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Bottled Water Sales Rebound

CHICAGO — Bottled water is making a comeback after weathering the recession over the past few years.

As reported by Beverage Industry, the bottled water category overall increased 2 percent, generating…

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3/4 Of Americans Are Obese! So Drink Water, Bottled Or Tap

Alarming new statistics from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) indicate that 34% of Americans are obese, just under 6% are extremely or morbidly obese, and another 32.7% are considered overweight, according to data from a report released January 9, 2009, by CDCP’s National Center for Health Statistics in Rockville, MD.

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Go Green, Use Blue

The city of Hartford, Conn. will introduce a new pilot program called “Go Green Use Blue.” The program will include using single-stream recycling project, and will work in conjunction with RecycleBank’s incentive program.

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Correcting the record on Fannin County, Georgia

A recent article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution addresses aquifer and well depletion in Fannin County, Georgia.  Unfortunately, blame is placed on the shoulders of the bottled water componaies that do honest business in the county.

A focus on bottled water singles out the bottled water industry from among the thousands of industrial water users.  This scrutiny does nothing to protect and preserve renewable groundwater resources, nor does it help to arrive at an effective water policy.

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Going off on the water debate in Connecticut

Alexandria, Virginia – In his blog yesterday, Connecticut Post Capitol reporter Ken Dixon took a critical look at legislation introduced in that state’s General Assembly that would ban bottled water purchase and bottled water cooler contracts by state government agencies. 

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Bottled Water - small water use, big health benefits

This cool video shows how bottled water is a very small and very efficient water user that spares people of billions of calories when they choose to drink water over other packaged drinks.

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