Clear divide: bottled water costs more than petrol

BOTTLED water is more expensive than orange juice, milk, fizzy drinks and even export lager, a new cost survey reveals.

And flavoured waters with ‘health’ or ‘diet’ claims can even be twice as expensive per litre than petrol or diesel.

The Consumers’ Association of Ireland (CAI) surveyed the price of 32 bottled waters on the market, finding prices per litre ranging from 22 cent to a whopping €2.18.