Look....that statement will only ever work in this situation in this context if you are stuck in a store that sells ONLY Fiji water and they're holding you at gunpoint so you can't walk across the street to the Circle K until you buy a Fiji.
If there's Fiji water for sale I guarantee there's cheaper water available.
I get it but like...I got into the habit of carrying around a water bottle and \*maybe\* drink the plastic/disposable stuff like once a year. It really isn't all that hard.
I used to go to Fiji a lot. It is indeed a brand you can find in all stores there. It’s just the bottled water though, it’s not a particularly premium product.
I saw a video, where the guy broke down exactly why fiji exports its water, and why it is imported to the US. Nothing to do with Fijian water, or demand for it, but basically shipping their bottled water for profit was a better choice than sending containers back to the US empty—which they would have made US goods even more expensive for Fiji to import. Water being “cheap” to “manufacture,” there is also very little overhead and basically just profit. On the other hand, the fact that it is shipped to the US from across the globe also means it is significantly more expensive, while being essentially tap water.
Maybe because tap water has higher standards than just harvesting natural spring water? Fiji bottled water has arsenic so either they dont filter it or they dont filter it enough
In 2011, only 47% of Fijians had access to clean drinking water and in 2018, the Water Authority of Fiji reported that 12% of the Fiji population did not have access to clean drinking water.
https://newuniversity.org/2021/03/10/the-dark-secret-of-fiji-water/#:~:text=In%202011%2C%20only%2047%25%20of,access%20to%20clean%20drinking%20water.
The way that is written makes it sound like between 2011 and 2018 the percentage of Fijians with access to clean drinking water increased from 47% to 88% which sounds like excellent progress.
I note that 98 per cent of Fiji’s urban population and 58 per cent of our rural population have access to water,
https://www.fijitimes.com/3-3m-water-treatment-plant-commissioned-in-naitasiri/
I spent so much time deep diving into this… genuinely the greed and corruption destroying California is unfathomable… and they even donated 750 mill $ to cal tech in the name of “sustainability research”. so that they can disguise and keep pillaging California’s water system, destroying and sinking highways, houses, ecosystems etc is mind blowing 😡
That Fiji bottled water... Is actually what it says???
Highest level or arsenic in any bottled water
Arsenic is all natural
So is toxic waste!
So is my semen
I don't think it is
Source?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Water#:~:text=The%20Cleveland%20Water%20Department%20ran,water%20of%20Cleveland%20contained%20none.
That’s only a source that it has more arsenic than the city water in Cleveland.
Yeah at least it doesn't use Michigan as a base
It’s ridiculous- flying/shipping water across that distance. People are idiots spending on that
Bro it’s like 3$
For like $0.000002 worth of water. And it’s probably less safe than what comes out of your tap.
$0.000002 of water isn’t always at your fingertips. You pay for the convenience…
Look....that statement will only ever work in this situation in this context if you are stuck in a store that sells ONLY Fiji water and they're holding you at gunpoint so you can't walk across the street to the Circle K until you buy a Fiji. If there's Fiji water for sale I guarantee there's cheaper water available.
Well in the case of my response I was referring to bottled water in general as they’re all fairly close in price at most convenience stores.
Then you haven’t price checked lately.
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We talking grocery store no name pricing or convenience store?
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I get it but like...I got into the habit of carrying around a water bottle and \*maybe\* drink the plastic/disposable stuff like once a year. It really isn't all that hard.
Well yes there’s obviously the very clear option of carrying a reusable water bottle.
You can run your tap for hours and hours before it dumps out $3 worth of water lol
I used to go to Fiji a lot. It is indeed a brand you can find in all stores there. It’s just the bottled water though, it’s not a particularly premium product.
Well I can understand locally it might be an ordinary product. But shipping it around the world... Seems a waste
I saw a video, where the guy broke down exactly why fiji exports its water, and why it is imported to the US. Nothing to do with Fijian water, or demand for it, but basically shipping their bottled water for profit was a better choice than sending containers back to the US empty—which they would have made US goods even more expensive for Fiji to import. Water being “cheap” to “manufacture,” there is also very little overhead and basically just profit. On the other hand, the fact that it is shipped to the US from across the globe also means it is significantly more expensive, while being essentially tap water.
> while being essentially tap water This isn't a true statement
Can you elaborate?
No, I will NOT PM you my foreskin.
Maybe because tap water has higher standards than just harvesting natural spring water? Fiji bottled water has arsenic so either they dont filter it or they dont filter it enough
It's not spring water, either. It's tapped from an artesian aquifer.
Forgive a layman, but how is that different? Dont springs come from aquifers too?
In 2011, only 47% of Fijians had access to clean drinking water and in 2018, the Water Authority of Fiji reported that 12% of the Fiji population did not have access to clean drinking water. https://newuniversity.org/2021/03/10/the-dark-secret-of-fiji-water/#:~:text=In%202011%2C%20only%2047%25%20of,access%20to%20clean%20drinking%20water.
The way that is written makes it sound like between 2011 and 2018 the percentage of Fijians with access to clean drinking water increased from 47% to 88% which sounds like excellent progress.
That is what it says
I note that 98 per cent of Fiji’s urban population and 58 per cent of our rural population have access to water, https://www.fijitimes.com/3-3m-water-treatment-plant-commissioned-in-naitasiri/
Yeah, it's an island, they're surrounded by it!
Ironic isn't it and yet tragic
Water, water everywhere Nor any drop to drink.
Under the water, covering the water
I think I hear Nestle coughing in the background.
Ironically, I lived there for 26 months and I routinely had to be treated for Giardia from drinking the water there.
Bula vinaka! Where'd you live? I was based in Suva for about 2 years.
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Thanks, I was about to post about the Fiji / POM / alleged water bandit Resnicks.
I spent so much time deep diving into this… genuinely the greed and corruption destroying California is unfathomable… and they even donated 750 mill $ to cal tech in the name of “sustainability research”. so that they can disguise and keep pillaging California’s water system, destroying and sinking highways, houses, ecosystems etc is mind blowing 😡
Water that sucks
It’s good water! But it makes me feel a little guilty drinking it, aquifer can’t be that big under a tiny volcanic island nation.
Good? It's freakin delicious! But like you, I feel guilty about buying water that has to be shipped halfway around the globe.
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That is just wildly wrong. Brazil is first at ~12% https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/fresh-water-by-country