Faced with a company seeking to extract water from an underground reservoir for bottling, residents of rural Bundanoon, New South Wales responded by banning the sale of bottled water in the town.
“The company has been looking to extract water locally, bottle it in Sydney and bring it back here to sell it,” he said.
“It made people look at the environmental impact of bottled water and the community has been quite vocal about it.”
While other cities like Seattle and San Francisco have prohibited city departments from purchasing bottled water, proponents of the ban suggest that Bundanoon may be the first city to enact an ordinance which bans the sale of bottled water outright.
“We believe Bundanoon is the world’s first town that has got its retailers to ban bottled water,” said Mr Dee. “We haven’t found it anywhere else.”
New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees has backed the cause, ordering government departments to stop buying bottled water and use tap water instead.
Mr Rees says it will save taxpayers money and help the environment.
Trey,
I almost emailed a link to this article to Lee Hart today. I should have known that you guys would be all over this story.
John Orr
It does have a certain resonance, doesn’t it? Thanks, John, we’re big fans of Coyote Gulch.