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Article: Getting off the bottle; Will consumers kick the habit of buying bottled water now that the North West's tap water is at its best ever? Peter Elson reports.(News)
- Article from:
- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- July 10, 2003
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Byline: Peter Elson
NEWS that the North West of England now enjoys the best tap water ever must be music to the privatised water industries' much maligned ears.
But will it make any difference? Over the last two decades, sales of bottled water in the UK have rocketed sky-high, with the choice of brands burgeoning.
Because of a combination of an interest in healthier lifestyles and scares over the quality of tap water since privatisation, the public has happily pumped millions of pounds into the bottled water industry.
In spite of this huge consumption of supposedly ``purer'' water,can people tell the difference between brands, tap ...