is bottled water really expensive? i know a lot of people say it is but some of the cases seem pretty cheap and depending how much you drink, you are not spending a whole lot?
what's the cost per quart or better yet liter in comparison?
If you google this, the cost difference ranges anywhere from 300x up to 2000x. But water rates can vary substantially from city to city. Pull out our water bill and check. Mine comes out to about
1.2 cents per gallon (which includes taxes and the base fee/"water service charge").
On the Sam's club website you can get a pallet of bottled water (1728 bottles, 16.9oz each) for $498...so $2.18/gallon. So 1 gallon of bottled water is the same cost as over 181 gallons from my tap.
If you buy a single 16.9 oz bottle for 89 cents its even worse: $6.74/gallon. (1 gallon bottled = 561 gallons tap)
So no, I wouldn't consider bottled water expensive, but it is an unnecessary cost for the vast majority of people. Tap water is ridiculously cheap in comparison.