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Village in India Evacuates to Protest Bottled Water Plant

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via Blogsite Inside the Bottle:
This story from India shows what lengths local populations will go through to protect water resources.
People leave village protesting mineral water
July 6, 2010, The Times of India

New book "Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water"

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Peter Gleick is the President of the Pacific Institute based out of Oakland, California. Gleick is an engineer (PhD, Energy and Resources, UC Berkeley) and is an internationally recognized water expert. His new book "Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water" (published by Island Press) is all about the politics, economics and science of bottled water. Moreover, the book addresses marketing and advertising of bottled water, bottled water claims, the growing revolt against bottled water etc.

My kind of school: University of Portland makes a statement, halts bottled water sales

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from Oregon Live's PDX Green - by Carrie Sturrock, The Oregonian   --  If you're thirsty at the University of Portland, find a drinking fountain. Or bring your own water. As of this month, the campus no longer sells it in plastic bottles.

Bottlemania: Big Business, Local Springs, and the Battle Over America’s Drinking Water

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BottlemaniaBottlemaniaBottlemania - Bloomsbury (2009) by Elizabeth Royte - Reviewed by Joseph Nevin

MSNBC Reports: Bottled water sales dry up; industry asks ‘why?’

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"Consumer backlash begins to bite, but recession also likely to blame" (either way is OK by me - ed.)