Basics
Why Water Bottlers Are Bad for Your Community
2009-10-16
Companies that want to make billions of dollars selling bottled water are looking for new sources of water and new sites to build their plants — and they may be coming to your town next. Multinational corporations may promise benefits to the area, but they will probably fail to mention the reasons that many communities are fighting to keep water bottlers away from their homes. Here are six reasons why.
Nestlé’s Move to Bottle Community Water
2009-10-16
Nestlé has taken water from numerous U.S. communities for cheap or nothing, bottled and sold it — for billions of dollars in profit — and then dumped the environmental and other costs onto society.
The Unbottled Truth About Bottled Water Jobs
2008-06-25
The $60 billion global bottled water industry has grown rapidly in recent years. To keep up with the expanding market, corporations are looking for new water sources. Once they identify good or easy targets, they come into communities, bottle their water, slap a corporate logo on it and sell it to stores across the country. The profits are great and the resource is cheap. The corporations benefit. The communities don’t.
Common Questions and Answers About Tap Water
2008-04-09
Water is one of few common resources on which all of us depend for life, so it’s important for us to be responsible stewards. Read on to learn about some of the potential dangers hiding in your tap, what you can do about them, and how you can be drinking in a cleaner, healthier community.
Take Back the Tap: Protect America’s Water
2008-02-15
Take Back the Tap: Act Now to Protect America’s Water, featuring Maude Barlow’s "Blue Covenant".
Take Back the Tap!
2008-02-14
Take Back the Tap! For your health, your pocketbook, and our environment.
About Home Tap Water Filtration
2007-06-27
Filtering water at home is cheaper and safer than depending on bottled water. Indeed, as much as 40 percent of bottled water is purified tap water. Choosing a water filter can seem like a daunting process, but it does not have to be.
Tap Water FAQ
2007-06-26
Frequently Asked Questions About Tap Water - Water is one of few common resources on which all of us depend for life, so it’s important for us to be responsible stewards. Read on to learn about some of the potential dangers hiding in your tap, what you can do about them, and how you can be drinking in a cleaner, healthier community.
Bottled Water: Illusions of Purity
2007-04-23
Bottled water manufacturers are good at implying things. With glossy ads and labels depicting quiet mountain streams, a consumer is led to believe what they’re drinking is healthier than what comes from the tap. But chances are it’s not. In fact, municipal water is more tightly regulated than bottled water.
Fact Sheets
Reports
- All Bottled Up: Nestlé’s Pursuit of Community Water — Inside Food & Water Watch's report, All Bottled U ...
- Free Your Event from Bottled Water — A Practical Guide to Take Back the Tap at Your Nex ...
- Take Back the Tap — Report: "Take Back the Tap: Why Choosing Tap Water ...