all bottled up

"Board bans sale of bottled water at its schools"
Tap water 'just as high quality' says Waterloo board; expects to eliminate all sales on property by 2009

first off, let me tell you that i drank waterloo tap water for more than 5 years and it definitely has a "tang" to it that you don't get from bottled water... some people claim that waterloo water is more "flavourful" because most of the region's water comes from groundwater which is infused with hard minerals in the area's aquifers. that's right - i know my shit.

i had a bit of a nasty thought after reading this particular part: "At board meeting, trustees will likely be given jugs of water and drinking glasses." wouldn't that make it just oh so much easier for a disgruntled citizen to say (and by no means am i suggesting or condoning anythnig of this nature) poison them all in one go? just a drop of something into each of the water jugs?? i'm just saying.

when they were looking at cutting programs duing budget discussions, "blue boxes overflowing with empty bottle of water" spurred one trustee to suggest this idea... people being good and recycling made you want to eliminate plastic bottles? i think i might be concerned if the bottle were in the trash or strewn in the street... but they were in the recycling bins!

i'm not sure how i feel about this... i mean i use a reuseable water container unless i absolutely have to but... does getting rid of bottled water make up for the extra phosphates and junk produced from the wash water from sinks and dishwashers? you might be able to ban bottled water but you can't make everyone get mr. galen weston's eco-friendly (and expensive!) dish washing products...