This is a news clip from an American TV show that we came across from a couple of years ago. Although I think there is a growing awareness of the misguided claims by the bottled water industry, my guess is that a similar test conducted today on the streets of Melbourne would produce fairly similar results.

Here is another video highlighting the problems with the bottled water industry. The big example they give is about Fiji water selling in Cleveland however exactly the same principle applies to Ballarat water being sold in Melbourne - which is exactly what most of the bottled water cooler companies in Melbourne do!

This is a fairly straight to the point video from the Bottled Water Free Day campaign in Canada which is on March 11th this year.

This also has relevance to bottled water coolers as they essentially have all the same issues.

The Victorian Government has announced plans to change the laws for bars and nightclubs to ensure they offer free water to their customers. There are suggestions that some establishments are excessively charging and making it very awkward for customers to have some water without paying.

Here is a link to an article in the Herald Sun Newspaper

Venues are being encouraged to provide free water through water coolers being installed, to provide bottled water or to serve water over the counter.

We believe the best solution will be for venue owners to address the problem properly and install water fountains that are specifically designed for public use and with a proper servicing agreement in place the water cooler would provide clean, safe and healthy water for their patrons.

If you are a bar or nightclub and would like details of what options you have for a drinking water fountain or water cooler then either email us@easywater.com.au or give us a call on 03 95535933

Link to our Bar & Nightclub Water Fountain offer page.

Here are some good links to recent articles on banning bottled water and in particular response to the Bundanoon ban.

A small Australian town makes waves in the New York Times.

A BBC World Service interview with Jan Bender, the owner and chairman of Iskilde bottled water company in Denmark and Jeanette Longfield, the coordinator of Sustain, an organisation which has campaigned against bottled water in the UK, where they discusss the Bundanoon situation and if it's relevant to the EU.

I found this discussion interesting and Jan Bender had no option but to admit that there is no real difference between tap water and bottled water. Jeanette Longfield missed the point slightly of the Bundanoon protest as she linked this to Australia's drought when it was really an outcome of a protest against a bottler.