.6billion pints of bottled water a year. Still water accounted for 86 per cent of sales in 2011, against 14 per cent for sparkling water - which has become less popular in recent years.
In 2013, after more than 20 years of soda being America's number one beverage, bottled water took over.
According to 2015's Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting, the best tasting tap water in the world comes from Hamilton, Ohio.
An annual supply of bottled water for a person who consumes eight glasses a day would cost approximately $300; the same amount of tap water would cost approximately $0.38.
The expiration date on bottled water is for the bottle, not the water.
Most of Nestle's bottled water is taken for free from freshwater lakes in British Columbia.
Perrier water and its competitor San Pellegrino are both owned by the Nestle corporation.
The average Briton gets through 170 bottles of water each year. Each 1 litre plastic bottle takes 162g of oil and seven litres of water to make.
Britons drink around 3.6billion pints of bottled water a year. Still water accounted for 86 per cent of sales in 2011, against 14 per cent for sparkling water - which has become less popular in recent years.
In 2013, after more than 20 years of soda being America's number one beverage, bottled water took over.
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According to 2015's Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting, the best tasting tap water in the world comes from Hamilton, Ohio.
An annual supply of bottled water for a person who consumes eight glasses a day would cost approximately $300; the same amount of tap water would cost approximately $0.38.
The expiration date on bottled water is for the bottle, not the water.
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