Bottled Water
Many consumers continue to drink bottled water, in part because they think it is somehow safer or better than tap water. They collectively spend hundreds or thousands of dollars more per gallon for water in a plastic bottle than they would for the H20 flowing from their taps.
| FOOD & WATER WATCH's wenonah hauter TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS |
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Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food & Water Watch recently spoke before Congress members about the troubling issues with bottled water. |
Get the Facts
Did you know...
- Bottled water is not safer than tap water?
- Bottled water is thousands of times more expensive than tap water?
- Bottled water creates mountains of needless garbage and contributes to other environmental problems?
- Bottled water companies mislead communities into giving away their public water in exchange for dangerous jobs?
Read more and find out how your community can make a difference in our report, Take Back the Tap.
| NY TAKES BACK THE TAP! |
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Pioneering restaurants across New York City are taking back the tap. Take Back the Tap NY is clearly off to a splashing start. |
Make a Difference
Drink tap water.
Refer to our filtration guide to help you choose the right filter for your home and sign our Take Back the Tap pledge to show your commitment. Dine at restaurants that have pledged not to serve bottled water.
Break the bottled water habit with style.
Food & Water Watch catered Slow Food Nation with delicious San Francisco tap water -- 100,000 plastic bottles went unused. Learn more about this success. Host your own bottle-free event with a screening of FLOW and/or The Water Front, documentaries filling up theaters across the country. Don't worry, we've made it easy for you with our guide, Free Your Event From Bottled Water.
Tell Congress to increase funding to keep America’s water clean and safe.