The Death Throes Of The Water Bottle?

They are made with petroleum, often go unrecycled and are used to provide something readily available in every home.

Water bottles are ubiquitous, and unnecessary, an increasing number of high-profile advocates say. Those advocates? The mayors and city councils in San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Los Angeles and others.

Water bottles, as high-profile advocate Laurie David reminds us, are made from plastic, which is made from oil. The water in plastic bottles is typically shipped across the country or world and it safety is no better regulated -- in fact, in most cases less well regulated -- than good old tap water.

The United States is a model in the world for creating a system of public water systems that ensures the fluid coming from the tap is safe to drink. Advocates at the leading edge of conservation say the answer to one environmental problem is so simple it flows out of every tap of most homes in America.

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