San Francisco Continues Campaign Against Bottled Water With TapIt

As you may know, TapIt launched its' network in San Francisco last week with a press event in Yerba Buena Gardens with the City of San Francisco and Global Tap, a company that installs water bottle refill stations in public spaces.

The launch was part of San Francisco's ongoing campaign to promote local water that started with Mayor Gavin Newsom banning the purchase of bottled water with city funds. The City seeks to educate the community on why bottled water is too expensive, wasteful, and unnecessary when San Francisco's Hetch Hetchy water is some of the cleanest in the country.

It is great to be in a partnership with a city that is committed to practical and sustainable goals. Reducing bottled water use reduces land fill costs, recycling costs and litter.  It also engages communities in their local water system, which in the long run, is essential to protecting these valuable public resources.

We hope more cities take this stance in the future and spread the message that bottled water is against the public interest.