32 million barrels of oil used to produce plastic water bottles consumed in the USA in 2007 | from: http://www.livescience.com/3406-energy-footprint-bottled-water.html

The production of platstic water bottles costs 2000 more times than tap water | from: http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-bottled-water/

The more expensive the water brand, does NOT mean the water is better quality | from: http://www.ewg.org/bottled-water-2011-search

80% of water bottles end up in landfills | from: http://www.fastcompany.com/59971/message-bottle

In 2007, more than 200 billion liters of bottled water were sold around the world | from: http://www.livescience.com/3406-energy-footprint-bottled-water.html

Since 2001, bottled water sales have increased by 70% in the United States | from: http://www.livescience.com/3406-energy-footprint-bottled-water.html

Bottled water companies are not required by the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates the industry, to publish water quality tests. The Environmental Protection Agency requires water utilities do so for tap water | from: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2011/01/bottled-water-lack-key-data/1#.UMoAsIO7N8G

In 2011 Americans purchased 9.1 billion gallons of bottled water. Per capita consumption reached a new peak of 29.2 gallons | from: http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/united-states-bottled-water-sales-new-record-high-2011.html

The overwhelming majority (96%) of bottled water purchased in the US came from domestic sources | from: http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/united-states-bottled-water-sales-new-record-high-2011.html

One in five Americans drink only bottled water even though bottled water is thousands of times more expensive than tap water | from: http://www.responsiblepurchasing.org/purchasing_guides/bottled_water/webinar/CorporateAccountability_ProblemsWithBottledWater.pdf

Worldwide the bottled water market was estimated to be more than $100 billion in 2005 | from: http://www.responsiblepurchasing.org/purchasing_guides/bottled_water/webinar/CorporateAccountability_ProblemsWithBottledWater.pdf

Advertising budgets of water bottling companies run as high as $150 million each year | from: http://www.responsiblepurchasing.org/purchasing_guides/bottled_water/webinar/CorporateAccountability_ProblemsWithBottledWater.pdf

24% of the bottled water we buy is tap water repackaged by Coke and Pepsi | from: http://www.fastcompany.com/59971/message-bottle

We pitch into landfills 38 billion water bottles a year -- in excess of $1 billion worth of plastic | from: http://www.fastcompany.com/59971/message-bottle

In Fiji, a state-of-the-art factory spins out more than a million bottles a day of the hippest bottled water on the U.S. market today, while more than half the people in Fiji do not have safe, reliable drinking water | from: http://www.fastcompany.com/59971/message-bottle

If the water we use at home cost what even cheap bottled water costs, our monthly water bills would run $9,000 | from: http://www.fastcompany.com/59971/message-bottle

18% of bottled water brands, including Publix, Kroger and Harris Teeter store brands, fail to list their sources | from: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2011/01/bottled-water-lack-key-data/1#.UMoAsIO7N8G

New figures from the the Beverage Marketing Corp show that bottled water sales were up 4.1% last year, versus just a 0.9% increase in bottled drink sales in general | from: http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/united-states-bottled-water-sales-new-record-high-2011.html

To visualize the entire energy costs of the lifecycle of bottled water, imagine filling each bottle with a quarter of oil | from: http://www.responsiblepurchasing.org/purchasing_guides/bottled_water/webinar/CorporateAccountability_ProblemsWithBottledWater.pdf

Last year, we spent more on Poland Spring, Fiji Water, Evian, Aquafina, and Dasani than we spent on iPods or movie tickets--$15 billion. It will be $16 billion this year | from: http://www.fastcompany.com/59971/message-bottle