Analysis Of Tapped By Stephanie Soechtig
By the year 2030, two thirds of the world will be unable to access water. Tapped by director Stephanie Soechtig introduces a small town in Maine, and discusses the water corporation called Nestle. The corporation decided to take the water resources of Maine. The supply and demand of water from major cities make the corporation pump plenty from the ground. Many question if the water from the corporation if it is safe to drink, and whether plastic is safe for water to be held in. The document targets small rural towns that live near water, and makes the audience question what they would do if a corporation were to take over. The film clearly uses opinion based on the affect of processed bottled waters and the effects it has on humans and the environment.
…show more content…
The director specifically chooses one water corporation to show how they get their water.
Nestle operates in the U.S under multiple names such as Poland Spring, Arrowhead, and Pure Life. Executive Director, Food and Water Watch, Wenonah Hauter said, "Nestle is one of the largest profiteer from bottle water, they basically come into rural towns and do water mining." (4:20) The author explains where the water corporation goes to specific rural towns where water is not controlled by the government. What is smart about the water corporation is that they went to this small town in Maine, where in Maine there is a law that says "He who has the biggest pump will control water" (6:09). Indicating that the people who live in the small town cannot sue Nestle for pumping water because they have the money to do supply and demand. The author show involves a resident of Maine to express his view.Assistant Administrator, Jim Wilfong said, "We're not used to the largest food processing in the world coming at our door step"
(3:19).
Throughout the film the director goes into depth with involving more emotion and logic with the cause of processed bottle water in towns. In Texas a small town called Flint Hills which is near a refinery of bottle plastics. Ph. D Melissa Janell said, "People have high affects of cancer, birth defects and other illnesses" (37:54). The effects of petroleum affects gives higher risks affects to the people who live in Flint Hills. There a contradiction, when people tell those who live in Flint Hills why they do not move, and they said its hard to sell a house near a refinery (39:59). Another research study was produced by Ph. D Terra Summer and Stephen King involving 7 types of bottled waters (47:03). Their goal is to find out what water has and, what they found is really interesting. Dr. Summer found styrene in water which causes cancer, and Diethyl Phthalate, which causes disforestation. Clearly indicating the chemicals water has and what one is drinking, makes the audience question is their drinking water.
In the documentary it proves that pumping water has environmental affects. Pepsi was pumping water. North Carolina was experiencing a drought, this was at the height of the drought and Pepsi was still pumping water (16:48). City Council, Eugene Brown said, "They pumped more than 1.5 millions of liters of water a day (16:52) This goes to show little the corporation does not care about the environment. In 2007 the plant pumped more than 442.5 millions of liters of water (18:90). Senior Editor, Amanda Brown said, "Atlanta has the second worst draught in history the past year, it is affecting the water we use (18:42). Not only does the environment get affected, but the people also pay by being restricted. The film indicates the type of fairness people get vs. the major corporations. If the government were to limit the water pumping, North Carolina and 34 other states would not be in droughts.
The documentary targets small rural towns that live near water, and makes the audience question what they would do if a corporation were to take over. The film clearly uses opinion based on the effect of processed bottled waters and what it does to humans and the environment. The film strongly indicates emotion and introduces several evidence that bottle waters and pumping water has an effect. What is interesting was the fact that in the film one of the speakers said, "If we don't keep buying it they would not be producing it" (23:70) This makes the demanders think could this be their fault for buying the waters at the store, but it is hard to stop, because if there is no water, how do we get our water? The film should have had a couple suggestions if bottled water is bad than what type of material should we use for water?
The director specifically chooses one water corporation to show how they get their water.
Nestle operates in the U.S under multiple names such as Poland Spring, Arrowhead, and Pure Life. Executive Director, Food and Water Watch, Wenonah Hauter said, "Nestle is one of the largest profiteer from bottle water, they basically come into rural towns and do water mining." (4:20) The author explains where the water corporation goes to specific rural towns where water is not controlled by the government. What is smart about the water corporation is that they went to this small town in Maine, where in Maine there is a law that says "He who has the biggest pump will control water" (6:09). Indicating that the people who live in the small town cannot sue Nestle for pumping water because they have the money to do supply and demand. The author show involves a resident of Maine to express his view.Assistant Administrator, Jim Wilfong said, "We're not used to the largest food processing in the world coming at our door step"
(3:19).
Throughout the film the director goes into depth with involving more emotion and logic with the cause of processed bottle water in towns. In Texas a small town called Flint Hills which is near a refinery of bottle plastics. Ph. D Melissa Janell said, "People have high affects of cancer, birth defects and other illnesses" (37:54). The effects of petroleum affects gives higher risks affects to the people who live in Flint Hills. There a contradiction, when people tell those who live in Flint Hills why they do not move, and they said its hard to sell a house near a refinery (39:59). Another research study was produced by Ph. D Terra Summer and Stephen King involving 7 types of bottled waters (47:03). Their goal is to find out what water has and, what they found is really interesting. Dr. Summer found styrene in water which causes cancer, and Diethyl Phthalate, which causes disforestation. Clearly indicating the chemicals water has and what one is drinking, makes the audience question is their drinking water.
In the documentary it proves that pumping water has environmental affects. Pepsi was pumping water. North Carolina was experiencing a drought, this was at the height of the drought and Pepsi was still pumping water (16:48). City Council, Eugene Brown said, "They pumped more than 1.5 millions of liters of water a day (16:52) This goes to show little the corporation does not care about the environment. In 2007 the plant pumped more than 442.5 millions of liters of water (18:90). Senior Editor, Amanda Brown said, "Atlanta has the second worst draught in history the past year, it is affecting the water we use (18:42). Not only does the environment get affected, but the people also pay by being restricted. The film indicates the type of fairness people get vs. the major corporations. If the government were to limit the water pumping, North Carolina and 34 other states would not be in droughts.
The documentary targets small rural towns that live near water, and makes the audience question what they would do if a corporation were to take over. The film clearly uses opinion based on the effect of processed bottled waters and what it does to humans and the environment. The film strongly indicates emotion and introduces several evidence that bottle waters and pumping water has an effect. What is interesting was the fact that in the film one of the speakers said, "If we don't keep buying it they would not be producing it" (23:70) This makes the demanders think could this be their fault for buying the waters at the store, but it is hard to stop, because if there is no water, how do we get our water? The film should have had a couple suggestions if bottled water is bad than what type of material should we use for water?