You may have heard a lot of buzz recently around the topic of alkaline water.
Where can you actually find alkaline water though?
Oddly enough you’ve likely been buying alkaline water for years without realizing it when you purchase certain kinds of bottled water.
Most notably is mineral water, which has a high pH and alkalinity based upon its high concentration of natural essential minerals.
Important to note also that some filtered bottled water is actually slightly acidic.
This is especially the case with sparkling or carbonated water, because of the CO2 and with demineralized water as well as all the carbonates from the minerals are removed leaving little alkalizing properties.
You can actually test bottled water for yourself to see this using a pH meter, or pH measuring litmus paper.
Filter & Store Alkaline Water in BPA FREE Products
One factor easily overlooked, and to keep in mind, is to source alkaline water whether from nature, bottled, or from a filter using BPA free products.
Alkaline water is naturally oxidized by other substances which means it will leach BPA from plastic at a much greater rate than neutral or acidic water.
We recommend glass cups, and making sure that any plastics are stamped as BPA free.
See this study on the PubMed website, where it is actually noted, “leaching was enhanced above pH 8”.
Negative ORP Value Provides Antioxidant Benefits
A second easily overlooked factor is that while all water with a negative ORP value is alkaline, not all alkaline water has a negative value of ORP.
A negative ORP value in water is what will provide all the antioxidant benefits and should not be overlooked.
Regular mineral water will not have a negative ORP value, and many alkaline water brands will also not have negative ORP values.
You can find more information about ORP and why it’s important on our page, What is ORP & Redox Potential?.
To see a comparison table of popular alkaline water filters & which provide a negative ORP value see our Comparison Table (coming soon).
Let’s dive in to the topic and see where we can locally find alkaline water for consumption.
If you’re thinking still, what even is alkaline water? Check out our page on What is Alkaline Water?.
If you’re looking to make your own alkaline water at home, check out our page on How to Make Your Own Alkaline Water at Home.
Where You Can Find Alkaline Water
Natural Alkaline Water
First and foremost there is plenty of alkaline water to be found in nature.
Most all water wells, spring water runoff from mountains, rivers and streams are alkaline.
This is because of their exposure to the minerals in the ground surrounding them and the ground they are flowing through.
These essential earth minerals will dissolve in the water creating carbonates and negative ions which create the alkaline condition of the water.
There is nothing to stop you from getting water from a local well or stream as your source of alkaline water, however we would caution that not all water we find in nature is potable or drinkable.
This is mainly due to human pollutants, however there are also bacteria which can be harmful to humans such as beaver fever found in some rivers and streams in the wilderness.
The EPA has in-depth information about protecting drinking water sources, including what you can do to help.
Check out their page on Basic Information about Source Water Protection,
EPA GOV – Basic Information about Source Water Protection
Another interesting read on the EPA website is their page on how they conduct their source water assessments for safety of drinking water, Conducting Source Water Assessments.
EPA GOV – Conducting Source Water Assessments
You can make localized Google searches to find information on water safety in your local areas including what sources may be safe for un-filtered consumption.
Another point not to miss is that alkaline water in nature will only occasionally have a negative ORP value which is needed for all the antioxidant benefits, read more on negative ORP on our page, What is ORP & Redox Potential?
To learn more about the ways which alkaline water is naturally created and artificially created with electric ionizers check out our page, What is Alkalinity?
Where to Purchase Alkaline Water
Where to purchase alkaline water?
If you’re not the type to venture off to the nearest clean drinking well source of water, or up into the mountains to find some clean, fresh glacier runoff water, what’s the next best option?
There are many local and online options for the purchase of alkaline water, including your local grocery store, Walmart, and Amazon, and other websites online.
You may wish to consider buying an alkaline water filter to reduce the use of plastic bottles helping the environment and your pocket book at the same time!
Check out our review table of the top alkaline water filter brands online Comparison Table (coming soon).
Or jump to our page on How to Make Alkaline Water.
Alkaline Water Brands
There are numerous brands selling bottled alkaline water, many of which are specifically branded as alkaline water.
Some other brands won’t label themselves as alkaline water, but are in fact alkaline. These are any brands of bottled mineral water.
Sparkling Water is Slightly Acidic
One exception to look out for that can be easily overlooked, is that any sparkling or carbonated water, will typically be in the slightly acidic range.
A couple of examples are the well known S. Pellegrino, and Gerolsteiner brands which are in the slightly acidic range due to carbonation, even though they are mineral water.
Carbonation of water is introducing a concentration of CO2 to the water, this CO2 combines with H2O to create carbonic acid turning the water acidic.
You can find out more on this on our page, What is Alkalinity?
A quick table summary here you can see some examples of bottled water brands on Amazon which are specifically branded as alkaline, as well as mineral water brands which are not specifically branded as alkaline but have the same properties.
Check out the descriptions of the water and notice that the mineral waters are also described as velvety smooth to drink. This is a common trait to alkaline water which will taste better and smoother than neutral or acidic water.
Alkaline Water - Amazon
Branded as Alkaline Bottled Water
- Flow Water
- Essentia Water
- AquaHydrate
- 365 Everyday Value
- Triumph Water
- Eternal Water
Click here to see Alkaline Water on Amazon (coming soon)
Mineral Water - Amazon
Branded as Mineral or Artesian Water Bottled Water
- Fiji Water
- Evian Water (pH of 7.2, slightly alkaline)
- Acqua Panna Water
- Kona Deep Water
- Topo Chico Water
Click here to see Mineral Water on Amazon (coming soon)
Again a note of caution when purchasing alkaline water, make sure to only purchase products which use BPA free plastics.
Alkaline water is easily be oxidized by the substances surrounding it including plastics, be careful to only buy products using BPA free plastics.
The only way to be sure of this is to check that BPA FREE is stamped on the plastic of the product itself.
Beware of manufacturers who claim to use BPA free plastics but do not have the proof of the stamp on the plastic of the product itself.
“Leaching was enhanced above pH 8”, quoted from this study on the PubMed website.
You can also avoid BPA by purchasing products stored in glassware as opposed to plastics, or by ensuring the plastic is stamped BPA free.
One further note that we will stress is that when purchasing bottled alkaline water, it is unlikely that it has a negative ORP value.
Negative ORP values provide the antioxidative properties that are so beneficial to our health and longevity.
Typically only electrical ionizers and specific brands of natural mineral ionizers will provide negative ORP water.
This is due to the fact that the ORP is correlated to the prevalence of specifically the OH- negative ions in the water and not all negative ions like those found in most mineral waters.
If you’re interested in making your own alkaline water at home to reduce the use of plastics and to go easier on your pocket book, check out our comparison page of the top alkaline water filter brands Comparison Table (coming soon), or our page on How to Make Alkaline Water.
Where to Buy Alkaline Water Near Me
Now that you know that mineral water is alkaline, you probably already know where to buy alkaline water.
You probably also know where to buy alkaline water near you.
There are many options for locations in any region where specifically branded alkaline water can be purchased, in addition to “regular old” mineral water which was alkaline before alkaline water became a buzzword.
Mostly any corner store or grocery store will carry at least a couple brands of mineral water which will be alkaline. (but will not have negative ORP properties)
To find brands such as those listed in the table above from Amazon, which are specifically branded as being alkaline you may have to go to some bigger box stores such as Whole Foods, Walmart and other natural foods stores.
See here a quick table summary of some of the various brands of bottled alkaline and mineral water at these 2 big box stores:
Whole Foods Alkaline Water
- Essentia Water
- 365 Everyday Value Water
- Alkaline88 Water
- Italian Still Water
- Fiji Water
- Glaceau Smartwater
- Core Water
- Voss Water
- Evian Water
- Crystal Geyser Water
- Eternal Water
Walmart Alkaline Water
- Essentia Water
- Phure Water
- Alkaline88 Water
- Real Water
- AquaHydrate Water
- pHenomenal Water
- Xtreme pH Water
- Evamor Water
- Eternal Water
As you can see, there are really too many options to choose from between alkaline and mineral branded bottled waters, choose one that tastes the best to you or fits your budget the best!
Of course if a bigger brand store is not conveniently located for you we would suggest simply purchasing regular mineral water from the store most convenient for you or online.
If you’re looking to purchase bottled alkaline or mineral branded water online we would recommend Amazon (coming soon) as the trusted marketplace with many options for bottled alkaline water which they will deliver to your door.
To overstress these two points,
- Make sure to purchase water which is in plastic stamped to be BPA free as BPA can be leached at a much higher rate into alkaline water than to neutral or acidic water, and
- Consider an alkaline water filter which will also provide you the benefits of negative ORP value for your water.
If you want to make your own alkaline water check out our pages, How to Make Alkaline Water.
To compare alkaline water filters which provide negative ORP through filtration check out our Top Alkaline Water Filters Comparison Table (coming soon).