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There are !"o reasons to drink bottled water instead of tap water:

• It’s super convenient!

• It’s another accessory to match your popped collar and wayfarers

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But, here are 10 #e$%o&'why you ()o*#$+’'(And should drink tap water, instead)

Buying bottled water is the same as buying

!o"#e$ &irWatch  the  video:  h-ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3oAv0BjtN4

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WATCH THE

VIDEO!

The bottled water industry is

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“Bottled water is the most

environmentally responsible

consumer product in the world.”

(They had to remove this advert)

Ne%!(é %)*+:

“… most water bottles... are recycled.”

h-p://www.markeCngmag.ca/news/marketer-­‐news/nestl-­‐called-­‐out-­‐over-­‐bo-led-­‐water-­‐ads-­‐18706

MORE INFO!

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In America, the UK and even in South Africa the quality controls on tap water are far more stringent than those on bottled water, which are almost non-existent.

Tap water is .u(' /0 (&-e as bottled water…

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Is tested for ecoli

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Required to provide source

Required to provide quality reports

Can still be distributed whenstandards not met

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✔ h-p://eatdrinkbe-er.com/2011/09/29/the-­‐dirty-­‐truth-­‐about-­‐bo-led-­‐water/✖

LINK HERE!

• Nearly one in five tested waters contained more bacteria than allowed under microbiological-purity "guidelines”

• Four waters violated the federal bottled water

standards for excessive fluoride    and coliform bacteria

• In eight cases arsenic  was found at a level of potential health concern

A 1e2e+' NRDC ('*$3 o+ !o"#e$ %&'er -o*+$ ')&'…

LINK HERE!

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(#!&ere) &*p +*&erAlmost half the bottled water produced is actually just

A picture of a mountain doesn’t mean it comes from a mountain…

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These guys (among others) had

to 2)&+4e ')eir #&!e##,+4 to avoid further legal action

LINK HERE!

5&p %&'er&2'*&##3 '/('e0 !e"er(believe it or not)

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In  a  blind  taste  test,  tap  water  

2o+(i('e+'#3 comes  out  as  the  best  tasCng.Weird,  huh?

h-p://www.banthebo-le.net/arCcles/studies-­‐show-­‐tap-­‐water-­‐preferred-­‐over-­‐bo-led-­‐water/

FULL TEST HERE!

2o('0 & LO5 more than tap water

Bottled water

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$0.30

$290

A,o-! 1, 500% more…

$330$10

+ $190 – $570 set up cost

Per 1 000 Litre

Spring water

Mineral water

Demineralised water

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That’s kinda like paying $70 for a Kit-Kat

P#/(',2 i0 2)o6,+4 ')e p#&+e'(A lot of which comes from the bottled water industry)

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In America alone, 5 million plastic bottles

are used, and discarded, every hour(This image is a portion of that amount)

Art  by  h-p://www.bu.edu/sustainability/chris-­‐jordan-­‐photography/  MORE CHRIS

JORDAN ART!

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Only  1 out of 6 bottles get  recycled,which  means  5 out of 6 end  up  in  landfills…

Probably  in  India…  

For  the  next  1000 years or  so…

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Creating plastic for the water industry results in

2.5 million tons of Carbon Dioxide emissions annually.

That’s almost 1/10th of all

the CO2 produced every year

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The  amount  of  oil  needed  to  produce  one  bo-le  

of  water?  Fill  a  quarter of that bottle with  oil  –  that’s  how  much.

The  amount  of  water  required?  Three times the  amount  you’ll  drink  from  it.

Oil needed to make one wee water bottle

In fact, the oil used to produce

those cheap, one-time-use

plastic bottles for your water

For a year.

V2oom…

could fuel a million cars.

WHAT A FUCKING

EXPENSIVEWAS59

S&+ 78&+2i(2o i0 m&6,+4 ')e 2)&+4eSan  Francisco’s  Board  of  Supervisors  are  ready  to  enact  one  of  the  strictest  bans  on  water  in  the  naCon.  Recently,  the  proposal  became  law,  and  plasCc  water  bo-les  smaller  than  21  ounces  will  no  longer  be  allowed  on  city  property  starCng  Oct.  1,  2014.

h-p://inhabitat.com/its-­‐official-­‐san-­‐francisco-­‐bans-­‐bo-led-­‐water-­‐on-­‐city-­‐property/LINK

HERE!

Water is a finite resource, and there

are those who are (literally)

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There are almost a billion people across the

globe without access to clean water;

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Reading at a normal speed, 5 2),#$re+ have died from a water related issue, since you started this

To the bottled water industry’sprivatisation-for-profit of themost basic human necessity

(Ok, not all of it, but a fairly big chunk. And that chunk could be put to better use)

W)ere $o 3o* (*ppo(e &## ')&' %&'er i0 4o,+4?

So, "0)! .)& "e +o ),o-! *!?

1. S!op ,-/*&1 ,o5(e+ ")!er. (It’s that easy)

• Save money!

• Save the planet!

• Save the lives of small African children! (kidding – sort of)

S,mp#3 4e' 3our -re() &+$ 2#e&+ %&'er -rom & '&p

2. 6*&+ o-! more. Ge! mo!*7)!e+!These links are awesome:

The Story of Stuff: Bottled Water

Breaking the Set takes on Nestlé (including their response)

‘Bottled Life’ documentary trailer

Charitywater.org on the water crisis

h-ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCHhwxvQqxg

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We drink our water from a tap, so someone else has a tap for their water

@taptapwater Facebook.com/taptapwater

www.taptapwater.org

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