Take Back The Tap
Alec Baldwin and Celebrity Judges Declare Winner for Food & Water Watch Student Video Contest. Pioneering restaurants in San Francisco and New York have pledged to kick their bottled water habits and only serve tap water to their customers.
News: Take Back the Tap New York Kicks Off
Food & Water Watch and Riverkeeper are calling on New York restaurants to support the city's famous tap water by taking bottled water off their menus. Joining forces with city government and prominent restaurateurs, the campaign highlights the social, economic, and environmental problems with bottled water,
the need for increased funding for public tap water, and the importance of source water protection.
News: San Francisco Restaurants Create A Stir
Pioneering restaurants in San Francisco have pledged to kick their
bottled water habits and only serve tap water to their customers as
part of Food & Water Watch's Take Back the Tap Campaign.
Read on to learn why tap water is better for your wallet, your health and the world we live in.
News: Winners Announced for I "Heart" Tap Water Video Contest
After two months and over one hundred and forty entries from young activists and filmmakers across the country, Elizabeth Klein from University of Cincinnati was announced as the winner of the contest with her stop-motion animation video. Zachary Eagles from Fresno City College and Matthew Williams from SUNY College at Potsdam were also among the top three finalists of the competition.Congratulations to all contestants and our 24 finalists for their hard work and dedication!
The Facts About Bottled Water
Did you know that....
Bottled water costs consumers 240 to 10,000 times more per gallon than tap water, and is less likely to be ensured for purity?
What
you don't know about the bottled water industry could be costing you
hundreds of dollars a year. Get the facts on bottled water and learn
why tap water is a better bet.
