Off The Net For Awhile... But This Last Great Story From The Land Of Fruits And Nuts ....

I think "everyone" has known this "forever," but it's quite a story nonetheless. CBS Local Sacramento is reporting:

Sacramento [Municipal Water Supply] sells water to a bottler, DS Services of America, at 99 cents for every 748 gallons—the same rate as other commercial and residential customers. That water is then bottled and sold at Walmart for 88 cents per gallon, meaning that $1 of water from Sacramento turns into $658.24 for Walmart and DS Services.

CBS Local Sacramento should check the price service stations charge for a single 12-ounce of water.

By the way, at our local Minyard's, around the corner from where we live, we can buy a shrink-wrapped package of 24 12-oz bottled water at $1.99. At Albertson's it's $2.88. Minyard's used to have a 3-package limit but I did not see that restriction last night. So, a 12-ounce bottle of water is less than a dime here in northern Texas. Or a $1.98 for a single bottle at a service station.

Are there 128 ounces in a gallon? 24 x 12 = 288 ounces, or 2.25 gallons for $2.00.

Wal-Mart's 88 cents/gallon = 2.25 gallons for $1.98. Pretty cheap.

In the big scheme of things, CBS Local is worried about the wrong thing: the bigger story is that Jerry Brown, who has mandated a 25% cut in water usage across the state, continues to water freeway foliage ... even during rainstorms -- as reported by CBS Local Los Angeles.