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Re: E-M:/ bottled water for disaster victims
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Enviro-Mich message from Nikki <elansingcwa@cleanwater.org>
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Bottled water is currently exempt from the same restrictions that are
otherwise held for water withdrawals or diversions away from the basin.
Legislation was passed in 2006 allowing UNLIMITED quantities to be
removed from our ground aquifers and shipped anywhere in the world as
long as it is packaged in containers that are 5.7gallons or less (the
large office bottles or smaller).
IF THERE IS GOING TO BE AN EXEMPTION FOR BOTTLED WATER -
it should be reserved for times of REAL HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
and NOT for round-the-clock private profiteering on a PUBLIC resource
Nikki
Clean Water Action
1200 Michigan Ave.
East Lansing, MI 48823
(517)203-0754 (office)
(517)203-0760 (fax)
Doug Welker wrote:
News reports often mention that "bottled water" (or some similar term)
is being provided to survivors of such and such a disaster, usually
one that contaminates local sources of drinking water.
Does anyone know what types and sizes of containers bottled water is
usually distributed in after a disaster?
What is the typically the fate of those containers once the water is used?
If, as some propose, we boycott bottled water, what impact if any
might that have on the availability or cost of bottled water for
emergencies? Are those interested in boycotting bottle water
interested in only boycotting the small water bottles available in
grocery stores and vending machines? If so, the campaign should make
that clear.
-doug-
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Doug Welker
26344 Tauriainen Road
Pelkie MI 49958
(906) 338-2680
Never underestimate the power of human greed.
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