I live across the road from a large water bottling plant. It accesses a well point on the property of Ginnie Springs and therefore pulls water for my local springshed. Many would argue that this amount of withdrawal is minimal and that local farmers and other consumptive uses are far greater. still others would declare that water bottlers are good land stewards. I’ll give them that. They have a vested interest in keeping my well clean too. They live downstream from me. But not all bottled water comes from the property of a glorious crystal spring. It can be processed from municipal sources… tap water. Worse yet, it may be coming form areas that are experiencing tremendous water stress. Does that seem fair? While residents are judiciously conserving local supply, a commercial entity is permitted to bottle water and send it elsewhere? Check out this article and graphic. It will shock you to discover where bottled water comes from the U.S. After you have read it, do the most repressible thing you can do. Vote with your wallet. Start refilling a reusable container and stop buying bottled water.
