H2O

As a guy who spends a lot of time drinking water, I found an acticle lately that reminded me of some things and also brought to light our obsession with bottled water in some new ways.

For instance, did you know:
*Americans spent more money last year on bottled water than on ipods or movie tickets?
*24% of the bottled water we buy is tap water repackaged by Coke and Pepsi?
*Fiji water produces more than 1 million bottles a day while half the people of Fiji don't have reliable drinking water?
*In 1976 ( a very good year) the average American drank 1.6 gallons of bottled water a year. Last year we drank 28.3 gallons. We drank more water than milk, coffee or beer. We still managed to keep pop (or soda for some dorks) number 1 at 52.9 gallons.
*We pitch 38 billion water bottles into landfills every year. Over $1 billion worth of plastic.
* If the water we use at home cost even what cheap water costs, our monthly water bills would be over $9000.
*1 billion people worldwide have no reliable drinking water; 3000 children die each day from diseases caught from tainted water.

I'm off to refill my nalgene. Here at the office I can only drink the water out of the fridge. The water out of our drinking fountains is fine if you are standing there, but if you put it in a cup, it tastes like you are sucking on a nickel. Happy drinking.