Movement Against Bottled Water Gains Municipal Adherents

Tap Into The City's campaign for The Suffolk County Water Authority is getting more attention. The New York Times, Sunday Long Island edition has a great story about it:

LONG ISLAND residents love to stay hydrated on the go — they consumed half a billion bottles of water in the past year. The evidence is everywhere: plastic bottles stuffed in treadmill cup holders at the gym, lined up neatly along the buffet table at office meetings and, even more often, tossed empty on the side of the road.

But where you won’t find them sold, at least, is at the public park, Town Hall or any other municipal facility in Babylon Town.

In September, the Town Board decided to pull single-serve water bottles from the town’s vending machines. Instead, water fountains are being upgraded and the town is offering free reusable bottles to residents. The 20-ounce containers are made from plastic that will not leach chemicals, according to the Suffolk County Water Authority, which created the bottles as part of its recently begun campaign to help people “kick the habit” of buying bottled water.

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