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Product Name: Aquafina Purified Drinking Water

Parent Company: PepsiCo Inc



Full information on label & website? ADVANCED TREATMENT? GRADE
SOURCE PURIFICATION TESTING

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2008 label image:
Aquafina Purified Drinking Water PRODUCT LABEL



2009 label image:
2009 Product Label

WATER SOURCE
Label information: "Originates from public water sources"
Website information: "Originates from public water sources"; "there are more than 40 Aquafina purification sites throughout the United States and Canada"
PURIFICATION METHOD
Label information: "purified through a rigorous, seven-step purification process called HydRO-7"
Website information: "HydRO-7 Process: Prefiltration, Polishing filter, UV, Reverse Osmosis, Activated Charcoal filtration, Polishing filter, Ozonation"
TESTING CONDUCTED
Does the label have information? No
Website information: Company only provides partial tests results on their website- i.e., total dissolved solids
WATER QUALITY REPORT (WQR)
Is the WQR available online? No
Does WQR available provide comparable information to municipal WQR? Not Applicable

DATA SOURCE(S)
Label purchase location(s) (date):San Francisco, CA (1.27.09); Overland Park, KS (5.19.09); Belleview, NE (1.4.09); Stamford, CT (5.2.09); Philadelphia, PA (5.10.09); Glendale, CO (5.3.09)
Official website:aquafina.com
Website accessed:4.3.09

SCORE/GRADE DETAILS
Information Provided Label Website Total  
Water source 1.0 / 2.0 0.5 / 1.0 1.5 / 3.0 Grade Key
A: 8.6-10.0
B: 6.9-8.5
C: 5.0-6.8
D: 2.9-4.9
F:-1.0-2.8
Purification method 2.0 / 2.0 1.0 / 1.0 3.0 / 3.0
Testing conducted 0.0 / 1.0 0.2 / 2.0 0.2 / 3.0
Thorough water quality report? 0.0 / 1.0
Basic, unknown, or no treatment -0.0 / 1.0
Total 3.0 / 5.0 1.7 / 4.0 4.7 / 10.0
Advanced treatment Yes: reverse osmosis and/or distillation
Final Grade

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