Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water In 1976, the average American consumed a gallon and a half of bottled water each year. By 2008, the number had grown to about 30 gallons of bottled water per person in the U.S. That amount, says Peter Gleick, “equals about 115 liters of [...]
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Host cities’ tap water safe
Cape Town – Tap water in the 2010 Soccer World Cup host cities is safe to drink, the water affairs department assured soccer fans on Wednesday. Visitors could be certain the tap water in host cities complied with required standards, Water Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica told journalists, speaking in Cape Town at the release of [...]
Tap Water Facts
Why Tap Water? South Africans are served with the highest quality drinking water. Our country’s standards compare well with World Health Organisation limits, which have been adopted as standards for the European Union and other developed countries, including Canada and Australia. Current Bottled Water Standards and Government Regulations in South Africa are still very lax [...]
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