There was an article in the August 10, 2000 Arizona Republic that Niagara will be building a new plant in Phoenix. This will be their 9th bottling and distribution facility that will run 24/7/365. It is estimated that it will bottle over 100 million gallons per year, almost 3 acre feet of water. After seeing the picture of Lake Mead in the paper last week at its lowest level in 54 years, do we really want someone opening up this type of business in Phoenix? We are as closer to water rationing that I have ever seen in my lifetime.
I remember the days when every business, church or school had a water fountain and we used them. The bank I go to almost every day originally had a water fountain in the lobby where you could get a drink. Several years ago they remodeled the bank and the water fountain came out. Now they have the 5 gallon bottle dispenser, which works most of the time unless it is out of water or cups or both.
I am the guy who doesn't trust water he can't taste. I very rarely buy a bottle of water. In our office we have water bottles for customers but I usually drink from the water fountain or fill up my reusable bottle from it. The city of Phoenix bills water usage by unit of 748 gallons. The smmer months are billed at $3.51 per unit. or .00469 per gallon. I was really thirsty last week and bought a liter bottle of water, it cost about $1.50. So I can give the city $1.50 and get about 350 gallons of water or get a liter of water in a nice plastic one use bottle for about the same cost. Is it really worth it?????
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