There was an interesting article from the Associated Press yesterday titled “Economy Makes Bottled Water Out, Tap Water In”. They say that Tap water is making a comeback. Here are a few paragraphs from their article:
Marriott International Inc. distributed free refillable water bottles and coffee mugs to the 3,500 employees at its corporate offices in Bethesda, Md., and installed multiple water filters on every floor. The Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, Calif., got rid of bottled still water in the summer of 2006 and started sparkling its own water in early 2007.
“Does it make sense to bottle water in Italy, trek it to a port, ship it all the way over here, then trek it to our restaurant?” said Chez Panisse general manager Mike Kossa-Rienzi. “We were going through 25,000 bottles a year. … Someone has to end up recycling them.”
Many cities, including New York, have enacted pro-tap campaigns, and some have stopped providing disposable water bottles for government employees.
Chicago started a 5-cent tax on plastic water bottles in January. San Francisco has done away with deliveries of water jugs for office use, instead installing filters and bottle-less dispensers, and banned the purchase of single-serving bottles by city employees with municipal funds. The city has already cut its government water budget in half, to $250,000 a year, said Tony Winnicker, spokesman for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.
“It’s becoming chic to say, ‘Oh no, I don’t drink bottled water, I’ll have tap water,’ ” he said.
It’s nice to see that we are making progress in convincing more people to utilize the local water resources that are available to them. Of course we at WaterFilters.NET have many water filtration systems and replacement water filters to help you do just that, and do it safely and cost effectively.
Source: foxnews.com/story/0,2933,368241,00.html
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