Hw. 1 Water

Memphis Christie

English 102-048

Dr. Carreiro

Homework #1: Tap Water Articles

28 January 2013

In Praise of Tap Water Article: The Structure of Argument

1.      Consuming water is important to maintaining health and therefore it is encouraged that we drink plenty of it but it is just as important to preserve our planets health. So why not stop wasting four billion gallons of water a year in individual-sized bottles and turn on the tap which has the same nutrients at not only a fraction of the cost but a fraction of the damage.

2.      Cost: you are spending 1,400 annually on bottled water, it takes about 1.5 million barrels of oil to make per year equivalent to fueling 100,000 cars, only 23% of these bottles are recycled, there is a substantial amount of fuel in transporting water, this country has some of the best water supplies in the world.

3.      “The real change, though, will come when millions of ordinary consumers realize that they can save money, and save the planet, by turning in their water bottles and turning on the tap.”

4.      Bottled water is safer. Refute: The chances of your water being hazardous is tremendously smaller than the risk it is taking on our planet.

Bottled water is more convenient on the go. Refute: You can spend 1.00 on a reusable drinking container which can limit all the unrecycled water bottles.

5.      Paragraph fives purpose is to state what is currently being done for the cause so that the reader understands just how important the cause is and be more motivated to see that something needs to be done.

Poland Spring Water

1.      Water bottles are killing our environment because they are too often tossed and not reused or recycled.

2.      Smaller label means less paper used in advertisement equaling less paper wastes.

3.      Less plastic equals more for the environment so it cuts down on environmental harm

4.      Easy to carry, tap often involves open ended cups and so forth which is a big hassle on the go

5.      Flexible and easy to recycle which ensures that more bottles will be recycled than previous designs.

Pure Water 2Go  

1.      Summarize the argument:

Filtered bottles are just as convenient as water bottles yet you can use them with tap water saving thousands in comparison to the amount spent on water bottles yearly. It also means less waste as they are reusable whereas water bottles typically are 1 time use. Imagine all the plastic that would be saved if we used water filters and not water bottles. This image shows a clear example of what we could stop subjecting our planet to with one simple switch.