Comments on: Why Does Bottled Water Have an Expiration Date?

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:45:48 +0000

“Dirty Jerz” is soo funny. It’s even funnier how some people are offended by it.. they clearly have never been to New Jersey.

By: Adriane

Adriane — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:40:36 +0000

I once saw an unopened water bottle with large balls of mold in it…

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:53:34 +0000

Not to mention that the acidity in the water eats away at the bottles. Check out my site and it will explain more on water consumption and hopefully explain the process a little more clearly. http://www.alkalinewaterconnection.com We don’t really realize how important water is to us. What comes out of the tap and even what we purchase can sometimes be misleading.

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:33:16 +0000

I have no problems reusing bottles where I’ve purchased bottled water from, but after a bit of reflection I’ve come to realize that I don’t usually keep those bottles around longer than two years, and typically I’ll replace them after a year or a year and a half. My favorite type of bottle is the kind you get at Wild Oats-owned health food stores — the 32-ounce store-brand bottles they sell. Not only does the spring water taste great, but the bottles are the perfect size for me. I’ll get two of them and reuse them for about a year and a half, then replace them and recycle the old bottles. And I like the taste of our tap water too, particularly since I live in a neighborhood with a good water supply. The last one I lived in, it was so overdeveloped that the water was cloudy from the silt and sediment the overworked pumps were dredging up along with the water, so I didn’t drink much tap water.

By: Stutz

Stutz — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:45:34 +0000

Wouldn’t it have a shelf life for the same reason every food has a shelf life, namely, that eventually, no matter how pure it starts out, microorganisms will multiply in it until it’s no longer safe? I mean, unless you freeze it, it’s not going to stay uncontaminated by the outside world indefinitely.

By: Chainsaw

Chainsaw — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:59:50 +0000

Not all bottled water is the same – some is simply big-city tap water, with chlorinated dead microorganisms, miscellaneous pollutants and such in it. They have a shelf life of sorts.

By: Pile of Pooh

Pile of Pooh — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:29:28 +0000

@holly,

See Zera’s response. Your petty officer was correct. That’s why he was a NCO and you were a common semen… er, seaman.

By: aberline

aberline — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:42:10 +0000

Re: Kelsey, we all know George Washington and the other colonials didn’t take baths. Silly.

By: Boo Radley

Boo Radley — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:50:55 +0000

Hard hats have an expiration date. (The hard plastic ones.)

By: Patty Sponholtz

Patty Sponholtz — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:04:44 +0000

All states have some industrialized areas, as does New Jersey- but Jersey is mostly GORGEOUS. My husband was raised in the countryside of North Florida, and he went to NJ with me in 2006 and said- “NJ has it all! The mountains, beaches and farmlands are gorgeous! I’d move here in a heartbeat”!!