No more bottled water for City Departments in SF
June 26th, 2007 Alex
Last Thursday, Mayor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order prohibiting city departments from buying bottled water. The ban will be in effort July 1st, and applies to all city and county water coolers by December 1st. The decision will save tax payer money as well as fight global warming as more than 40 million gallons of oil are needed to make plastic water bottles that Americans consume each year. The city spends $500,000 a year on bottled water. After the ban goes into effect, city and county officials will have municipal tap water dispensed that come from the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. Taste tests have shown that the city’s tap water tastes just as good, if not better, than bottled water.
via SFGate
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