Let’s Talk about Bottled Water Facts and California’s Drought
Some recent media stories have incorrectly claimed that the bottled water industry is a major contributor to California’s ongoing drought.
LA Times Gets it Wrong on Bottled Water and California's Drought
Twice in one week the LA Times has attempted to cast bottled water as the antihero of California’s ongoing drought, which is both false and misleading. False, because the amount of all groundwater used for bottled water production barely registers on the radar of California groundwater use, and misleading because it just feeds into a mythology of “big water.”
International Bottled Water Association Applauds Federal Bottled Water Consumer Information Legislation
OnJune 26, 2014, the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) applauded federal legislation introduced today by Representative Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Representative Jim Matheson (D-UT), and Representative Richard Nugent (R-FL) that would provide consumers with uniform information about the quality and safety of their bottled water products.
