Forbes site Investopedia predicts that bottled water may be back in 2010. They say it could be a good investment as more and more drinking water quality studies reveal the dark side of tap water. The New York Times and EWG both put out reports last year showing that what comes out of our tap may not always be in line with what the Safe Drinking Water Act calls for. But at the same time, more Americans are seeing the wastefulness of bottled water and the adverse impact the industry and every bottle has on our planet. So from where we're standing, we have a hard time believing bottled water consumption, which has been declining, is about to go back up.
Beyond betting on Pepsi and Coca Cola for their bottled-water brands, Investopedia suggests investors consider companies that sell infrastructure products and services because drinking water plants stateside and internationally are in need of efficiency updates. The article names Mueller Water Products and Veolia Environment as two to watch, and we think this is a better choice than betting money on bottled water.
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