The Government Should Support their Agency- the Public Water System

The recommended eight glasses of water a day, at U.S. tap rates equals about $.49 per year; that same amount of bottled water is about $1,400.
It takes 17 million barrels of oil per year to make all the plastic water bottles used in the U.S. alone. That's enough oil to fuel 1.3 million cars for a year.
In 2007, Americans consumed over 50 billion single serve bottles of water; between 30 and 40 million single serve bottles went into landfills each year.
Antimony, which is found in PET plastic bottles, in small doses can cause dizziness and depression; in larger doses it can cause nausea, vomiting and death.

The Government Should Support their Agency- the Public Water System

Date: December 22nd, 2009 | Author: Jo Henson
Posted in Articles, Government, News, Take Action

5_Gallon_Water_Bottles Recently several groups have called the governement out on the carpet about their frivilous spending on bottled water.� Corporate Accountability International cited that in 2008 state agencies spent over $525,000 on bottled water 5-gallon jugs.� While smaller cities and towns service fewer people, their cost could be less than $100. But it still begs the question – how are we supposed to feel good about our water if the government doesn’t even drink the tap water?!?� Leading by example is always the first step when trying to help initiate Ban the Bottle campagins.� Take San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Chicago, St. Louis and Seattle – all have lead by example and�made it illegal to spend government money on bottled water.� Support your public water system – ban the bottle!