Food & Water Watch Expands Campaign to Take Back the Tap in California

September, 2008

San Francisco, CA. Today six more restaurants in California will demonstrate their commitment to protecting the environment as they join Take Back the Tap, Food & Water Watch's campaign to build support for public water and eliminate bottled water. The consumer advocacy group is working with cities across California and the nation to urge local restaurants and chefs to sign a pledge to switch to serving only tap water, help educate customers about the benefits of tap over bottled water, and whenever possible, install a carbonation machine to make sparkling water from the tap.

Food & Water Watch has also increased its staff presence in Los Angeles and San Diego, where it will organize to include more restaurants in the Take Back The Tap Campaign. All of these activities are especially timely, as droughts have been declared throughout the state this summer.

"Bottled water is nothing but a corporate hoax