Water Districts Taking Aim at Bottled Water
While the bottled water industry attempts to marginalize opponents of their products with unflattering labels, it’s hard to do the same when those opponents are water districts, many of which are contemplating bottled water bans.
The Santa Clara Valley Water District’s Web site hosts a comparison of tap vs bottled water, and includes this quote from the NRDC bottled water study:
According to a four-year study conducted by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) one-third of the bottled water tested contained levels of contamination which exceeds allowable limits under either state or bottled water industry standards or guidelines.
The site also analyzes the impact of bottled water (17 million gallons of oil used to produce water bottles annually).
The bottled water industry can try to minimize citizen activists, but it’s hard to do so when a large, generally conservative governmental organization is doing the talking.
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I’m sort of new to this movement but I am volunteering right now with Boston-based Corporate Accountability International, which is running a Think Outside the Bottle campaign. Last week we delivered a letter to the governor of Massachusetts requesting that he stop purchasing bottled water for the state. At the same time, all 49 other governors received a similar letter. I think the ‘tide will turn’ soon on the public’s love affair with bottled water.
Rhea: Based on the recent stories about declines in the bottled water market, I’d guess the tide’s already turning.