Bibliography

"10 Startling Facts About Bottled Water." Ban the Bottle RSS. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.banthebottle.net/articles/
10-startling-facts-about-bottled-water/.

10 Facts about bottled water and transportation of bottled water.

"7 Bottled Water Myths Busted." Ban the Bottle RSS. Accessed April 29, 2014. http://www.banthebottle.net/articles/7-
bottled-water-myths-busted/.

I found the 7 of the biggest myths about bottled water on this website.

"8 Ways Privatization Has Failed America." Common Dreams. Accessed April 28, 2014. https://www.commondreams.org/
view/2013/08/05.

This website gives 8 ways as to why privatizing water is bad.

"9 Reasons Not to Drink Bottled Water But One Reason Why It." QuietEnvironmentalist 9 Reasons Not to Drink Bottled
Water But One Reason Why Its Not so Bad for the Environment Comments. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://quiet-
environmentalist.com/9-reasons-not-to-drink-bottled-water-one-reason-why-its-not-so-bad-for-the-environment/.

This website lists 9 Reasons not to drink bottled water.

"About Us." About LIFESAVER Systems Ltd. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.lifesaversystems.com/about-us.

This website offered a new way to get clean water with about the bottle.

Accessed April 28, 2014. http://worldsavvy.org/monitor/index.php?option=com_content&id=731&Itemid=1177.

Explains the Bolivia conflict.

"AfricaFiles | Water Privatization Has Been a Failure All over the World." AfricaFiles | Water Privatization Has Been a Failure
All over the World. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=717&ThisURL=./
afgeneral.asp&URLName=AFRICA+GENERAL.

Explains the Ghana conflict.

"Are Plastic Drink Bottles Safe to Reuse for Drinking Water?" Home Guides. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://
homeguides.sfgate.com/plastic-drink-bottles-safe-reuse-drinking-water-79290.html.

This gave me what the FDA should do to help bottled water, and what they shouldn't do.

Association, International Bottled Water. "Consumption of Bottled Water, Total and Top Ten Countries." 2007. http://
www.worldwatch.org/files/images/20070508-bottled-water-larg.jpg.

On this website I found a chart of the top ten bottled water consuming countries.

"Best and Worst Bottled Water Brands." Yahoo Shine. Accessed April 29, 2014. https://shine.yahoo.com/green/best-and-
worst-bottled-water-brands-2436818.html.

I found the best and worst brands of bottled water on this website.

Blue Gold: World Water Wars. Directed by Sam Bozzo. By Tony Clarke and Maude Barlow. 2008. Film.

Board, The Times Editorial. "In S.F., It's BYOB: 'Bring Your Own (Water) Bottle'" Los Angeles Times. March 06, 2014.
Accessed April 28, 2014. http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/06/opinion/la-ed-bottled-water-ban-san-
francisco-20140306.

Talks about how Los Angles plans to solve the bottled water problem.

"Bottle Water Is Wasteful." The Water Project. Accessed April 27, 2014. http://thewaterproject.org/bottled_water_wasteful.

Website that talks about how bottled water is wasteful and bad for the environment.

"Bottled Water and Energy - Environmental Issues." About.com Environmental Issues. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://
environment.about.com/od/greenlivingdesign/a/bottled_water.htm.

The energy it takes to produce and transport bottled water.

"Bottled Water and Its Health and Environmental Impact." Mercola.com. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://articles.mercola.com/
sites/articles/archive/2011/01/15/dangers-of-drinking-water-from-a-plastic-bottle.aspx.

This article told me about various problems of bottled water.

"Bottled Water." Bottled Water. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.container-recycling.org/index.php/issues/bottled-water.

This website discusses the US bottled water sales.

"Bottled Water Costs Consumers and the Environment." Food Water Watch General. Accessed April 26, 2014. https://
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/bottled/bottled-water-bad-for-people-and-the-environment/.

This gave me information on the expenses of production.

"Bottled Water Distribution Facts." Http://www.nestle-waters.com. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.nestle-waters.com/
environment/bottled-water-distribution.

This website talks about Nestle waters bottling water company.

"Bottled Water Facts." Ban the Bottle RSS. Accessed April 26, 2014. http://www.banthebottle.net/bottled-water-facts/.

This source contains some facts about bottled water. It is also biased.

"Bottled Water: FDA Safety and Consumer Protections Are Often Less Stringent Than Comparable EPA Protections for Tap
Water." U.S. GAO -. Accessed April 29, 2014. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-09-610.

This gave me the government accountability office on bottled water.

"The Bottled Water Footprint George Mason University." The Water Project. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://
thewaterproject.org/bottled-water-on-campus.

College students efforts to reduce their bottled water carbon footprint.

"Bottled Water." Health. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.bottledwater.org/health.

This article taught me about a IBWA, and what they think their health risks are.

"Bottled Water." Http://www.nestle.com. Accessed April 29, 2014. http://www.nestle.com/brands/bottledwater.

This gave me health effects of bottled water, and historical context.

"Bottled Water: Illusions of Purity." Food Water Watch General. Accessed April 28, 2014. https://
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/bottled/bottled-water-illusions-of-purity/.

This told me where most bottled water is from, and told me historical context.

"Bottled Water Industry." SBDCNet SBDC Clearinghouse. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.sbdcnet.org/small-business-
research-reports/bottled-water-industry.

This helped show the impact of bottled water globally.

"Bottled Water Is a Problem. Could the Solution Be More Bottled Water?" SmartPlanet. Accessed April 29, 2014. http://
www.smartplanet.com/blog/global-observer/bottled-water-is-a-problem-could-the-solution-be-more-bottled-water2/.

The website "Smart planet" told me about a different approach to solving bottled water.

"Bottled Water." NRDC:. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/bw/exesum.asp.

This gave me stakeholders, and historical context

"Bottled Water Pros and Cons - HealthRF." HealthRF. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://healthresearchfunding.org/bottled-
water-pros-cons/.

This told me the different types both tap and bottled water our tested for. It was very negative toward bottled water.

"Bottled Water Statistics." Statistic Brain RSS. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.statisticbrain.com/bottled-water-
statistics/.

This website lists statistics on countries use of the bottled water industry.

"Bottled Water." Wikipedia. April 18, 2014. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottled_water.

This gave me more links other websites, and basic information.

Brown, Brock. "Bottled Water: Why Is It so Big?" Pdf. https://digital.library.txstate.edu/bitstream/handle/10877/3296/
fulltext.pdf?sequence=1.

Pdf that talks about production, distribution, and sale of bottled water.

"Carbon Footprint." Tap Water Bottle. Accessed April 28, 2014. https://www.tapwater-bottle.com/carbon_footprint.asp.

This website talks about the Carbon Footprint of bottled water.

"Case Studies of Failed Water Privatizations." Food Water Watch General. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/factsheet/case-studies-of-failed-water-privatizations/.

Examples of water privatizations gone wrong.

Coca Cola Company. "BPA Assessment." News release. http://assets.coca-colacompany.com/8e/eb/
c703e2a0497e9fdd4c994d2641e0/Bisphenol-A-Assessment.pdf.

This gave me coke's statement on their use of BPA.

"Coca-Cola PlantBottle Packaging." The Coca-Cola Company. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.coca-colacompany.com/
15-billion-and-counting.

Talks about Coke and Dasani company flaws.

Cohen, Diana. "Tough Truths About Plastic Pollution." Speech, TED, Mission Blue Voyage.

This TED talk is about plastic pollution.

"Commercially Bottled Water." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. April 07, 2014. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://
www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/bottled/.

This article contains incidences of bottled water contamination in the past.

"Dangers of Water Privatization Emerge In the Wake of West Virginias Chemical Spill." EcoWatch. January 17, 2014.
Accessed April 28, 2014. http://ecowatch.com/2014/01/17/dangers-of-water-privatization-in-wv-chemical-spill/.

Explains dangers of water privatization.

Dell'Amore, Solvie Karlstrom and Christine. "Why Tap Water Is Better Than Bottled Water." National Geographic. March 10,
2010. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/03/100310/why-tap-water-is-better/?
rptregcta=reg_free_np&rptregcampaign=20131016_rw_membership_r1p_us_se_w#close-modal.

National Geographic told me various new solutions, and historical solutions.

"Designing Solutions to Bottled Water." Scott Creative and the On the Grid Blog. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://
scottcreative.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/designing-a-solution-to-bottled-water/.

The site gave helpful and inexpensive solutions to help eliminate bottled water.

"Duke." Sustainability : Bottled Water. Accessed April 29, 2014. http://sustainability.duke.edu/campus_initiatives/water/
bottledwater.html.

This gave me ways to help the environment in terms of bottled water.

"Education Database Online." Online Education Blog. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.onlineeducation.net/bottled_water.

Statistics about the production and distribution of bottled water.

Elua. "Bottle Water and Our Environment." http://elua.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Elua-Bottled-Water-and-Our-
Environment.pdf.

Elua water company talks about the environmental effects of bottled water.

"The Environmental Toll of Plastics." Environmental Health News. Accessed April 26, 2014. http://
www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/dangers-of-plastic.

Historical context was found in the article, and the root of plastic use.

Ferrier, Catherine. "BOTTLED WATER : UNDERSTANDING A SOCI AL PHENOMENON." April 2001. http://
www.wwf.se/source.php/1116785/flaskvattenrapport.pdf.

This website talked all about the bottled water industry.

"Fiji Water: So Cool, so Fresh, so Bad for the Environment? - DailyFinance." DailyFinance.com. Accessed April 28, 2014.
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/24/tale-of-fiji-water-too-familiar-sounds-like-industrial-colonial/.

Explains the cons of Fiji bottle water company and their waste of resources.

"Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle." Mother Jones. Accessed April 29, 2014. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/09/fiji-spin-
bottle.

This article is about the water corruption of the Islands of Fiji

"Florida Senate Bill Would Tax Bottled Water." Members.jacksonville.com. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://jacksonville.com/
opinion/blog/403455/matt-dixon/2011-08-29/florida-senate-bill-would-tax-bottled-water.

Discusses Florida's plan to tax bottled water.

Flow: For Love of Water. Directed by Irena Salina. Produced by Steven Starr and Gill Holland. Performed by Maude Barlow,
Peter Gleick, Ashok Gadgil, Rajendra Singh, and Vandana Shiva. 2008. Film.

"Global Concerns over Bottled Water." The Water Project. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://thewaterproject.org/
bottled_water_global_concerns.

The water project showed what struggles people are going through around the world with bottled water.

"Global Policy Forum." Water in Conflict. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.globalpolicy.org/the-dark-side-of-natural-
resources-st/water-in-conflict.html.

This website contains the definition of privatization and supplies more sites.

"GMA: Water Taste Test." ABC News. Accessed April 29, 2014. doi:Taste tests.

This article is about the results of a taste tests between different bottles of water

Goldschein, Eric. "15 Outrageous Facts About The Bottled Water Industry." Business Insider. October 27, 2011. Accessed
April 28, 2014. http://www.businessinsider.com/facts-bottled-water-industry-2011-10?op=1.

Discusses the history of bottled water and how the industry has progressed.

"How Plastic Bottled Water Is Harming You and the Environment." NaturalNews. Accessed April 29, 2014. http://
www.naturalnews.com/038003_bottled_water_plastic_environment.html.

This told me about the FDA and world bank with water.

http://www.peoplewater.com/.

This is an organization that had information on distributing bottled water in other countries to solve thirst.

Huber, Marguerite Kaye. "Bottled Water." 2010. http://www.indiana.edu/~spea/pubs/undergrad-honors/volume-5/
huber_marguerite.pdf.

Talks about where the bottles go after people recycle or throw them away.

"In Fight Against Privatized Water, Bottles Banned in Concord, Mass." Common Dreams. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://
www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/03-2.

Explains banning of bottled water in Concord, Massachusetts.

Kelly, Diana. "Is Bottled Water Safer?" CNN. November 27, 2013. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.cnn.com/
2013/11/19/health/upwave-bottled-water/index.html.

This gave me some basic facts and information.

Leonard, Annie. "Story of Bottled Water." Lecture.

This online video is a general information source about bottled water.

"The Long History Of Privatization Failures." PopularResistanceOrg. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://
www.popularresistance.org/the-long-history-of-privatization-failures/.

Tells privatization's past.

"Message in a Bottle." Fast Company. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.fastcompany.com/59971/message-bottle.

Article talks about bottled water main companies.

Moore, Charles. "Seas of Plastic." Speech, TED, Vancouver, Canada.

This TED talk is about plastic pollution

"Nestle's Wet Dream: They Mark Up Water 53 MILLION Percent |." Organic Prepper. Accessed April 29, 2014. http://
www.theorganicprepper.ca/nestles-wet-dream-they-mark-up-water-53-million-percent-06052013.

This source is about the costs of bottled water. It is likely biased.

"Pacific Institute: Research for People and the Planet." Pacific Institute. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://pacinst.org/publication/
bottled-water-and-energy-a-fact-sheet/.

Bottled water fact sheet. Gives basic facts about production of bottled water.

"Plastic Water Bottles Impose Health and Environmental Risks." Ban the Bottle RSS. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://
www.banthebottle.net/articles/plastic-water-bottles-impose-health-and-environmental-risks/.

It gave me news solutions and solutions people have tried in the past.

"Poland Spring 100% Natural Spring Water." Poland Spring 100% Natural Spring Water. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://
www.polandspring.com/#/assured/history_and_heritage.

Poland Springs water company facts and statistics.

Posner, Andy. "Fossil Fuels Are the Bottled Water of Energy." The Huffington Post. August 31, 2008. Accessed April 28,
2014. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-posner/fossil-fuels-are-the-bott_b_122811.html.

This website talks about the use of fossil fuels to make bottled water.

"Problems With Bottled Water." Riverkeeper RSS. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.riverkeeper.org/campaigns/tapwater/
bottle-water/.

This gave me more insight to what the FDA does.

"Project MUSE - Privatizing Water: Governance Failure and the World's Urban Water Crisis (review)." Project MUSE -
Privatizing Water: Governance Failure and the World's Urban Water Crisis (review). Accessed April 28, 2014. http://
muse.jhu.edu/journals/hrq/summary/v034/34.1.selya.html.

This contains privatization facts.

"Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: Say No to Bottled Water!" Reduce Your Carbon Footprint Say No to Bottled Water!
Accessed April 28, 2014. http://sfbay.sierraclub.org/yodeler/html/2009/05/conservation1.htm.

This website explains how people can reduce their carbon footprint by using bottled water.

"School of Environment and Sustainability." SENSSA Campaigns for a Bottled Water-free Campus. Accessed April 28, 2014.
http://www.usask.ca/sens/news/2014/senssa-campaigns-for-a-bottled-water-free-campus.php.

This University is starting a campaign against bottled water.

Schriever, Norm. "Plastic Water Bottles Causing Flood of Harm to Our Environment." The Huffington Post. July 29, 2013.
Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/norm-schriever/post_5218_b_3613577.html.

This covers the larger effects of bottled water on the environment.

Schriever, Norm. "Plastic Water Bottles Causing Flood of Harm to Our Environment." The Huffington Post. July 29, 2013.
Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/normschriever/post_5218_b_3613577.html.

This website explains bottled water's harm to the environment.

Scope, Scholastic. "Bottled Water." WWW.SCH0LASnC.COM/SC0SPE.

Talks about bottled water and the oil troubles with it.

Smith, Steve. "How Are Water Bottles Made?" EHow. May 09, 2009. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.ehow.com/how-
does_5012872_how-water-bottles-made.html.

This website discusses how bottled water is made.

"The Social and Environmental Impacts of Bottled Water." News release. Thinkoutsidethebottle.org. http://
www.responsiblepurchasing.org/purchasing_guides/bottled_water/webinar/
CorporateAccountability_ProblemsWithBottledWater.pdf.

This is information from an environmental protecting group.

"Stakeholder Engagement." Http://www.nestle-watersna.com. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.nestle-watersna.com/en/
csv/corporate-citizenship-report/stakeholder-engagement.

This website lists Nestle Waters stakeholders.

"The Story of Bottled Water - Story Of Stuff." Story Of Stuff. Accessed April 27, 2014. http://storyofstuff.org/movies/story-
of-bottled-water/.

This website gives a background of bottled water in a video.

Story of Stuff-Bottled Water. Directed by Louis Fox. Story Of Stuff. Accessed April 27, 2014. http://storyofstuff.org/movies/
story-of-bottled-water/.

This video gave interesting facts of all aspects of bottled water. Very negative biased toward bottled water.

Strom, Stephanie. "Bottled Water Sales Rising as Soda Ebbs." The New York Times. October 25, 2013. Accessed April 28,
2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/26/business/bottled-water-sales-rising-as-soda-ebbs.html?
pagewanted=all&_r=0.

They gave me basic facts on historical context.

"Students Raise Awareness Of Bottled Waters Harm." The Sun. April 22, 2014. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://
cornellsun.com/blog/2007/10/16/students-raise-awareness-of-bottled-waters-harm.

This website talks about how students can make a difference.

Tapped. Directed by Stephanie Soechtig. 2009. Film.

This video covered groundwater and pollution.

"Tapping into Bottled Water Concerns." The Queen's Journal. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://queensjournal.ca/story/
2007-10-16/postscript/tapping-bottled-water-concerns/.

This website lists the concerns of bottled water.

"Think Outside the Bottle." Corporate Accountability International. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://
www.stopcorporateabuse.org/think-outside-bottle.

This gave me global impacts of bottled water.

Thompson, Andrea. "The Energy Footprint of Bottled Water." LiveScience. March 18, 2009. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://
www.livescience.com/3406-energy-footprint-bottled-water.html.

This article talked about the US's consumption of bottled water.

"Top 10: Why Water Privatization Fails." In the Public Interest. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.inthepublicinterest.org/
article/top-10-why-water-privatization-fails.

I found 10 reasons why privatizing water fails.

US News. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/articles/2008/04/16/study-of-
chemical-in-plastic-bottles-raises-alarm.

This taught me about BPA and banning though out Canada.

"Use-and-Toss Plastic Bottle Facts." Www.reuseit.com. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.reuseit.com/facts-and-myths/
use-and-toss-plastic-bottle-facts.htm.

This article contains information about bottled water and a few solutions.

"Veolia Environnement." Food Water Watch General. Accessed April 29, 2014. http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/profiles/
veolia/.

This is an assessment about the Veolia water company.

"Water Bottle Pollution Facts." Home Guides. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://homeguides.sfgate.com/water-bottle-
pollution-79179.html.

This website talks about oil consumption with bottled water and how bottled water affects the planet.

"Water Fluoridation." Wikipedia. April 25, 2014. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation.

This told me about fluoride added to water.

"Water Health Educator - Global: Water Privatization." Water Health Educator. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://
www.waterhealtheducator.com/Global--Water-Privatization.html.

This gave me more examples of failed privatization.

"Water Matters." State of the Planet What Is the Benefit of Privatizing Water Comments. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://
blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/02/what-is-the-benefit-of-privatizing-water/.

This gave me various opinions on privatization of water.

"Water Usage & Privatization." Food Empowerment Project. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.foodispower.org/water-us.

This gave me general facts about what privatization is and gives good examples.

Waters Inc., Nestle. "Bottled Water Quality Report." http://www.nestle-watersna.com/asset-library/Documents/PS_ENG.pdf.

This article discusses the history of Poland Springs water company.

"We Should Stop Drinking Bottled Water." Debatewise. Accessed April 29, 2014. http://debatewise.org/debates/764-we-
should-stop-drinking-bottled-water/.

The article gave reasons for people to not drink bottled water.

"What Are Some Advantages of Bottled Water?" Healthy Eating. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/
advantages-bottled-water-10179.html.

This article gave me what the stakeholders see as consumers.

"What It Takes to Bring You Fiji Water." Boing Boing What It Takes to Bring You Fijiwater Comments. Accessed April 29,
2014. http://boingboing.net/2007/07/02/what-it-takes-to-bri.html.

This website showed the process of Fiji water.

"What's Tappening? / Tappening Project / Tappening Water Bottles." What's Tappening? / Tappening Project / Tappening
Water Bottles. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.tappening.com/Why_Not_Bottled_Water.

This was a campaign to try to get people to switch from bottled water to tap water.

"Worldwide Bottled Water Brands Listed by Country." Bottled Water of the World. Accessed April 29, 2014. http://
www.finewaters.com/Bottled_Water/index.asp.

The articla includes all bottled water brands in the world

"Your Water Bottle Is One-Quarter Oil." Mother Jones. Accessed April 28, 2014. http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/
2009/02/your-water-bottle-one-quarter-full-oil.

This short article that talks about cost of bottled water compared to tap water.