From the Surge to Scarce: Bottled Water
A hermetically sealed bottle of water does not guarantee its perseverance and existence on the planet; apparently, it acts otherwise. From the surge of trading bottled water, once started by Jackson spa back in 18th Century, to the 21st century's enslaved and regiment mindsets that water is sterilized when canned, the bottled water consumption has adversely increased despite the heralding cries, awareness crusades and the never-ending discussion on monitored parameters of water in our geography bouts. We endorsed the use of bottled water to accomplish the great desideratum of potable water, but instead stifled the cornerstone laid out to sustain the natural resources taking a toll on the environment, and thus depleting the finite percentage of freshwater resources (2.5–2.75%) available underground. What merely started as a debonair praxis to fulfill the prerequisite of drinking water by refining the available means vis-a-vis technological formalization, turned into an oozing ...