At least 25% of bottled water is actually tap water that has been bottled near the point of distribution. The reality is that tap water is packaged in water bottles and sold as “purified” or straight from serene mountains and ice caps. Each year approximately 2.5 million gallons of municipal tap water are bottled and sold throughout the United States (Shapley). Ironically, the most monitored water supply is the municipal water system. The reason it is monitored so closely is because of the threatening effects that untreated bacteria can have on the body. For example, city tap water cannot contain traces of E.Coli or fecal coliforms. THE. Coli is a dangerous strain of bacteria found in the intestines of humans and animals, which can cause serious food poisoning. Fecal coliform is another bacteria found in the digestive tract of humans and animals that can cause harmful ear infections and hepatitis, to name a couple. On the other hand, the FDA does not require bottled water companies to adhere to these standards. Bottled water may contain some amount of these harmful bacteria. Beyond this shocking standard, water companies do little to prevent the spread of this harmful bacteria. Aquatic plants need to test for coliforms only once a week, while tap water in large cities needs to be tested more than 100 times a month (Olson, 1999). This report is truly exceptional. Bottled water companies are lying to their customers by claiming their water is as pure as the “rivers” and “mountains” it comes from