Talk:Aquafina

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[edit] NPOV

Aquafina touts their water is "Pure" because of their "state-of-the-art" HydRO-7 purification system used to remove substances that "most other" bottled waters leave in.

The word I want to point out is "touts", because that can have negative connotations. Definition #4 from Merriam-Webster Online: "to make much of". (An example I found was in a certain forum, saying something like "The publishing company was touting their prize as a child prodigy.") I don't want to nitpick but it seems condescending towards Aquafina. If anyone agrees, what would be a good replacement? --Passerby Cat ^{talk cat} 18:14, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

I think that whole paragraph is questionable. The use of parts of Pepsi's description in quotes makes it seems as if there's a reason to doubt it. Is there? We should either reword this entirely or use Pepsi's complete quote. -- Steven Fisher 19:27, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

That's true - I think I have an Aquafina bottle around the house somewhere, and they usually say stuff about their purification system on the label. I'll go find it and replace it. There's no reason to doubt that they filter it. I'll replace the paragraph with the statement on the label for now. --Passerby Cat ^{talk cat} 21:11, 12 July 2006 (UTC) Edit: If I copied it word-for-word, it would read like an advertisement. I'll reword it.

[edit] The site

Most of the citations come from the site, but I desperately need a text version of it so someone seeking references could click on them and not search around or wait for the Flash to load. If anyone knows where there is a (official) text-only version of aquafina.com, please come forward! --Passerby Cat ^{talk cat} 21:44, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Djibouti

Recently (Sep 30 2006) the Camp Le Monier supply directorate removed all Aquafina water from the base water coolers due to reported off taste, and replaced it with other brands. Water brands rotate periodically on the base and when Aquafina was last in the coolers in late August taste was again an issue; remaining stocks of the water are to be discarded (per a base-wide email on 30 Sep). Probably not worth reporting in the article but it seems interesting that the only American brand of bottled water available on an American military base has been removed from circulation. The water in question was from the Indian branch of Pepsico, so we're all speculating it has pesticides in it although Camp supply personnel say otherwise. 215.65.49.70 05:20, 30 September 2006 (UTC)