For a natural resource that most of us have access to for minimal cost, water is doing pretty well as a revenue generator.

Maybe its not the bottlers that are to blame entirely. They sell because there is demand. Why do people just burn their money on things that they can acquire cheaply? Now don't tell me that boiling of water requires technical training!

I personally buy the cheapest no-name bottled water I can find (usually .50 for almost a gallon or a half gallon) because I cannot stand the taste of metal pipes. And I CAN taste metal pipes in water. Everyone says there is no taste to water, but to me there is, and it's disgusting. If it's not bottled, I refuse to touch it, but I'm not a snob about it. It doesn't have to be Perrier or Evian, by no means. As long as they get the taste out, I'm fine.