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If 10,000 LA Biters drink tap water instead of 1 liter of bottled water every day for a year, we'll keep more than two Olympic-sized swimming pools full of plastic bottles out of landfills.

There are almost 800 different brands of bottled water for sale in the United States.

Testing the Waters

The Bite

Love the taste of Fiji, but wanna get your water from a less remote place? Try the tap. According to last month's Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting competition, LA's h2o tied with Clearbrook, B.C., for the tastiest tap water, compared to 29 municipal waters from 13 U.S. states, Canada, and New Zealand; each was tested by food critics according to taste, odor, mouth feel (um...?), and aftertaste. Going with what's on tap saves you cash and keeps water bottles out of landfills, and with a safe reusable bottle, it's no less convenient, so go ahead and test the LA waters yourself.

Wanna Try

Tap Project. Through Mar. 22, add a buck to your bill at participating restaurants, and UNICEF will provide a child with clean drinking water for 40 days.

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