Environmental science students from Keene State College spent a semester researching the bottled water industry, and found some shocking results.

According to Mullens, the products of many bottled water companies is straight from the tap. "In some cases the sources are simply spring or ground water sources within communities. In other cases bottled water has been extracted simply from tap water," said Mullens.

They encourage people to realize they are paying a very high price for water that that they could simply get from their faucet at home. Additionally, by buying tap water in a bottle, they are creating environmental problems due to the plastic bottles that are being thrown away.

"People are paying tremendous amounts of money for bottled water which is convenient, but it's not providing anything in terms of quality," said Mullens, "They are paying large amounts for something they can get out of the tap for free. You don't hear people getting outraged at that, you hear people outraged at prices at the pump for oil, but you don't hear people reevaluating what they're spending money on in terms of something that could be free to them."

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