The Bite:
All's not lost. Before scavenging with the kiddos for bottled H2O, consider a draught from a nearby public drinking fountain. It's free, water's clean, and you get bottle-free aqua that's more than a mirage.
Public Water Fountains
Stranded at the park without a drop to drink?
08.06.2009
Submitted by alara on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 11:00pm.
The Benefits:
- Sailing ahead safely. Fed guidelines regulate public fountain installation to protect against waterborne illnesses and lead poisoning. Yes, germs are everywhere (slides, swings...), but keep your kids from giving the fountain mouth-to-mouth and they'll be fine.
- Preventing castaways. Each day, more than 60 million plastic bottles (and the 4,000 barrels' worth of oil required to make them) end up in landfills and incinerators. A sip from the fountain, or filling up your reusable bottle, keeps more bottles out of production.
- Hoarding treasure. A bottle of water: $2. Water fountain: $0.
Personally Speaking:
Wanna Try:
- Drink from a fountain or use it to fill up your water bottle - it's the same stuff that comes out of the tap at home.
Timeout
Isabella, 5, and Ele Rose McLaren, 2, of Atlanta, GA, think drinking from public fountains is fun. Mama Susan fully supports this habit.
Bang For The Bite
If 10,000 Mama Biters let their kids drink water from a public fountain instead of a 16-ounce disposable water bottle every day for a year, we'll keep an Olympic-size pool's worth of plastic bottles out of production and out of the trash.
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