Another reason people buy it is that is bottled water is far more likely to have less chemicals and contaminants in it. Most tap water is medicated with a fluoride chemical. The fluoride chemicals have contaminants and are not regulated by the EPA or any other government body. In the 1980′ the EPA passed of regulatory authority of fluoride chemicals to a secretive foundation where the manufacturers make their own rules and supposedly regulate themselves. The fluoridation chemicals are recycled pollutants, and are hazardous waste if you don’t have a use for them.

Bottled water typically does not have chlorine, chloramine, or their byproducts. Some public health officials are so afraid of chlorine byproducts in tap water that they are forcing cities all over the nation to switch to chloramine – which is chlorine plus added amonia. There are a lot of problems with chloramine and some people are suffering because of it.

The idea of banning bottled water is really unfair. I notice the video is not asking for a ban on soda pop. So it’s OK to have water with sugar and chemicals in it in a bottle, but it’s not OK to have water without sugar or chemicals in a bottle. These bans make people more likely to drink soda pop, as bottled water becomes less available. That’s a wonderful goal, isnt’ it?

Take back the tap? Why? It’s not our tap. Voters and the public have no control of our tap water – only government does. They will add to tap water whatever chemicals they want. It’s their tap. It was not like this in the past.

Yes, bottled water does create a lot of plastic waste. That is a good point. But if our tap water was cleaner and safer that would encourage tap water consumption. But the opposite is happening now. More communities are being forced to add fluoride and amonia to their tap water all the time. I’d rather drink water that is not medicated.

I work in Hollywood on movies. This “ban bottled water” cause has not caught on in this town – even with all the stars and their environmental concerns. Bottled water is served on movie sets, and not tap water. Banning bottled water on movie sets would likely cause complaints. About 10 years ago when fluoride started to be added even the employees at the department of water and power were paying to have bottled water delivered to the headquarters building. I guess our tap water does not taste that good or water department employees were concerned about chemicals in tap water.

But even if for some reason you can’t drink the tap water, it seems like getting a cooler would be cheaper, more environmentally friendly, AND take up less space for the amount of water you get!

So I use ersatz-tap water from a water cooler – rotating 2 refillable 18l bottles.

When I go out, I fill my refillable water bottle.

There is a middle point between tap and 500ml plastic bottles. Having bad well water in no way means one has to rely on 500ml plastic water bottles.

Or does the use of that metaphor demonstrate my insensitivity to matters racial and tea-related?

i don’t have any aversion to garden hose water, as long as it hasn’t been sitting in the hose.

they also don’t seem to convey any judgment towards people drinking bottled water if their water isn’t clean to drink.