Actually, the bottled water issue is even more complex.  A colleague  of mine 
(now passed away) made it a point to periodically analyze bottled water  from 
when it first appeared on the market.
 
His finding - waters from springs (Generally, many of the 'premium' grades,  
had the promised 'healthy' minerals.  They frequently had worrisome levels  of 
a variety of trace elements and heavy metals.)  As such, tap water was  
generally the safer drinking water.  My friend was a bit of a health nut  and a top 
notch chemist.  He wouldn't drink bottled water.
 
Now, many of the chemicals recently reported - the organics and  antibiotics, 
would not have shown up in his analysis, since he was focused on  inorganic 
chemicals.  Whether these other chemicals were also elevated in  spring water 
at that time is unknown.
 
I also remember Consumer's Reports doing similar analyses, concluding New  
York tap water was as good, if not better - but again, this was at a time when  
the primary concern was about the inorganic minerals in the water.
 
Jerry
 
P.S.  Even the Lakes in Glacier Park are showing traces of antibiotics  and 
lots of other chemicals.
 



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