# "bottled water"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottled-water/57746>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 13, 2001, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottled-water/57746 "2001-03-13T01:56:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottled-water/57746/1 "2001-03-13T01:56:49Z")

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Why don’t they put water in cans? Is there some sort of health reason or is it just tradition or esthetics?

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottled-water/57746/2 "2001-03-13T02:27:57Z")

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“Canned water” just doesn’t have that same appeal…

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**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottled-water/57746/3 "2001-03-13T02:35:20Z")

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Why do they make canned water? They have it at my grocery store. (Daisani brand I think) They probably have it yours.

I can’t imagine anyone buying it.

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**Author:** ![waxteeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@waxteeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waxteeth)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottled-water/57746/4 "2001-03-13T02:56:45Z")

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A can of water ? I can’t think of a good way to market that.

The focus of bottled water IMO is purity.  
You pay extra to get clean, pure water a can would :

keep you from seeing the water and how clean it looks.  
Impart a metal taste.  
Reduce the serving size unless you used a 20oz + can.  
A 20oz + can would add to the cost and now you would have to sell the extra cost as some sort of benifit to the consumer.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottled-water/57746/5 "2001-03-13T03:46:01Z")

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“A can of water ? I can’t think of a good way to market that.”

They could promote as a luxury item for dogs housed in kennels.

Something like:  
Dogs love it because it’s straight from “the can”

-sorry, couldn’t resist that

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**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottled-water/57746/6 "2001-03-13T09:56:18Z")

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You get Perrier in cans over here (England). But i agree, it’s just not very appealing is it? I think the Perrier in a can works because it’s an established brand and people are confident that they know what they’re getting. But canned water in general… err, no.

Fran

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottled-water/57746/7 "2001-03-13T16:31:51Z")

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Soda is 99% water, you can get it in cans.

Yeah, metal imparts too much taste to water alone. Water or glass is better.