Water Prices

FreshDirect offers a dizzying array of water by the case. The difficulty in selecting among multiple brands of what is effectively the same product is compounded by the fact that each manufacturer offers its wares in a different size of bottle and quantity of bottles per case. So, the following table (current as of 2007-02-06) allows one to compare the various waters on offer, giving the price of each in dollars per liter.

(Note that 1 gal ≈ 3.785 L, and 1 fl.oz. ≈ 29.57 mL.)

Thus, we can conclude:

• It's generally cheaper to buy larger bottles, though there are exceptions.
• The cheapest water is tap water, followed by the 1-gallon and 3-liter sizes of Poland Spring. If you prefer smaller bottles, the half-liter bottles of Aquafina are cheapest.
• If you like carbonated water, Vintage is by far the cheapest. Wikipedia says that seltzer and sparkling are synonyms.
• Apparently, it costs a lot of money to put lemon flavor into water without also putting carbonation in.
• Writing up a webpage like this is evidence that I should find something else to do with my time.