Comments on: Ban Bottled Water and Buy Local

By: Jorge

Jorge — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:30:53 +0000

Thanks for the great post – I agree in principle.. although I personally only use bottled water out of the home, as the water here is heavily fluoridated and the flouride gives me migraines!

Jorge
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By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:39:00 +0000

Pedro: Thanks for the history. I can only relate to that which I experienced as a city employee and there was no collection for water bottles. Interesting.

By: Pedro.Tdog

Pedro.Tdog — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:03:00 +0000

Not so radical an idea Ari. Bottled Water purchases were suspended as far back as the Mead Administration. Who is to ‘Assume’ that taxpayer dollars are purchasing the Bottled Water in city Hall. A collection used to be taken up each month to supply the special coolers and water supply in the past. If the item was brought back to line item then it was under the present administration, if at all!

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:10:00 +0000

Andy: I agree. Connecticut legislators are (or were, in Feb 2008) looking at just this issue for the CT capitol complex.

David: Is this medical evidence you cite about just water, or any beverage in a phallic container?

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:47:00 +0000

The bottled versus tap debate rages on here in the UK too, where everyone you see on city streets seems to be carrying a half liter bottle with them as if the British weather could suddenly change with global warming and have us all dehydrated within minutes. There is some medical evidence that all this sipping on water throughout the day is actually making our bodies more dependent on having a constant supply of the wet stuff and so when we are faced with seriously dry periods or water shortages none of us will be able to tolerate the conditions.

By: Andy @ bloginyourface

Andy @ bloginyourface — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:09:00 +0000

I did a paper in high school that addressed ridiculous government spending. If I remember correctly, the Senate and the House spend thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars on bottled water every session.

Why not just install more drinking fountains? As a kid thats all we drank out of at school. Most of them were refridgerated fountains, too, although I am not to sure how energy efficient those were.

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:00:00 +0000

Dick: When I refer to bottled water in government buildings, schools, etc, I speak specifically of the 5- or 10-gallon jugs from Poland Spring and similar bottlers. The handheld bottles are also problematic but what about the huge ones?

I can understand people not wanting to drink straight tap water, if for no other reason, then lead contamination from household piping. But PUR and Brita filters remove that gunk....and again, the pH levels are comparable to the source.

Tom: Iron, right. Like lead, iron poses problems. Filters don't remove it? I only drink water from my Brita. Speaking of which, I need to replace the filter...

Gillian: Sure, people can bring in their own bottles of water which I hope they reuse.