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Water Refills in Grantville, San Diego: How It Works
Refilling your own jugs is one of the easiest ways to keep great water at home for a fraction of the cost of bottled water. Here's how it works at our family-owned store in Grantville, open since 2016.
Where we are
Fresh Alka Water is at 6628 Mission Gorge Rd, Ste A2, San Diego, CA 92120, in Grantville. We're a short drive from:
- Allied Gardens and Del Cerro
- San Carlos and the Mission Trails area
- Mission Valley, Tierrasanta and the College Area
- La Mesa and Santee
Store hours: Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Sunday. The 24-hour machine outside is open every day.
Look for us on Mission Gorge Road. Get directions on Google Maps.
What it costs
- Purified water: 70¢ a gallon
- Alkaline water (pH 9–9.5): $1.50 a gallon
A 5-gallon jug of purified water is $3.50, and a 5-gallon jug of alkaline water is $7.50.
How a refill works
- Bring your jugs. Any clean, food-grade jug from 1 to 5 gallons works. Don't have one? We sell BPA-free and glass jugs, caps, pumps and countertop dispensers.
- Rinse at our bottle cleaning station. Rinse and sanitize your used jugs right in the store before you fill.
- Fill up. Fill it yourself, or we'll fill it for you.
- Pay and go. Pay at the counter, or load a prepay card so you can skip cash on every visit.
After 5 p.m. or on Sunday? Use the 24-hour machine
Our vending machine outside the store runs 24 hours a day for both purified and alkaline water. It takes $1 and $5 bills plus quarters, dimes and nickels. It's cash only: no $10 or $20 bills, no pennies, and no credit cards or Apple Pay.
Which water should I get?
Most people pick alkaline water for drinking and purified water for coffee, tea and cooking. Here's a side-by-side comparison to help you decide.
Questions?
Text or call us at (619) 818-2868, or email Drink@FreshAlkaWater.com. A real person from our family answers.