Media coverage of bottled water bans

Canada

• Building a Bottled Water Free Campus, Canadian Federation of Students Manitoba, December 17, 2009
• Joint letter to municipalities about efforts to promote municipal water, Council of Canadians and Polaris Institute, September 21, 2009
• Ottawa Folk Festival: Went Unplugged and Unbottled! Report back, Council of Canadians, September 16, 2009
• Halifax Bans Bottled Water at City Hall - Coalition calls it “good first step”, September 16, 2009
• Memorial president to sign Bottled Water Free Declaration at Orientation 2009, Memorial University of Newfoundland, September 4, 2009
• Growing A Greener Festival, The Ottawa Folk Festival, July 21, 2009
• Mariposa Folk Festival - Has Changed Colour! (PDF) The Festival will be water bottle free in 2009 and introducing new BYOC (bring your own cup) program. Clean, cold filtered water will be provided for FREE. 
• Passé the bottled water, Meera Karunananthan, The Chronicle Herald (Halifax), April 29, 2009
• Ottawa Folk Festival 2009 to be Unplugged and Unbottled, April 17, 2009
• Time to phase out bottled water, Jocelyne Rankin and Angela Giles, The Chronicle Herald (Halifax), April 4, 2009
• Banning bottled water: Product could soon be pulled from city facilities, The Burlington Post, April 1, 2009
• 'Temporary setback' in fight for total ban, The London Free Press, March 26, 2009
• The cost of bottled water, The London Free Press, March 20, 2009
• Estrogenic toxin found in widely used plastic, The Globe and Mail , March 12, 2009
• Niagara Falls bans bottled water, The Hamilton Spectator, February 24, 2009
• The war against water bottles, The Toronto Sun, January 25, 2009
• Avoiding bottled water keeps you, planet healthy, The Windsor Star , January 24, 2009
• Barlow urges bottled water ban , The Midland Free Press, January 23, 2009
• Barlow speaks against bottled water: Activist to give presentation in city Friday, The Sun Times (Owen Sound), January 21, 2009
• Municipality votes to turn on the tap, Shelburne County Coast Guard, January 15, 2009
• Activists seek ban on bottled water, Windsor Star, January 13
• UN water adviser to meet with trustees , The London Free Press, January 13
• Tour aims to promote ban of plastic water bottles, Toronto Star, January 12, 2009
• Toronto council approves plastic bag charge, bottle ban, CBC, December 3, 2008
• Nestle water ads misleading: Canada green groups, Reuters, December 1, 2008
• Wright seeks bottled water ban, The Sun Times (Owen Sound) , September 10, 2008
• Waterloo Region bans bottled water from sites, Globe and Mail , September 10, 2008
• Time to put the lid back on bottled water, Sudbury Star, August 28, 2008
• City hall might ban bottled water, Niagara Falls Review , August 27, 2008
• Bottled water verboten at St. John's city hall, CBC News , June 25, 2008
• School board takes aim at bottled water, Vancouver Sun, June 23, 2008
• Backlash against bottled water, Calgary Herald, June 23, 2008
• Council seeks ban on bottled water in P.E.I. schools, The Guardian (PEI), June 2, 2008
• Board bans sale of bottled water at its schools, The Star , April 24, 2008

International

• Profit Edges Up at Coke, but Sales Stall in North America, The New York Times, October 20, 2009
• Michigan Citizens Score Victory in Bottled Water Battle Against Nestlé, Food & Water Watch, July 8, 2009
• GAO Report Reveals Need for Increased FDA Oversight of Bottled Water, Food & Water Watch, July 7, 2009
• Bottled water sales starting to run dry, The Independent (UK) , March 23, 2009
• Citigroup, GM, Dynegy, Nestle Waters CEOs named "Corporate Scrooges" of the year by Co-op America, Daily News, December 12, 2008
• Troubled waters: Why we fell out of love with bottled water (and how the industry plans to win us back), The Independent, November 29, 2008
• Greenwash Of The Week: Fiji Bottled Water., Reuters, November 26, 2008
• FDA Proposes Improved Testing Of Bottled Water, Reuters, November 25, 2008
• Environment Scores a Big Win as Bottled Water Sales Fall, AlterNet, November 10, 2008
• Some Bottled Water Toxicity Shown To Exceed Law, San Francisco Chronicle, October 15, 2008
• Nestle Cancels Bottled Water Contract in McCloud, Calif., AlterNet, August 6, 2008
• Attorney General Slams Nestle's Bottled Water Aspirations, AlterNet, July 31, 2008
• U.S. mayors agree to phase out bottled water, CBC News, June 23, 2008
• City Council Shuns Bottles in Favor of Water From Tap, New York Times , June 17, 2008
• Stop buying bottled water, Nickels urges Seattleites, Seattle Times , May 7, 2008
• Bottled water ruled off the table - Edinburgh, Scotland, BBC News, May 1, 2009