By Rachel Cernansky Reflection: This is ridiculous! Congress is spending almost one billion dollars a year on bottled water. This means that every person is spending $2,000 a year on water, when they can get it much cheaper from the tap. In class when we tested our water from home, the tap water turned out to be extremely clean. There is nothing wrong with tap water in our area because it is treated well and purified, unlike other places around the world. Congress needs to stop this unnecessary spending on plastic bottled water; they would be saving tons of money and the environment at the same time!
1. Who allowed congress to spend this money?
2. Does congress understand that tap water is clean and purified?
3. What are the alternates to using bottled water?
4. Why should congress use tap water instead of bottled water?
5. Is congress being irresponsible, by drinking bottled water?
I compleatly agree with Maria, our tap water is fine. Through the tap water tests in class we all found out that our tap water is just about perfect. That even though people say bottled water taste better it really isn't that different than your tap water. And even if you did fell that your tap water wasn't clean enought you could cheaply buy a filter. Way cheaper than the average $2,000 people spend year on filitered water.
ReplyDeleteQuestion #3) There are plenty green alternitives to plastic water bottles. In fact many compines prefer that employees bring their own bottles of water. But one of the very basic alternitves is filling up a reasuable water bottle with tap water. This not only saves money but not buying water bottles but also it reduces the plastic water bottles in landfills.
I don't get why congress doesn't understand this: We have one of the cleanest tap water system in the world, yet they waste so much money on bottled water. It may be because they are spoiled by their "royalty" status, or because a they are unaware that the tap water is very clean, and a lot cheaper than bottled water. Regardless, we need to educate our congress so that they are aware of this issue and they can start saving money.
ReplyDeleteI can relate this to my family, because not to long ago, my parents prevented my family from drinking bottled water, showing their awareness to the problem. I have not consumes bottled water in over 2 years, I believe.
To answer Question #5, I do think congress is irresponsible. As it says in the article, "bottled water is an irresponsible choice". If that isn't clear enough, they, of all people, should know the money is scarce and sacred, so practically throwing away almost $1 million yearly is selfish. Its a shame that almost $1 million of tax payer money is going to such a bad cause and all this time, they had the power to end it, but didn't.
I agree with m fellow group members on this bottled water topic. There are so many reasons people should use tap water, yet we continuesly buy bottled water. The billion dollars wasted to bottled water would be better spend on many other things, like paying off the national debt. Congress should spend more time on the water issue now before it gets out of hand and becomes a crisis. I also think that elections should put the water topic in a prominent spotlight. If we want to conserve water and save the Earth then we need to be more aware.
ReplyDeleteQuestion 1: We did. the American voters gave the members of congress the power to spend this money. If we as individuals concintrated more at this bottled water issue during voting time this may have never happened.
I agree that bottled water is a waist of money. We are lucky to have clean water, unlike most countries. Bottled water should only be used in emergencies. It also waists a lot of plastic and puts it into the enviorment. Congress should do something about this.
ReplyDeleteI can relate this to my mom always telling me to drink from the tap. She tells me that the plastic is bad for the enviorment. I always have a glass of water at home and a plastic reusable water bottle for practce.
Why is congress not doing anything when water is one of the biggest problems in the world?
If we did not use any bottled water for one year, how much would it help the enviorment?
What are the pros of using bottled water?