Bottled Water
Cape Cod Takes Bottled Water to the Streets
Cape Cod raises awareness about the wasteful nature of bottled water.
Bottled Water: Nectar of the Frauds?
by Abid Aslam
WASHINGTON - Water, water everywhere and we are duped into buying it bottled.
Consumers spend a collective $100 billion every year on bottled water in the belief--often mistaken, as it happens--that this is better for us than what flows from our taps, according to environmental think tank the Earth Policy Institute (EPI).
For a fraction of that sum, everyone on the planet could have safe drinking water and proper sanitation, the Washington, D.C.-based organization said this week.
The pumped-up price of water
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| Daniel Marsula, Post-Gazette Related story: |
Priced per gallon, it's way higher than gasoline
By Mackenzie Carpenter, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
That 9-ounce bottle of Evian spring water at $1.49? That'll cost you about $21 a gallon, thank you very much. That 16-ounce Dasani or Aquafina -- filtered tap water brought to you by Coke or Pepsi, respectively -- that will be $1.50 at your nearest vending machine.
Of course, lots of things cost more than gasoline these days. Diet Snapple goes for $10.32 per gallon. Heck, Pepto-Bismol is $123.20 a gallon.
OWASA: Our water just as good as the bottled stuff
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| OWASA lab analyst Monica Sherbrook runs tests several times a week for specific amounts, if any, of phosphorus, iron and aluminum in the drinking water at the OWASA Water Treatment Plant Laboratory. OWASA is considering a promotional campaign touting its taste and quality. |
CHAPEL HILL -- Dasani drinkers and Aquafina fans, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority has an alternative to those convenient, sized-to-quench bottles with the fancy labels.
Sierra Club Bottled Water Brochure
Although bottled water may be needed in emergencies such as when local drinking water is contaminated, the bottled water industry, led by Nestlé,Coca Cola,and Pepsi Cola,is aggressively promoting non-essential uses of bottled water. The withdrawal of large quantities of water from springs and aquifers for bottling has depleted household wells in rural areas, damaged wetlands, and degraded aquifers. In the United States alone, more than 10 billion plastic water bottles end up as garbage or litter each year.
