Alot of people here prefer sparkling water, Frizzant. That is why they are usually buying bottles. We drink tap water and Brita it because in some parts the calc is so high. The tap water in the U.S. I would never drink and have not for 12+ years unless I just had too. Even my mom is from a small town in Pennsylvania and she started drinking bottled as do her friends. The water in the U.S. always smelled like chlorine to me and I could always tell the difference. Swiss water is excellent and always seems so cold right out of the tap