Did you know that some western slope water diverted to the front range is bottled in plastic as Arrowhead water, then trucked back and sold to the communities which receive that same water through their taps?
The Eagle River Watershed Council and Eagle Valley Alliance for Sustainability invite you to a free, public screening of “Tapped,” Stephanie Soechtig's award winning feature, which provides an unflinching examination of the economic, social, and environmental realities of bottled water.From the producers of Who Killed the Electric Car and I.O.U.S.A., this timely documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that should never become a commodity: our water.
In 2008, U.S. bottled water consumption reached nearly 9 billion gallons, raking in revenues of more than $11 billion. For those of us in the Eagle River valley, this is a “product” we can get virtually for free by turning on our kitchen tap! Bottled water typically costs more than $1.50 per bottle, which is 1,900 times the price of tap water.
A powerful portrait of the bottled water industry, this revelatory film highlights the lives caught at the intersection of big business and the public's right to water.
The screening will be held on Wednesday, July 21, at 7:00 PM at Battle Mountain High School in Edwards. A discussion of the film will follow.
There’s more to your bottled water than you might think.
Our tap water in Eagle County is clean, healthy, and affordable. In fact, water companies bottle OUR water in factories then sell it back to us for 1900 times its cost from the faucet. To learn more about water in Eagle County, please visit the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District Website:
"Tapped" is presented as part of ERWC's WaterWise Wednesday programming