How much do YOU know about bottled water and the industry?

(Take a true/false quiz to determine your water wisdom)

1. Nestle, famous for its chocolate products, owns the famous Perrier Group.

2. France has the strongest international prescence and history in the bottled water industry.

3. Volvic and Evian are owned by the same company.

4. Purified drinking water is actually a special tap water.

5. The retailers make at least half of the profits along the supply chain.

6. Buying shelf space at the grocery store to sell a bottled water brand is around $50,000.

7. Europeans like more minerals in their water.

8. How bottled water is packaged (ie types of bottles) strongly determines its success.

9. FDA standards on water are not strictly enforced.

10. An issue that confronts the bottled water industry is exploitative labor practices.

11. Water "bars" have once existed in the United States.

12. Tap water in some cities may have more minerals than bottled water.

13. China's bottled water market is expected to grow by 150% in the next five years.

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