Turn On The Tap

I've been anti-bottled water since its inception. I particularly can't stand the women who walk, and walk slowly, carrying their bottle of water as if there's even a remote possibility that they'll become dehydrated as they move at their turtle-ian pace.

Bottled water consumption, which has more than doubled globally in the last six years, is a natural resource that is heavily taxing the world's ecosystem, according to a new US study.

"Even in areas where tap water is safe to drink, demand for bottled water is increasing, producing unnecessary garbage and consuming vast quantities of energy," according to Emily Arnold, author of the study published by the Earth Policy Institute, a Washington-based environmental group.

Arnold said although in the industrial world bottled water is often no healthier than tap water, it can end up costing 10,000 times more.