Bottled, Tap or CRAZY

I am not a person to ever toot my own horn and have therefore always felt timid to sing the accolades of Crazy Water, even though I wholeheartedly believe in its past and future. I worried that praise for Crazy Water from me would be seen as self-serving and I wanted people learn from the many believers in Crazy Water who sing its praises each and every day, and do it well. And to you Crazy Water advocates I say “Thank you” once again. It is because of the multiple generations of believers that Crazy Water has endured and prospered for over 130 years. However, I also believe in leading by example and I have come to the realization that by sitting back I have not been doing my job. I have learned and observed much over the past 10 years and need to start sharing it with you.

For MANY reasons, I believe that Crazy Water is the best water available in the market. I do hope to convince you of this with facts and from my observations of other Crazy Water believers.

Why You Should Be Crazy for Crazy Water
Part 1- Bottled, Tap or CRAZY

There has been for many years a debate over bottled vs. tap water. The debate has been waged as a national topic on TV, newspapers and the internet. Both sides have merit…. Your body does need the minerals found in tap water because they are not present in purified water. However, contaminates found in tap water are believed to be harmful. Here are my simple observations.

At the Famous Pavilion and at our homes, we practice organic gardening and follow Howard Garrett as our bible for gardening. Our flowers and vegetable plants are very healthy. We give them the primal nutrients they need and because of this they rarely are attacked by fungus or bugs. Here is where the water we give them comes into play. At the Famous and at “Granny’s” house, where we are watering with well water between rains, the vegetable plants continue to produce beautiful vegetables and plants flower throughout the hot summer. Because I live in the city, I must water with the local municipal supply rather than well water. My plants stay alive but they do not grow much, produce vegetables and seldom rebloom, unlike at the Famous or Granny’s. That is until we get a summer rain, and then they start to thrive. Have you ever noticed how your and your neighbors’ grass will stay alive but does little growing while you have the sprinklers on, but as soon as we get a big rain it greens up and you are revving up your lawnmower? If small plants react in such a manner to tap water isn’t it common sense that it would effect our bodies in some way as well?

On the environmental side of the debate of bottled vs. tap, I do not disagree with the argument of plastic bottles overwhelming the landfills. We Americans as a whole are very wasteful and accustomed to instant gratification. We like things fast and easy. Single sized bottles of ANY type beverage should only be used when practical out weights simple convenience. In the grocery markets, we promote larger 1-liter bottles verses smaller sizes to reduce the amount of plastic waste in bottles and packaging. We also pay the higher packaging costs to print labels on recycled papers, use eco-friendly inks and bottles made with recycled PET. We are far from perfect, but to get Crazy Water to our customers we have to put it in a bottle. We will continue to do so with as minimal an impact as possible to the environment.

At the pavilion, we promote Crazy Water in bulk. Customers from miles around bring in their own refillable bottles and this is the “bulk” of the business we do locally. Though my family has easy access to single serving bottles, we rarely use them. When we do use them at home, I will refill and reuse our small bottles a couple of times. PET at this time is the safest type of plastic available, but because of leaching fears (not yet proved but a potential reality), I do not freeze them, keep them in a hot car or use them after they start showing signs of wear. At home, we mostly drink out of glass mason jars filled from a 5 gallon bottle, and I don’t microwave our food in any plastic. We try taking a practical common sense approach that fits our family’s lifestyle to reduce contaminant exposure and limit our environmental footprint.

On a larger environmental scope, Crazy Water is the only domestically bottled still mineral water in the United States that I have found. And I do say “bottled still mineral water”. There are a few others places in the US that you can get mineral water but it is no longer bottled commercially or it has gas (bubbly). Not only is Crazy Water from a trusted source, but it is not shipped across an ocean from a source that is 1000’s of miles away. Below, you can find an article written by Brian Johnson of the Movement, Dallas titled “Bottled Water, Your Body, Our Ecology” which weighs the footprint of bottled with the risks of drinking tap water.

Crazy Water wins on both sides of the bottled water debate. With a mineral water, your body gets the minerals it needs from drinking water, without contaminates. I often tell customers “Crazy Water is like organic gardening for your body.” Your body needs the minerals and it wants them to be natural. This leads into Part 2 of “Why You Should Be Crazy for Crazy Water” which will discuss- how Crazy Water is enhanced by Mother Nature, not some Factory.

About me:
Carol Elder, owner of the Famous Mineral Water Company the manufacture and bottler of Crazy Water, wife and mother. She does not have a medical, grocery or manufacturing background but a passion for continuing the heritage and history of Crazy Water. The Crazy Water tag, “Making people feel good inside and out since 1881” is the inspiration to keep moving forward in all Crazy endeavors.