“FLOW: For the Love of Water,” is a film that rightfully draws attention to the need for sustainable stewardship of our national and global water resources.

Several recent media stories and a statement issued by the National Toxicology Program have raised questions about the safety of polycarbonate plastic bottles due to the presence of a substance known as bisphenol A, or BPA.

Restaurants in the Gateway to the West, St. Louis, have joined a few other restaurants nationwide that have stopped selling bottled water to customers.  About 30 restaurants across the U.S. have done this, out of the 945,000 eateries the National Restaurant Association has on record.

It seems like almost once a week or more there’s a story in the news about a water main break and the efforts made to get residents clean water. This week’s water-main problem occurred in…

In Hamilton, Ohio, a water main broke.  It’s all repaired now, but up until then, according to The Journal-News: The city issued the advisory following a water main break off Symmes Road about midnight on Tuesday, April 1. Advisories are issued as a precaution following a loss of pressure. It warns residents and businesses to use bottled water or boiled water for cooking, drinking or teeth brushing.

The farm town of Alamosa, Colo. has a major problem: salmonella in its tap water supply. According to the Associated Press: More than 300 of Alamosa’s 8,500 people have been sickened since the first victims showed symptoms on March 7. Some 73 cases have been confirmed, with 11 people requiring hospitalization. Half the victims have been under age 11.

Despite many of the inaccuracies perpetuated into the media about bottled water, consumers know better when it comes to the facts about this valued product: people appreciate the convenience, the healthfulness, and good taste of bottled water brands.

Ban bottled water or keep it as a healthy beverage choice? Pam Mulder gets it right in this letter to the editor.