Take back the tap: Northampton coordinator Alisa Kowal speaks. Coverage provided by Mary Serreze, Northamptonmedia.com

by | Jul 15, 2008

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OK, so *what* exactly is wrong with that bottle of Dasani or Poland Spring?

Alisa Kowal, regional coordinator of the "Take Back the Tap" campaign, will tell you: plastic bottles are resource intensive in their manufacture, transport, and disposal; corporations are seeking to gain control of public water resources to support this industry; and the industry is aided and abetted by a paucity of federal and state funding for the construction and maintenance of public water infrastructure.

"Take Back the Tap" is a project of Food and Water Watch, a Washington, D.C. national non-profit. The campaign strives to discourage the use of bottled water and encourage the use of tap water.

Here in Northampton, Kowal is coordinating a "restaurant campaign," similar to those being waged in NYC and San Francisco–where she is recruiting "water warriors" to work downtown, who will go door-to-door to persuade restaurant owners to stop carrying bottled water. She notes that the U.S. Council of Mayors just passed a resolution promoting the use of tap water. Restaurants that sign on to the pledge will be listed in the EatWell Guide at www.eatwell.org–an online resource for finding locally-grown, organic, and environmentally responsible restaurants nationally.



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