Getting States Off the Bottle

How taxpayer dollars are wasted on bottled water and its effect on public water systems.

Getting States Off the Bottle outlines bottled water spending in four Northeastern states, maps current trends in public water system investments and examines the additional costs associated with water bottling. Getting States Off the Bottle also discusses the connections between bottled water marketing and the erosion of confidence in tap water. Finally, it recommends the elimination of all unnecessary state spending on bottled water and calls for renewed investments in the nation’s public water systems.

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Media Resources

• Press Release: Millions of Taxpayer Dollars Flow to Bottled Water

Related Media Coverage

• June 2009 Providence Journal Article on Rhode Island State Spending on Bottled Water:
  www.stopcorporateabuse.org/ProJoTOTB
   
• May 2009 New York Times Article on NY State Executive Order:
  www.stopcorporateabuse.org/PatersonNYT
   
• May 2009 Boston Globe Column on NY State Executive Order:
  www.stopcorporateabuse.org/BostonGlobeTOTB
   
• June 2008 Business Week Article on USCM 2008 Resolution:
  www.stopcorporateabuse.org/USCMBusinessWeek
   
• June 2008 Miami Herald Article on USCM 2008 Resolution and TOTB Miami Restaurant Event:
  www.stopcorporateabuse.org/MiamiHeraldTOTB
   
• June 2007 San Francisco Chronicle Article on San Francisco Mayor Newsom’s Executive Order:
  www.stopcorporateabuse.org/SFChronicleTOTB

Other Resources

•  New York Governor David Paterson’s Executive Order 18:
  www.stopcorporateabuse.org/NYEO18
   
• Think Outside the Bottle Campaign Public Official Action Guide:
  www.stopcorporateabuse.org/PublicOfficialActionGuide
   
• Think Outside the Bottle Public Official Campaign Pledge:
  www.stopcorporateabuse.org/TOTBpublicofficialpledge
   
• Think Outside the Bottle Campaign Flyer:
  www.stopcorporateabuse.org/TOTBflyer
   
• U.S. Conference of Mayors 2009 Resolution “Ensuring Fair and Equitable Use of and Compensation for Municipal Water Systems”, adopted at the June 2009 USCM Annual Summer Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island:
  www.stopcorporateabuse.org/USCM2009resolution
   
• U.S. Conference of Mayors 2008 Resolution on “Supporting Municipal Water Systems,” adopted at the June 2008 USCM Annual Summer Meeting in Miami, Florida:
  www.stopcorporateabuse.org/USCM2008resolution
   
• U.S. Conference of Mayors 2007 Resolution “The Importance of Municipal Water,” adopted at the June 2007 USCM Annual Summer Meeting in Los Angeles, California:
  www.stopcorporateabuse.org/USCM2007resolution

• U.S. Conference of Mayors Water Council August 2008 Report “Local Government Investment in Municipal Water and Sewer Infrastructure: Adding Value to the National Economy”:
  www.stopcorporateabuse.org/USCMinvesting

• Center for New American Dream Responsible Purchasing Guide: “Think Outside the Bottle: The Responsible Purchasing Guide to Bottled Water Alternatives; (Second Edition, August 2008)”:
  www.responsiblepurchasing.org/purchasing_guides/bottled_water/index.php
  
  
• Polaris Institute: “Inside the Bottle (2nd ed.): An exposé of the bottled water industry“ Tony Clarke, Polaris Institute, July 2007:
  http://www.insidethebottle.org/

• Environmental Working Group: Bottled Water Labeling Scorecard Report, July 2009:
  http://www.ewg.org/health/report/bottledwater-scorecard and
  http://www.ewg.org/health/report/bottledwater-scorecard/news-release

• U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) July 2009 Report “Bottled Water: FDA Safety and Consumer Protections Are Often Less Stringent Than Comparable EPA Protections for Tap Water”:
  www.stopcorporateabuse.org/GAOreport