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Water Prices and Quality By : Diem Vu, Amy Kong, and Michelle Ho

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Project Content: - Different water bottles & their prices - Different factors that contribute to cost - Water sources in different countries - Surveys

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Marketing Ploys False advertising Leads consumers to misleading thoughts Water Bottle Design Myth: bottled water is better than tap water

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Definition: Comes from a source deep within the earth that is protected by a solid confining later made of stone and/or clay and can only be brought to the surface by man. - Fiji $1.99 - VOSS $1.99 - Red Leaf $1.49

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Natural Spring Water Definition: Derived from an underground formation from which water flows naturally to the surface of the earth Real Canadian Natural Spring Water - $0.97 Nestle Pure Life - $1.25 Evian* - $2.29 Life Brand - $0.79 Voss * - $1.99

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Purified/Treated Water Definition: Water that has been produced by distillation, deionization, reverse osmosis of other suitable processes (tap water re purified) Aquafina - $1.69 Dasani - $1.49 Tap Water

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Iceberg/Mountain Water Definition: is water that is obtained from melted icebergs or snow from the top of mountains. -80 degrees North $1.49 -Evian * $2.29

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Results of Our Experiment

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Connection Around the World CountryPopulation (1000s) Precipitatio n Rate (mm/yr) Incoming Water % TAEWR Total Use Water % TARWR Canada3837160066%4% Argentina317445002% China13208926001%- India1081229110034% Ethiopia724208000%2% South Africa4521450010%31% Australia199135000%5% New Zealand39041700-- France6043490012%20% Italy573468005%23% * TARWR: The measure of constant water resources available for development from all sources within a country

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Rainwater Diverting surface water Dams and reservoirs Transferring Reused Desalinated Water

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Water Survey Taken from only grade 10s in HCI 45 boys, 63 girls Most drink water than other beverages Most drink bottled water Most chosen: Nestle Least chosen: Fiji (0) A lot of people know plastic bottles have negative impact on the environment A lot of people recycle Many people think water is overpriced Many think water should be free (but many also know it is not) Almost everyone think clean and fresh water should be available to everyone

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Conclusion -Tap Water = Bottled Water -Use stainless steel reusable bottles, NOT overpriced, harmful plastic water bottles

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http://www.greenfacts.org/en/water-resources/index.htm#3 http://www.fijiwater.ca/Bottled.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Water http://www.vosswater.com/ http://www.nestle-purelife.us/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_Pure_Life http://www.aquafina.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquafina http://www.canadaice.ca/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Canadian_Natural_Spring_W ater

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ENJOY OUR VIDEO *no plastic bottles were used in the making of this PowerPoint;)*

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