Battling Over Bottled Water Student Name University Name Battling Over Bottled Water One of the last places in the world one would expect to find a battle over water is Michigan. Michigan‚ who once displayed “Water Wonderland” on its license plates‚ features more than 11‚000 lakes and 36‚000 miles of streams and one is never more than six miles from enjoying any one of them (Michigan Outdoors). Why then has a dispute over water rights escalated into several lawsuits? The purpose of this
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Bottled Water the Unknown Enemy Water bottle sales have been going up exponentially these last few years. According to the International Bottled Water Association (IWBA). People who are buying bottled water are being cheated. Tap water is cheaper‚ more convenient‚ and the change in taste is almost nonexistent. It is the better choice. Water bottles do not have as many perks as tap and is not reliable. The first big selling point about tap is how cheap it is. Consumer Reports News reports
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Tap Water vs. Deer Park Bottled Water MGMT 650 July 25‚ 2011 Turnitin Score: % Purpose: There have been debates over the years on whether people prefer bottled water over tap water. If you step into an office somewhere in the corner or up against the wall is stacks of large blue containers consisting of water. This debate begins with two sides and often times someone would state that “I never drink tap water” or “Tap water is good for you plus it’s no different from bottled”. The
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impacting our home’s environment‚ for better or for worse. It’s called a carbon footprint. In the recent years‚ the topic of turning your footprint green has arisen. Our carbon footprint is calculated based on the amount of green house gases produced by our actions‚ it is measured in units of CO2. A person’s affect on the problem depends on what type of footprint they have. Primary footprints‚ the direct amounts of carbon dioxide emissions which are given off due to burning of fossil fuels including
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Bottled Water Proposal In recent times‚ one of the world’s favorite grab and go drinks has come into question whether it is safe enough to drink or not and that is bottled water. “In 2007‚ according to the BMC‚ the total spending on bottled water in the United States reached an estimated $12 billion‚ despite the availability of clean and inexpensive tap water”(Lee‚Warhol). Some people argue that bottled water is not only unsafe for us‚ but also for our environment and it is much more expensive
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“Tap Water or Bottled Water?” Tap water and bottled water are both good and harmful in their own ways but still we consume both everyday. Tap water is an all around better drink because it isn’t as expensive‚ not harmful to the environment‚ and not harmful to the human body. Statistics say that in 2008 they found 38 different contaminants in 10 different brands. Bottled water is also dangerous to our environment. People will not recycle the water bottles and the bottle will end up in our lakes‚
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Products With an expected water shortage by the year 2025‚ Nestle has invested $100 million to build a new water bottling plant in Mecosta. The new bottling plant employs about one hundred people and pays them between $12 to $23 an hour‚ which is significantly more than the local jobs are paying around Mecosta. Despite the “positives” nestle has created with this new bottling plant project‚ not all local residents are happy about it. Nestle has began to pump water from Sanctuary Spring‚ which
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granted. Very few Americans ever worry about the water we drink‚ or the amount of water we use while taking a shower. If you don’t like tap water‚ you can just go buy bottled water at the store. The choice is yours. Depending on your choice‚ you can take a five minute‚ or an hour long shower. There’s even a water temperature control provided for you. Showers are taken in clean‚ sanitized bathrooms. Although taking a shower‚ or drinking from a water bottle don’t sound like such a big deal‚ thousands
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Tap Water vs. Bottled Water "The U.S. public goes through about 50 billion water bottles a year‚ and most of those plastic bottles are not recycled" (Karlstrom‚ Solvie‚ and Christine Dell’Amore). Bottled water is harming our environment in many ways. Small things such as transporting these bottles set off fossil fuels which pollutes the air. This could have a huge impact on our environment in the long run. Tap water is more efficient and healthier for our environment‚ instead of bottled water. Bottled
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Environmental Effects of the Bottled Water Industry Environmental Science Environmental Effects of the Bottled Water Industry I myself am a firm believer in drinking only bottled water under the belief that it is safer‚ cleaner‚ and better tasting. I also believed that the bottled water industry couldn’t be polluting the environment. After all how could something so natural be bad for the environment? In the research that follows I will explain just how wrong I really was in my beliefs
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