Earlier this week, New York Governor David Paterson ordered all state agencies to stop buying and using bottled water and instead make water fountains and tap water dispensers available for employees, if they aren't already.
Large, cooler-sized water bottle are to be phased out as well as the single-serving bottles. Paterson cited economic and environmental reasons for enforcing the switch, saying that taxpayers pay for clean drinking water and it should be used and that bottled water is wasteful and requires large amounts of energy to transport.
State agencies will be monitored to make sure they are complying with the new rule.
The New York State government follows the San Francisco city government, New York City Council and other jurisdictions in prohibiting bottled water. With environmental and economic concerns weighing on most city and state governments, it's likely many more areas will require the switch to tap water.
via New York Times

written by Grizz, May 08, 2009
written by Makenna, May 08, 2009
Maybe this would work if there were some sort of regulations on the water fountains?
written by Ed, May 09, 2009
written by Banogi, May 09, 2009
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written by Michael Rodino, May 09, 2009
I'm involved in a group in Connecticut that actually helped make the entire Connecticut legislation stop using plastic water bottles, and actually got them free Nalgene bottles to use instead.
We worked with Beth Buy(West Hartford Rep) and got the whole state house to change over.
I'd hope that more states will follow Connecticut's lead(and now New York's lead)
written by s, May 09, 2009
written by Glenn, May 10, 2009
written by David Johnson, May 10, 2009
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written by ed, May 12, 2009
until the government stops dumping toxic substances in the water supply (yes, both Chlorine and Flouride are bad for humans since your liver can't detox them fast enough and they accumulate), people would keep using bottled water.
Flouride causes calcification of the pineal gland and flourination of bones which may lead to cancer. calcification of the pineal gland causes a significant reduction in melatonin production and triggers early puberty. chlorine robs your thyroid of essential iodine which is the actual cause of the obessity problem in the US.
add the other halogen - bromine - which has replaced iodine in bread and you have all three toxic halogens (flourine, bromine, chlorine) slowly attacking your body, causing obessity, cancer, and many other problems.
do some research on their effects and protect yourselves. flouride in small amounts will prevent tooth decay but they need to go directly to your teeth. ingesting it for a lifetime will cause problems, and that's the same for chlorine and bromine.
many european countries use oxygenation instead of chlorine, and they don't use flouride in their water although Britain has started implementing it though (they'll be sorry).
written by Scribe, September 07, 2009
written by Mike, September 18, 2009
written by Grattage, November 08, 2009
I understand the main idea and I think the intentions are good.
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