That was my intended point anyways. Most bottled water is just taken from the tap at XYZ location...not really super filtered, or anything fancy at all. Many say right on the bottle that it is from XYZ municipal water plant (that the residents there buy right at their tap for $10-15 (a bit more?) per 1000 gallons (some/most bill in cubic ft) so yeah, water is pretty expensive compared to everything that goes into getting that gallon of gasoline made, and transported to a station near you...and then the work that can be had from said gallon...I still say its a pretty good deal! I'm not disagreeing that it is expensive now though, especially compared to not so many years ago! Wasn't trying to be...I guess I must have missed something here, as I'm having trouble understanding why people seemingly are getting their shorts in a bunch over this