Bottled water is most definitely not a solution - especially since many "bottled" waters are filled at a municipal tap!
And every gallon of bottled water takes 3 gallons of water to produce! Not to mention oil, transport, garbage etc.
FYI... If it's labeled "spring water", it is water from a real spring. If it's from a spring but brought to the surface via a pipe, it will be labeled "artesian water." If it's from a municipal source, it will say so on the label. These are federally regulated terms.
In fact, bottled water companies are regulated as a public supplies not only under the federal safe drinking water act (EPA), but also under all the food and drug regulations (FDA) as well as all the state and local regs that apply. Even New York City has it's own licensing procedure.
So, if a brand ships nationally (or even across a state line), your bottled water is regulated and tested at least as much and almost always much more than your municipality. For national brands, it's quite extreme and redundant, but that's the cost of doing business. In addition, most bottled water plants go through self-imposed NSF inspections--more rigorous than the fed, state and local governments could ever muster.
