Bottled Water for NYC Localvores

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Evian and Fiji water both come from overseas thousands of miles away. Drinking a bottle increases your carbon footprint who knows how much. Craig Zucker, who always believed that NYC water tasted good, is the brainchild behind Tap'd, NYC's first and only localvore water. The water is not exactly the same water that comes out the tap, but it's pretty close. Chlorine and other impurities have been taken out, and though it may not have the "exotic" allure of Fiji or the "clahhsss" of Evian, it does have the New York attitude and edge. Genius, logical, or obnoxious, we're not sure but they have created awareness by encouraging consumers to refill and recycle the bottles. We do love the concept and the next time we see it, we'll be sure to give it a try. So next time you're in a NYC restaurant, don't be surprised if the waiter asks you: Flat, sparkling, tap, or Tap'd?
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  • added September 18, 2008

5 comments // Bottled Water for NYC Localvores

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    The link doesn't work, and I'm sorry, if it's bottled water, in a plastic bottle, it still sucks.

    onechance
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    San Francisco toyed with this idea and it didn't work. Our water comes from Yosemite, where does there water come from? The Hudson? Yikes. Dumb idea. Might appeal to tourists as a memento.

    Drawk
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    Yes, New yorkers are all guzzling the hudson on a daily basis. It's delicious, especially the water right by Indian point... the water which is used to cool the plant. Mmmm... i'm thirsty.

    mookster_07
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    So where exactly do you get your information? We drink water from the hudson? You are sadly mistaken. Our water comes from 7 diferent reservoirs located upstate and piped to us via aquaducts. Cannonsville Reservoir, Schoharie Reservoir, Ashokan Reservoir, Pepacton Reservoir, Rondout Reservoir, Neversink Reservoir, Croton System are we get our water.

    This is a very good idea from a green perspective. It cuts down on the transportation related to importing other TAP water.

    So the next time you decide to comment do some research on what you are commenting on

    nycparamedic
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    Bottling our tap is exploiting the fact that we have clean water in NYC. It's like selling air. It's taking something that should be public, CLEAN, accessible to all and privatizing it. It's just not the direction that we should be going right now especially when it's adding more trash to our landfills. What if our air became so polluted that the only people who had access to clean air were those who could afford to buy it from the private sector. The government should be responsible in making sure that our water is clean and that our air is clean. Once the private sector assumes responsibility for these functions, it relieves the government of the responsibility, leaving the neediest without.

    It's exploiting people's desire for convenience. Taking what belongs to us all and packaging and selling it to us. That's not too cool. There's probably something to the idea of a product staying closer to the source but it's just not right. It's inviting the system to fail us when a private company cleans our tap. The gov't should give us clean water, no one should have to sell it and it should be accessible to all, not just people who can afford to buy cleaner water. I encourage everyone to watch the film,"Thirst" and begin to understand that there is a real ethical dilemma in what the private sector is doing. For more information about "Thirst," visit thirstthemovie.org.

    kissingdoves
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