Take Back the Tap!

President Drake

Drinking water should be safe, accessible and affordable for all. Clean water is a basic human right and a public service, not a corporate commodity.

Tap water is a better choice than bottled water, for many reasons:

  • Bottled water is not safer than tap water. In fact, the federal government requires more rigorous and frequent safety testing and monitoring of municipal drinking water.
  • Bottled water is thousands of times more expensive than tap water. Compare $0.002 per gallon for most tap water to a range of $0.89 to $8.26 per gallon for bottled waters
  • Bottled water hurts the environment. After millions of barrels of oil are used to produce and ship plastic water bottles, 75% of them land in the garbage or our waterways instead of the recycle bin.

As members of the Ohio State community, we seek to reduce the use of bottled water on-campus.

Ohio State has the potential as well as a responsibility to demonstrate sustainable practices.

We are calling on Ohio State members to band together in order to end the sale of bottled water on campus.

To: President Drake
From: [Your Name]

Here at Ohio State University, we pride ourselves on our commitment to sustainability. We believe water should be safe, accessible and affordable for all; that water is a human right and basic public service, not a corporate commodity.

As members of the Ohio State, community, we are calling on you to end the sale of bottled water on campus.