Liquid Assets: Is Bottled Water Really Better Than What's On Tap?

Environmental Nutrition;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Americans gulped over 5 billion gallons of bottled water last year. And they paid dearly for it. In...beer. Welcome to the lucrative business of bottled water. The boom in bottled water is partly the result of the fitness frenzy...

The bottled water phenomenon. (How a luxury became commonplace).

Consumers' Research Magazine;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......West coast and Europhiles in the East, bottled water has become an American taste. The general...promotion campaign by processors of bottled water, Americans were attracted to this product...Retail sales increased nearly 400%. The bottled water market grew faster than any other ...

Bottled Water: More Than Just a Story About Sales Growth

U.S. Newswire;  April 9, 2007 ;     683 words ......V. Tom Gardner of the International Bottled Water Association, +1-703-647-4607 ALEXANDRIA...PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA), in conjunction...Marketing Corporation (BMC), today released bottled water statistics for the year 2006, ...

Bottled water's popularity tapped out?

The Boston Globe;  April 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ......effort to reduce the negative impact of bottled water, Cambridge, Somerville, and a handful...by the cost, waste, and safety of bottled water, they hope others will follow their lead. "Bottled water is bad for taxpayers, it's bad for...

Media Advisory: Bottled Water Offers Consumers a Choice of Fluoridated and...

PR Newswire;  March 22, 2006 ;     656 words ......informed decisions, the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) provides important...both fluoridated and non-fluoridated bottled water on its website at http://www.bottledwater...consider the following facts about bottled water and fluoride: * There is no correlation...

Clear, there & everywhere; Consumers here and nationwide are turning to...

Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  July 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ......favorite companion with her: some bottled water. When the Manheim Township resident goes for a walk, bottled water often is in hand. When Bieganski...and wants a treat, she opens some bottled water. And when she and her family...

Defra minister sparks fury by saying bottled water is 'daft'.(news)

Grocer;  February 16, 2008 ;     320 words ...Irate bottled water producers have called on Defra minister Phil Woolas to retract a claim that bottled water is daft . The comment was made in...which will examine issues surrounding bottled water. Although, the show does not air until...

World Water Day: Where Bottled Water Fits In.

PR Newswire;  March 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Some Facts About Bottled Water in the United States ALEXANDRIA...uses of water, the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) encourages an understanding of the important role of bottled water. IBWA encourages consumers to consider...

Criticisms of the bottled water industry won't wash: the environment...

Grocer;  February 16, 2008 ;     521 words ......will tell Panorama viewers that bottled water is daft and morally unacceptable...the 20,000 people who rely on bottled water for their jobs? Or indeed the...which was so desperate for bottled water supplies during last year's...

Some Bottled Water Said Not Pure

AP Online;  March 30, 1999 ;     624 words ...00-00-0000 Some Bottled Water Said Not Pure WASHINGTON (AP...Tuesday to tighten its regulation of bottled water after tests showed a third of...environmental advocacy group, said most bottled water was found to be of good quality...

Bottled water whets thirsts: as concerns mount about the safety of public...

Insight on the News;  October 28, 1996 ;     700+ words ......drinking bottled. The growth in the bottled-water industry during the last two decades...Marketing Corp. At the wholesale level, bottled water has become a $3.4 billion industry. And where previously bottled water might only have been found in high-e...

BOTTLED WATER:JOSEPH K. DOSS

Congressional Testimony;  September 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Doss President and CEO International Bottled Water Association Committee on Senate Environment...President and CEO of the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA)1 in Alexandria...present this testimony on the quality of bottled water and the environmental impacts of ...

Is bottled water any purer than tap water? Probably not

CCPA Monitor;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......public discussion and debate about bottled water issues. We have identified ten of the...concerns about the production and sale of bottled water today. These issues are examined in...of price mark-ups do we find in the bottled water market? Single serving bottles of water...

Message in a bottle: consumer drinking habits continue their shift toward...

Restaurants & Institutions;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Bottled water has become as ubiquitous on college...Dining Services in Auburn, Ala., where bottled water accounts for 15% to 20% of beverage...Indeed, the regular consumption of bottled water has grown into a habit not limited...

High-Water Marks.(bottled water consumption sees drastic increase)(Brief...

Restaurants & Institutions;  May 1, 2000 ;     617 words ...FOODSERVICE AWASH IN BENEFITS FROM BOTTLED-WATER BOOM. A popular beverage is helping...service to colleges and cafeterias, bottled water is the star of the beverage industry...eager to shell out for a more expensive bottled water as they are for trendy coffee. And...