But I do remember thinking that it was crazy!
That’s more than 246,000,000 gallons a week and an increase of nearly 9 percent over 2015 volume.
And bottled water now surpasses carbonated soft drinks as the largest beverage category in the United States — a major milestone — with all but 1 percent of it sourced domestically.
Even though we are less than 5 percent of the world’s population, Americans consume about 60 percent of the world’s bottled water.
single-serving plastic bottle, making water sold in single-serving plastic bottles worth twice as much as gasoline.
According to a Feb. 2018 Food & Water Watch report titled “Take Back the Tap,” nearly 64 percent of the water bottled in the United States comes from public water supplies.
To run tap water through an in-line, faucet-mounted and/or pitcher-style water filter at home costs about $.002 per gallon.
Cornell University, along with several other colleges and universities across the country, have advanced student-piloted “Take Back the Tap” initiatives; education and awareness campaigns to reduce bottled water consumption and the associated costs, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
It’s estimated that bottled water costs the Cornell University campus community $640,000 annually.
The same volume of filtered tap water would cost just $1,000.