When my editor assigned me the task of taste-testing bottled waters, my first thought was, "But how? They’re all practically the same." A few days later, I brought it up with my mom, and she ...

Customer taking a water bottle off a store shelf - Oscar Wong/Getty Images When looking for a clean drink, many people reach for a bottled water. After all, it has to be cleaner than tap water, or why ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. BUTTE — Sonja Nowakowski slung a case of bottled water into the back of a Butte resident’s SUV.

From left are Parry Klassen, executive director of the Valley Water Collaborative; Patrick Pulupa, executive officer of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board; and Joaquin Esquivel, ...

Bottled water is typically seen as the safer drinking choice compared to tap water, as it is filtered, free of lead, agricultural pesticides and industrial pollutants that might not be fully weeded ...