Associated Press - Bottled water gets the boot in Providence

PROVIDENCE—Providence Mayor David Cicilline says he’s signing an executive order prohibiting city departments from spending taxpayer money on bottled water.

The ban on single-serving bottles would take effect Jan. 1 and is intended to reduce environmental waste and promote confidence in the city’s water supply.

Cicilline’s move follows a vote by the U.S. Conference of Mayors in June to encourage its 1,100 members to phase out use of bottled water in their own governments. That vote was a blow to the beverage industry, which called the idea “sound-bite environmentalism.“

Cicilline announced the coming bottle ban at a press conference Friday to recognize five Rhode Island restaurants that have also stopped selling bottled water as part of a national “Think Outside the Bottle” campaign.

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