We all drink bottled water. We don’t want to, we know that it’s bad for the environment, we understand that Poland Springs is neither from Poland nor from springs — but when it’s hot out and we’re running to the train we can’t help ourselves. Sorry. Our liberal guilt is consuming us, and yet we realize that our long national bottled water nightmare isn’t going to be rectified overnight. So, wouldn’t it be better if you could at least buy a water with a smaller carbon footprint? Some may say it’s ludicrous to buy NYC tap water, but you plunk down a dollar at the convenience store when you could use a public water fountain or just cup your hands under the sink. Tapd NY makes no secret they put reverse osmosis treated tap water into a bottle and sell it. But they try to encourage the public to refill and reuse, meeting the bottle-buyers and eco-warriors half way. Hell, even the Hydrators would rather top off your bottle than see you buy another one.

What do you think?

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Maddie Friday, 09.12.08 @ 3:36 pm

Actually, ALL Poland Spring bottled water comes from one or more of several spring sources in Maine. They are listed on the label of every bottle. I live in Maine and have been to the original spring – which is still in use – that was discovered back in the 1800s. Maine is blessed to have lots and lots of good water – enough to share!


TC Friday, 09.12.08 @ 5:52 pm

The original Poland Spring dried up in 1967, so I don’t know what you’ve been visiting all these years.

And “spring sources” is a little misleading; Nestle – the multinational which bought Poland Spring brand in 1992 – extracts water from wells which are close enough to springs to legally qualify (a pretty loose interpretation) as “spring” water even though everyone else would call it groundwater.

New York’s water is excellent, I don’t know why anyone would drink something that had to be trucked in.


WASTEOFLIFE Thursday, 09.18.08 @ 2:29 pm

It’s all fucking water. You’re making cheap money with some shitty graphic design.


Quintus Saturday, 07.18.09 @ 5:56 pm

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The only problem is I don’t know who to trust to help me bottle it.

Any ideas???

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