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WATER, water everywhere but not a drop to drink!. . .Bottled water source revealed. . . - NewtonMP2100 - 07-28-2007
. . .not a huge surprise . .Aquafina from Pepsico. . .reveals the source as. . .PWS = Public Water Source. . .
Aquafina labels to spell out source - tap water
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- PepsiCo Inc. will spell out that its Aquafina bottled water is made with tap water, a concession to the growing environmental and political opposition to the bottled water industry. According to Corporate Accountability International, a U.S. watchdog group, the world's No. 2 beverage company will include the words "Public Water Source" on Aquafina labels.
Pepsi's Aquafina bottled water and Coca-Cola's Dasani are made from purified tap water.
"If this helps clarify the fact that the water originates from public sources, then it's a reasonable thing to do," said Michelle Naughton, a Pepsi-Cola North America spokeswoman.
Pepsi Chief Executive Indra Nooyi told Reuters earlier this week the company was considering such a move.
Pepsi's Aquafina and Coca-Cola Co's Dasani are both made from purified water sourced from public reservoirs, as opposed to Danone's Evian or Nestle's Poland Spring, so-called "spring waters," shipped from specific locations the companies say have notably clean water.
Coca-Cola Co. told Reuters it will start posting online information about the quality control testing it performs on Dasani by the end of summer or early fall.
"Concerns about the bottled-water industry, and increasing corporate control of water, are growing across the country," said Gigi Kellett, director of the "Think Outside the Bottle" campaign, which aims to encourage people to drink tap water.
San Francisco's mayor banned city employees from using city funds to buy bottled water when tap water is available. Ann Arbor, Michigan passed a resolution banning commercially bottled water at city events and Salt Lake City, Utah asked department heads to eliminate bottled water.
Critics charge the bottled water industry adds plastic to landfills, uses too much energy by producing and shipping bottles across the world and undermines confidence in the safety and cleanliness of public water supplies, all while much of the world's population is without access to clean water.
But industry observers said such opposition is unlikely to drain U.S. sales of bottled water, which reached 2.6 billion cases in 2006, according to Beverage Digest. The industry newsletter estimated that U.S. consumers spent about $15 billion on bottled water last year. "Consumers have an affection for bottled water. It's not an issue of taste or health, it's about convenience," the newsletter's publisher, John Sicher, said. "Try walking up (New York City's) Third Avenue on a hot day and getting a glass of tap water."
Dave Kolpak, a portfolio manager at Victory Capital Management, said the environmental objections will have little impact on the bottom line for either Pepsi or Coke, though he admitted it could slow the market's growth rate.
"Pepsi and Coke do not make a lot of profit" on bottled water, said Kolpak, adding that people may talk about the issue, but will likely continue buying some bottled water. Victory Capital owns about 3 million shares of PepsiCo among its $62 billion under management.
Re: WATER, water everywhere but not a drop to drink!. . .Bottled water source revealed. . . - davester - 07-28-2007
For most parts of the country it is pointless and plain environmentally destructive to buy bottled water. It's a fashion thing that started in the 80s with exclusive people drinking Perrier and Evian, then morphed into the ridiculous scale we have today. Before the fad took over, almost nobody drank bottled water (unless it was bottled at home from the tap).
Re: WATER, water everywhere but not a drop to drink!. . .Bottled water source revealed. . . - blooz - 07-28-2007
Water here in Cummington comes from two springs. I sense an entrepreneurial opportunity.
Re: WATER, water everywhere but not a drop to drink!. . .Bottled water source revealed. . . - NewtonMP2100 - 07-28-2007
oops. . .repeat. ..
Re: WATER, water everywhere but not a drop to drink!. . .Bottled water source revealed. . . - M A V I C - 07-28-2007
And? Are people really not aware of this already?
I often buy bottled water. The main reason is I don't take the time/effort to get a water report on every place I go. There's a large variance in quality of tap water. Campgrounds are especially at issue. Some days they're potable, some days they're not. Am I going to risk drinking harmful pollutants just because I might not be able to drop off the empty bottles at a recycling center? No way.
Get this - sometimes I even bottle my own tap water and take it with me.
Sometime I even get powdered drink mixes and take that with me, so I can mix it with my bottled water. Saves me money and I get more of a choice in what I'm drinking.
Re: WATER, water everywhere but not a drop to drink!. . .Bottled water source revealed. . . - raz - 07-28-2007
Fossil fuels are also used in the packaging of water. The most commonly used plastic for making water bottles is polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which is derived from crude oil. Making bottles to meet Americans’ demand for bottled water requires more than 1.5 million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel some 100,000 U.S. cars for a year. Worldwide, some 2.7 million tons of plastic are used to bottle water each year.
from http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2006/Update51.htm
Re: WATER, water everywhere but not a drop to drink!. . .Bottled water source revealed. . . - Fritz - 07-28-2007
it's too bad there aren't more "safe" public fountains in say the smaller cities, like NYC ............
as much as I think of myself as environmentally aware (so much so that I stockpiled "dead" electronics until out town offered recycling for same), bottled water is a necessity for some in some places.
I'll trade certain elements of environmentalism for my 2 kidney stones .......
any frickin day, as they say in da bronx.
Re: WATER, water everywhere but not a drop to drink!. . .Bottled water source revealed. . . - mattkime - 07-28-2007
>>I often buy bottled water. The main reason is I don't take the time/effort to get a water report on every place I go. There's a large variance in quality of tap water.
I totally agree with the sentiments here even though i'm a big proponent of the environment.
(don't get me started about environmentalism getting hijacked by weirdos)
most of the time, bottled water takes better than tap. make the tap taste as good as bottled and i'll stop buying bottled.
Re: WATER, water everywhere but not a drop to drink!. . .Bottled water source revealed. . . - davemchine - 07-28-2007
I'm not a greenie but waste pisses me off. That's why I keg my beer or reuse my bottles. :-)
Dave
Re: WATER, water everywhere but not a drop to drink!. . .Bottled water source revealed. . . - zachdog - 07-28-2007
I always grab a Nalgene botttle and take it everywhere you go. I have a water purifier on my tap at home and refill my bottle daily. One of my bottles has been to Canada, Dominican Republic, the Continental Divide, the ocean (several times), and on many hiking and rafting trips. It has a bunch of stickers on it.
I'm a professional and have this awesome bottle sitting on my desk everyday. It's a great conversation piece and I love to talk to people about it. Water is so important, as is waste management. Go green, and take a bottle with you if you can't stand the tap water.
http://www.nalgene-outdoor.com/
http://www.refillnotlandfill.org/