Gothamist: Bill to Ban Bottled Water, Water Coolers At City Agencies

TKaisen

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:52:49 -0500

Don't offices with water coolers generally have a delivery service to drop off gigantic containers of water and pick up the old ones? I would hope those are being reused.

slappy

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:57:44 -0500

I think the NYC water is OK. I do drink it on occasion. I also have a Britta pitcher. I change the filter every couple of months. It also give a chance for the chlorine to evaporate. Never got into bottled water. Once in a while when I'm out and thirsty its convenient to I will buy a bottle. The plastic garbage is outrageous.

streber

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:06:05 -0500

If your tap water smells like chlorine, put it in a pitcher and let it sit overnight in the fridge... the chlorine will evaporate.

tblake

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:04:55 -0500

Re #12--mine sometimes smells like bleach, too. What is that? Does anyone know?

felixthecat

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:25:05 -0500

Simcha felder took a lot of slush fund "pork money" from us. He is a thief and a greedy bastard. vote him out

sensibile

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:17:22 -0500

#12 - That should be only after they add extra chlorine in rare cases of increased turbidity (cloudiness) in the water at a station. In recent memory I can recall 2 such incidents in the past 5 years in the Bronx. As a former school teacher, my concern is that there were no adult water fountains in NYC public schools. Some younger kids lick the faucets, some older kids spit right on it. Its downright nasty. DOE should be exempt.

r1b2

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:29:54 -0500

Re; paper cups at work, it boggles the mind that offices allow this and underwrite the costs. I have a terrific old Fire King mug for the 97 cups of tea I drink daily (slight exaggeration,) and I have a swell 1964 World's Fair glass (Shea Stadium) for drinking water. Smarten up: bring in a mug.

ntwrkguy

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:24:09 -0500

wow, so all of the mayor's offices downtown will be switching over too?

whitecastlerock

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:31:56 -0500

Let's cut down the amount of municipal offices that drink bottled water.

emilydickinson

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:07:36 -0500

My only worry with NYC tap water is sometimes it smells like bleach.

Bottomless Chips

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:05:59 -0500

The plastic water bottle for the environment talk is nonsense. It's a diversion from our real environmental issues. That said, I'm in favor of cutting spending so this is good to me.

woodendesigner

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:59:37 -0500

This is the kind of thinking that will close the budget gap in the city. Why the hell are taxpayers paying for bottled water in city offices to begin with. More stuff like this needs to be fixed.

spnder

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:17:09 -0500

Been using my Sigg for 6 months now and couldn't be happier to be off the plastic. My office has a pretty good filter, but it drives me crazy to see people at work go through multiple plastic cups throughout the day. Baby steps I guess...

fugothamist

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:16:56 -0500

plastic water bottles = treason

Shinobi Shaw

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:00:38 -0500

Of course the city wants you to drink TAP water over ARTESIAN water (or other healthy water sources). They want you to drink that nice FLUORIDE water, drink your fluoride water and take your mercury filled vaccines SLAVES!

edEx

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:54:38 -0500

one word: Fluoride it keeps them thar teeth from rotting!

babyhitler

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:52:22 -0500

filtered water has problems too! You need to have the water constantly flowing through filtered systems. I have a filtered system in my house through my fridge but since I only drink 1 or 2 cups a day the water just sits in there and builds up gunk in the carbon charcoal system. I took out my filter and it was filled with bacteria. The best solution I've found is those Brita water pitchers. They store just enough for 5 glasses and you pretty much fill them every day so the water flows, they are cheap and you can wash them every week to flush them out.

r1b2

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:41:32 -0500

I've worked in buildings where we were told to NOT drink the tap water due to the condition of the pipes. I worked in the Crown Building (where Playboy has it's offices, ooh la la)in the late 80s, when it was owned by Imelda Marcos, and the physical plant was in terrible disrepair. We just bought a new refrigerator at home that has a water line connection and a filter for water and ice in the door, but we still get water from the tap (but ice from the door because it's so much fun! I like crushed ice.) Point is that it's shocking city agencies weren't drinking their own metaphorical Kool-aid. Bottled water? That's so 2002. And so Long Island. Speaking of Long Island, congrats on the better drinking water. Shame you're all criminals (as recent news herein suggests,) but good work on the water.

babyhitler

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:29:00 -0500

the water is good. It's just the pipes that are bad. If you don't run the tap for at least a full minute you'll get rusty crap in there. the thing is that if you run the water for a full minute, you are wasting water. It's a catch 22 situation.

Gothamist_Cynic

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:26:25 -0500

Anyone noticed nyc tap water tastes way better after you stick it in the fridge?

SP

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:20:37 -0500

We have the best public water system. This should be a no brainer.