School Water Fountain

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High School Students Making a Difference

TAP WATER NOW at your school

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WE ARE ALL GUILTY

Buying water or drinks in plastic bottles.

Not caring about whether we would recycle them.

Being lazy to bring our own reusable containers.

Our Mission Statement

We teenagers are the next stake holders of the earth, we have no option but to change our water culture.

Our U.S. water supply currently provides water standards that are very safe in most areas. In addition we have affordable filtration systems that are in our homes or are portable.

The current plastic bottles are NOT OK.

Our goal is to promote a positive drinking water culture at our high schools. We want to educate students about their water supplies and the value of hydration. We also want to step up efforts for clean, good working order fountains, more reusable bottles and, provide enough recycling containers to accomodate bottles and cans in our schools.

Our Pledge

We pledge when possible to use tap water and recyclable water containers.

We pledge to make all efforts to recycle aluminum and plastic bottles.

We pledge to support legislation that will control the safety, quality and quantity of our water resources.

Go to Action and see how you can have a "Pledge Event"

In the Newsgirldrinkingbottled water

Look at the Madison Taste Test Results

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Bottled water contains disinfection byproducts, fertilizer residue, and pain medication October 2008

The bottled water industry promotes an image of purity, but comprehensive testing by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) reveals a surprising array of chemical contaminants in every bottled water brand analyzed, including toxic byproducts of chlorination in Walmart’s Sam’s Choice and Giant Supermarket's Acadia brands, at levels no different than routinely found in tap water. To read the complete article.....

WE MUST CHANGE OUR WATER CULTURE NOW!

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FACTS:

drop of water 40% of bottled water in the U.S. and Canada is sourced from municipal tap water.

drop of water Bottled water travels many miles from the source, burning massive amounts of fossil fuels.

drop of water Bottled water contributes to the billions of plastic bottles ending up in our landfills.
dropdrop of water Each bottle currently has about 1,000 year biodigradable factor.

WHERE TO BEGIN

USE our action kit materials to help you raise awareness at your school.

Madison High School Taste Test

Taste Test Results

Test Conducted 01/21/09 during the first 3 lunch periods

The control pitchers of water:
A : Tap Water (not filtered) from cafeteria fountain B : Bottled Water: Deer Park
Cups were labeled with A or B and set on separate trays

Total Number of Participants: 87
Each sampled 2-4 oz. of each A, B

Total number who could not identify the tap water: 28

Student Preferences:
28 tap water; 54 bottle water; 5 no preference

Conclusion: fountain water could be filtered to improve taste appeal