Here are some interesting perspectives about the water industry:
http://storyofstuff.org/bottledwater/
http://www.bottledwater.org/news/ibwa-rebuts-misleading-and-factually-incorrect-video-about-bottled-water#
It seems simpler, more efficient and less expensive to just drink tap. Not to mention better for the great outdoors.
If you have concern over its quality, all you have to do is either put on a simple and inexpensive filter system or go big, spend a little more and get a really good system. The bottom line is you will get water for a significant savings over the bottle water alternative and you won't be wasting all the oil necessary to get those bottles to you. Which some stats say for every bottle of water as much as half of its volume is wasted in oil. More importantly, the amount of water wasted to get customers water bottles can be up to the equivalent of 7 bottles per bottle sold. Wow, that is a lot of water, especially considering how some areas like New Mexico are staring down a serious water shortage in the future.
I'm on board. In the CCA DSMBA Ethics and Organizational Culture class last fall, we engaged in a dialogue about water with Kirsten Cross from Corporate Accountability International, Michael Warburton, the ED of Public Trust Alliance and Mark Franco, an elder from the Winnemem tribe of Northern California. That discussion made clear that our relationship with water is multifaceted, and includes the economy, corporations, waste, misuse of the environment, the commons, rights, life and the sacred. The Story of Stuff video is a 'must see'. Thanks Rowan!
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