Quote Originally Posted by Dumpling View Post
Well, time for a few updates. It was my subjective impression that people around
here are buying much more bottled water than previously - checked the web, and
found, yes we are:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2...al-opposition/

This probably isn't due to just one factor such as the Flint Water Crisis. The above
article references water comparing favorably to soft drinks. Since for whatever reason,
we are buying more bottled water, and it is a very profitable and nonperishable
product, stores now sell it by the pallet in visible locations.
The Flint Water Crisis is a large part of it.

For those in the know [[that the DWSD has more or less been privatized since the city's bankruptcy), we frankly don't trust the quality of water as there's no telling the extent in which the pumping and filtration process has been compromised in order to save money [[the fact that 80% of the workforce was laid off doesn't help as far as suggesting otherwise), given it was all spearheaded by the same governor that spearheaded the "cost savings" in Flint [[who BTW was DWSD's largest wholesale customer during Detroit's bankruptcy when the switch over to the Flint River took place).

http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/new...-privatization