Water sustains all life. We drink it, we bathe in it, we grow our food with it. We can’t live without it. Yet today, water is being polluted, depleted and diverted at a rapid rate. One in 6 people — more than 1 billion — lack access to clean water. And that number will increase if we do not act now.
Take Back The Tap: Protect America's Water
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Consumers waste billions of dollars a year on bottled water even though as much as 40 percent of it comes from the tap in the first place. Bottled water poses serious threats not only to your pocketbook, but also to your health, your community, and the environment. Find out how you and your community can make a difference.
Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food & Water Watch, recently testified before Congress about the troubling issues with bottled water.
See CBS's coverage of the story.
Restaurants Exclude Bottled Water
Support these virtuous businesses. Find a participating restaurant near you or ask your favorite restaurant to join the movement! |
Meet Us at the Movies
Don't miss out on several acclaimed documentaries showing now, which include FLOW and The Water Front. FLOW is currently selling out theaters and receiving national attention. Read our rebuttal to the statement Nestlé released in response to the film. Join Food & Water Watch for a few hours of enlightening entertainment at a theater near you! |
Slow Food Nation Makes Waves
The waste of 100,000 water bottles was prevented at Slow Food Nation '08.Food & Water Watch's effort to keep this year's Slow Food Nation bottled water-free was a great success. Thousands of foodies lined up at water stations throughout the venues to stay hydrated with San Francisco's tasty tap water, served in biodegradable cups made from corn. Check out more pictures from the event. Find out how to host your own event without the use of wasteful and costly bottled water. |
Take Action
Drink tap water. Interested in buying a filter? Our guide is here to make it easy for you.
Join the Take Back the Tap movement. Sign the Take Back the Tap pledge and encourage your favorite restaurants, university campus, or city government to break the bottled water habit.
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Fact Sheets
Reports
- Free Your Event from Bottled Water — A Practical Guide to Take Back the Tap at Your Nex ...
- American Water — RWE’s short, uneasy U.S. experiment is a caution ...
- Aqua America — Aqua America is the second largest publicly traded ...
- Faulty Pipes — Why Public Funding - Not Privatization - is the An ...
- The Push for Water and Justice in South Africa — The poorest people of Johannesburg, South Africa s ...