GEO FINAL

Plastic water bottle manufacturers use 714 million gallons of oil a year to make plastic bottles. That's enough to fuel ____ cars

100,000

Coca Cola pumped ___ million gallons of water into the lake in Atlanta during a level 4 drought in 2007 even though severe restrictions on local residents & businesses were in effect

118 Million

By the year _ , 2/3 of the worlds population will lack access to clean drinking water

2030

In 2007 Americans bought more than _ bottles of water

29 billion

Municipalities test tap water multiple times per day. In a city of over 1 million, they test tap water ____ _____ per month. In a city of over 3 million, they test tap water ___ ____ per month.

300 times ; 400 times

In 2007, __ states stiffened from drought, but ___ still pumped ____ gallons of water per DAY during the drought's height

35 ; Pepsi ; 400,000

Poland Springs water costs nestle between to extract process and package but they sell it for $_ a gallon

6-11 cents ; $6

How much bottled water purchased is produced within state lines?

60% - 70%

How much of the Earth's surface is covered by water?

75%

Birth defects in Corpus Christi, TX are ___% higher than state average

84% ; (FLINT HILLS name of company)

Paraxylene, a main compound in plastic and found in bottled water is linked to causing __.

CANCER

The issue of _______________________________ has added further impetus to these [water] issues, in terms of, "Where does our water come from and is it going to be there forever?" This is a problem that every single person is going to be dealing with in the next _____ years, regardless of where they live in the world due to changes in ____

CLIMATE CHANGE ; 20-25 YEARS ; CLIMATE

When we treat our water as a commodity, it becomes _

Corporately controlled

We need to look at it on the _ side

DEMAND

Name 3 BPA causing severe health problems

Diabetes, Ovarian Disease, Liver disease

Are municipal water sources required to submit these reports to the FDA?

YES

The World Bank values the world water market at $___ yet ____ are meant to pick up the tab

$800 billion ; municipalities

How much of Earth's water is drinkable?

1%

Who said "There is enough water for human need but not enough for human greed"

Mahatma Ghandi

Name three largest water bottling corporations

Nestle, Coke Pepsi

Are bottled water manufacturers required to submit these reports to the FDA?

No

When private entities have a claim on public water supplies, you run into a real collision of moral values against the narrow ____ concerns of corporations. When we treat our water as a commodity, it becomes ___

Profit ; corporately controlled

How do bottled water companies imply tap water isn't healthy? What do they say in advertisements?

Pure, Safe, Healthful, Cleaner

Most bottled water is produced in state and consumed in that state, and the FDA has ___ control over those types of bottled water. What percentage of bottled water is just filtered tap water?

ZERO ; 40%

While single-serve bottles of water are made of PET, 5-gallon water jugs are made of polycarbonate plastic, and they contain:

bisphenol A