Australians ban bottled water

[Malacasta]

Originally posted by Snrrub
You're discounting the need to transport water to the tower in the first place. The fact remains that in a modern water supply system, the entire piping network remains under pressure, and this is mostly accomplished at the treatment plant using a motorized pumping system. There is also the issue of up-front energy cost of laying the piping system.

Isn't the point that bottled water is an additional use of resources? Surely piped water is necessary for modern cities. I can't imagine what would be necessary to reoutfit cities to survive off rain water tanks and the like instead of dam water and bottled water. I mean, I daresay it's doable and even possibly necessary in some places. But are you saying that using bottled water for drinking water is less resource heavy than using tap water for drinking water even when you're using tap water for showers, toilets, washing, watering gardens etc? (And you're not taking into account the companies that bottle tap water)