Just read this blurb from a campus ministry update page...

Banning Bottled Water: Washington University (Missouri) may be setting a trend with a campus wide ban on the sale of bottled water and forbidding the use of university funds for the purchase of bottled water. Students pushed for the move out of concern for environmental sustainability. They cite not only the overabundance of bottles that are consumed, but also the use of fossil fuels in the production and distribution process. A number of other schools have contacted Wash U. to learn more about how to bring a similar ban to their own campuses. (Inside Higher Ed February 9, 2009)


I've read some other things recently which have bolstered this argument. For economic reasons we were forced to give our water cooler back to Ice Mountain to save the $30/month. Fortunately, our tap water is pretty good here in Milford...so I think we'll be filling up the Nalgene's etc...instead of buying much bottled water.