Have you ever bought a water bottle from the cafeteria? Well, if so, have you ever noticed that your water tastes different from normal or the bottle isn’t completely full to the top? Conspiracy theories and suspiciousness has spread throughout the student body of Triton about what we’re really drinking in the Crystal Geyser water bottles at lunch time.

Everyone knows the lunch made in the cafeteria isn’t a prime meal you would get at a restaurant, but no one ever thought about the drinks having modifications as well. Students have noticed that the water bottles sold in the cafeteria aren’t full to the brim. Additionally, the water doesn’t taste as refreshing and pure compared to the water people drink at their homes. Students have specific reasoning to argue that Crystal Geyser water bottles from Triton aren’t actually authentic.

Senior Joshua D’Arcy says that “One time I got a water at lunch and the cap wasn’t even sealed shut!” It is hard to determine why a water bottle would be opened in the cafeteria cooler… especially when only the lunch ladies have touched them.

D’Arcy explains “I have realized that the water from school doesn’t tastes like my normal bottled water at my house. It kinda sketches me out to drink the school’s water, but when your thirsty, you got to drink H20.”

If you look up Crystal Geyser on one of the computers at Triton you will find that all the websites containing information about the water are blocked. This reason leaves students skeptical about what is truly in the school water bottles and why is it such a secret?

Senior Katie MacDonald believes that the blocking scandal is very disturbing to students. “I just don’t see any reason behind blocking Crystal Geyser websites. It’s almost like the school is trying to hide something from us,” MacDonald explains.

She continues “I have noticed before that the water bottles sold at Triton tastes weird and after I learned about the blocking sites, I honestly have no idea what they put in the school water bottles.”

Since there has been a lot of confusion and questions about where Triton’s Crystal Geyser water bottles come from, students have come up with their own ideas about the water bottle drama.

“When you get a water bottle from the Market Basket, you will notice it feels firm and new. You’ll feel a large difference if you hold one of schools water bottles at the same times, instead of firmness, it feels squishy,” Senior Marisa Soffron says.

She thinks that the water from Triton is actually reused water bottles that are filled up with tap water. “Triton is too poor to afford quality water,” Soffron believes.

Sophomore Kaelyn Scalley has a new theory about the school water bottles. “I have always noticed a difference in the water from the cafeteria, I thought that maybe the lunch ladies froze the water bottles then unfroze them when they put them in the lunch line coolers,” Scalley says.

Although there are many speculations and myths about where the school water bottles come from, Sharon Bolduc, who is head of the cafeteria, helps put our minds at ease about the theories.

“Our water is delivered to us from our grocery vendor; Thurston Foods, Inc. in Connecticut. They deliver to schools, grocery stores, camps, hospitals, restaurants and more. The water is all the same- there is not water designated ‘just for schools’, that is a different grade or quality from the rest of the water,” Bolduc explained.

According to www.crystalgeyserasw.com, Crystal Geyser bottled water is alpine spring water that has natural minerals and electrolytes.  “All our plants are built right at the spring sources. We search for the highest quality and most protected spring and aquifer sources,” says Kazumichi Kobayashi; who is the CEO of Otsuka Pharmaceutical; which is the company that owns Crystal Geyser.

Furthermore Bolduc says “The food service department, here at Triton takes our privilege of feeding children very seriously… we are always trying to improve our program and would never do anything to jeopardize the trust we have with students and staff.”

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