Comments on: The Great Water Debate: Bottled, Tap, and Aquifer http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/08/the-great-water-debate-bottled-tap-and-aquifer/ SoLoMo and Green Living Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Water is the New Carbon. H2O the New CO2. This is Global Parching. | Max Gladwell http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/08/the-great-water-debate-bottled-tap-and-aquifer/comment-page-1/#comment-945 Water is the New Carbon. H2O the New CO2. This is Global Parching. | Max Gladwell Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:37:32 +0000 http://www.maxgladwell.com/?p=579#comment-945 [...] course, we’ve already written about the Great Water Debate with bottled, tap, and aquifer. T. Boone Pickens is poised to become America’s first water [...] [...] course, we’ve already written about the Great Water Debate with bottled, tap, and aquifer. T. Boone Pickens is poised to become America’s first water [...]

]]> By: Torie http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/08/the-great-water-debate-bottled-tap-and-aquifer/comment-page-1/#comment-844 Torie Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:22:06 +0000 http://www.maxgladwell.com/?p=579#comment-844 I agree with Mario- the bottled water industry is completely unsustainable. Over 17 million barrels of oil are used each year in the manufacturing and transport of bottled water. Over the last 20 years the bottled water industry has changed the way we think about water. Using their deceptive marketing, corporations like Coke, Pepsi, and Nestle have successfully convinced one in five Americans that the only way to get safe water is to buy it from them. To learn more about challenging corporate control of our most precious natural resource google Corporate Accountability International or Think Outside the Bottle! I agree with Mario- the bottled water industry is completely unsustainable. Over 17 million barrels of oil are used each year in the manufacturing and transport of bottled water.

Over the last 20 years the bottled water industry has changed the way we think about water. Using their deceptive marketing, corporations like Coke, Pepsi, and Nestle have successfully convinced one in five Americans that the only way to get safe water is to buy it from them.

To learn more about challenging corporate control of our most precious natural resource google Corporate Accountability International or Think Outside the Bottle!

]]> By: Mario Vellandi http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/08/the-great-water-debate-bottled-tap-and-aquifer/comment-page-1/#comment-838 Mario Vellandi Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:54:11 +0000 http://www.maxgladwell.com/?p=579#comment-838 Great roundabout coverage of the big issues. I think bottled water from outside the US is unsustainable, no matter what. Domestic production & distribution, though, is a bit trickier. While it's great that people are drinking BW, the manner and volume is a problem on one hand, while its commercial commodification through private labeling and big packs acting as retail 'loss-leaders', is another. Great roundabout coverage of the big issues.
I think bottled water from outside the US is unsustainable, no matter what. Domestic production & distribution, though, is a bit trickier.

While it’s great that people are drinking BW, the manner and volume is a problem on one hand, while its commercial commodification through private labeling and big packs acting as retail ‘loss-leaders’, is another.

]]> By: Frymaster http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/08/the-great-water-debate-bottled-tap-and-aquifer/comment-page-1/#comment-837 Frymaster Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:51:52 +0000 http://www.maxgladwell.com/?p=579#comment-837 Food, er, beverage for thought. Water's been on my mind, too, and I wrote <a href="http://thebucketblog.com/?p=228" rel="nofollow">this about my shabby little city's impressive investment in water infrastructure</a>. And also a little bit about why they did it. One factor left out of all these types of discussions is the local delivery systems. In your example, SF water may be pure when it leaves Yosemite, but who knows what happens between there and the faucet. Once upon a time, lead was the standard plumbing material. Or old, poorly maintained main lines - road construction knocks loose a bunch of crud and people get sick. Per my blog post, it happened to me. While our local relining work was going on, quality was so uneven that we resorted to the big 2.5 gallon suitcases of water. Now we're back to the regular charcoal filtering, so life is good. Now on this drugs in the water deal, as a question of fact, is there an indication here that treated sewage/waste water is re-introduced into the drinking supply? I doubt it. So what exactly is the mechanism that gets these contaminants 'upstream' as it were. Agri-based run-off seems pretty damn likely. What am I missing? Food, er, beverage for thought. Water’s been on my mind, too, and I wrote this about my shabby little city’s impressive investment in water infrastructure. And also a little bit about why they did it.

One factor left out of all these types of discussions is the local delivery systems. In your example, SF water may be pure when it leaves Yosemite, but who knows what happens between there and the faucet. Once upon a time, lead was the standard plumbing material. Or old, poorly maintained main lines – road construction knocks loose a bunch of crud and people get sick. Per my blog post, it happened to me.

While our local relining work was going on, quality was so uneven that we resorted to the big 2.5 gallon suitcases of water. Now we’re back to the regular charcoal filtering, so life is good.

Now on this drugs in the water deal, as a question of fact, is there an indication here that treated sewage/waste water is re-introduced into the drinking supply? I doubt it. So what exactly is the mechanism that gets these contaminants ‘upstream’ as it were. Agri-based run-off seems pretty damn likely.

What am I missing?

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