Drinking Bottled Water Making The Oil Problem Bigger?

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Once reserved for Perrier-sipping elitists, bottled water has become a drink of the masses.

Sales have quadrupled in the last 20 years, and rose almost 8% last year alone.

Marian Brown, an assistant to the provost at Ithaca College who works on sustainability initiatives, has watched this growth with dismay.

"More and more people, more and more entities on campus, even for special events, were starting to think, 'Gosh, let's do bottled water,' instead of putting out (pitchers) of water," Brown said. "It's like, 'God no, they're making it worse!'" The problem isn't the water

[Guest man]

I'm drinking bottled water right now.

[MorningGlory]

I don't buy bottled water unless my elitist daughter is coming to visit. Precious child that she is, she thinks tap water is 'yucky'. I just refill the bottles and use them until they crack or something. After I saw that t.v. expose about bottled water I decided it was a waste of money and yeah, too many bottles in the landfill.

[Guest man]

I don't buy bottled water unless my elitist daughter is coming to visit. Precious child that she is, she thinks tap water is 'yucky'. I just refill the bottles and use them until they crack or something. After I saw that t.v. expose about bottled water I decided it was a waste of money and yeah, too many bottles in the landfill.

What's funny is, most bottled water is tap water.

I drink water because it's healthier than pop.

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I don't buy bottled water unless my elitist daughter is coming to visit. Precious child that she is, she thinks tap water is 'yucky'. I just refill the bottles and use them until they crack or something. After I saw that t.v. expose about bottled water I decided it was a waste of money and yeah, too many bottles in the landfill.

Tap water is gross, I can't stand the stuff. Water filters (Brita, for example) helps tremendously.

I pretty much just...don't drink water.

[Guest]

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I don't buy bottled water unless my elitist daughter is coming to visit. Precious child that she is, she thinks tap water is 'yucky'. I just refill the bottles and use them until they crack or something. After I saw that t.v. expose about bottled water I decided it was a waste of money and yeah, too many bottles in the landfill.

Tap water is gross, I can't stand the stuff. Water filters (Brita, for example) helps tremendously.

I pretty much just...don't drink water.

Growing up we lived in what is considered the country you know the little house on the old dirt road with well water type deal and I remember when my parents divorced and me, my mom, and my brother moved to the city the transition from well water to tap water was extremely hard because of the taste difference.

I still drink tons of water but these days with the price of pop going up so high it's in the form of Koolaid and Ice Tea and it all comes from the tap.

[MorningGlory]

I don't buy bottled water unless my elitist daughter is coming to visit. Precious child that she is, she thinks tap water is 'yucky'. I just refill the bottles and use them until they crack or something. After I saw that t.v. expose about bottled water I decided it was a waste of money and yeah, too many bottles in the landfill.

Tap water is gross, I can't stand the stuff. Water filters (Brita, for example) helps tremendously.

I pretty much just...don't drink water.

Growing up we lived in what is considered the country you know the little house on the old dirt road with well water type deal and I remember when my parents divorced and me, my mom, and my brother moved to the city the transition from well water to tap water was extremely hard because of the taste difference.

I still drink tons of water but these days with the price of pop going up so high it's in the form of Koolaid and Ice Tea and it all comes from the tap.

Pop? Like in soda?

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I don't buy bottled water unless my elitist daughter is coming to visit. Precious child that she is, she thinks tap water is 'yucky'. I just refill the bottles and use them until they crack or something. After I saw that t.v. expose about bottled water I decided it was a waste of money and yeah, too many bottles in the landfill.

Tap water is gross, I can't stand the stuff. Water filters (Brita, for example) helps tremendously.

I pretty much just...don't drink water.

Growing up we lived in what is considered the country you know the little house on the old dirt road with well water type deal and I remember when my parents divorced and me, my mom, and my brother moved to the city the transition from well water to tap water was extremely hard because of the taste difference.

I still drink tons of water but these days with the price of pop going up so high it's in the form of Koolaid and Ice Tea and it all comes from the tap.

Pop? Like in soda?

Yep Pop, Soda, Coke whatever you want to call it in your area.

Funny thing is I'm southern born and raised and we have always called everything Coke be it a Coca Cola or Pepsi product but a few years ago I moved to Canada for a while and they call it Pop up there and ever since then it's just stuck with me. lol

[Guest man]

Tap water is gross, I can't stand the stuff.

That's city water and yes it is nasty.

I have a 50 foot well. The waters ice cold and crystal clear.

When I'm on the road I drink bottled water, but when I'm home it's out of the tap.