1. I’d Tap That Presented By:Mattie Dalton, Sarah Ryan, Kris Pierson, Kristin Michalski Tina Kribbs and Shellie Trierweiler

2. Take the Tap Water Challenge! 1 in 6 people in the U.S. drink only bottled water. In 2002, bottled water corporations spent $93.8 million to portray bottled water as better than tap water. Coke, Pepsi & Nestle are profiting from something that is a human right.

3. Bottled-water companies appear to create products that improve your lifestyle, but in reality present certain risks to your own life, your environment, and your financial stability.

4. Is Water a Commodity? A commodity is a useful product of agriculture or mining that is supplied without qualitative differences across the market. It is the same no matter who produces it like petroleum, notebook paper, milk or copper. Should It Be?

5. “There is enough water for human need, but not for human greed.” - Ghandi

6. Commodification When people or products that there is no market for are “turned into” commodities by privet industry. Corporations Manufacture Demand in order to commodify.

7. Commodification When people or products that there is no market for are “turned into” commodities by privet industry. Corporations Manufacture Demand in order to commodify. Marketing

8. Commodification When people or products that there is no market for are “turned into” commodities by privet industry. Corporations Manufacture Demand in order to commodify. Marketing Scare tactics

9. Commodification When people or products that there is no market for are “turned into” commodities by privet industry. Corporations Manufacture Demand in order to commodify. Marketing Scare tactics Images

10. The Result One day will you be too poor to afford clean drinking water?

12. Recycling of Regulation FDA STATE GOV. EPA

14. Money towards K-12

16. Money towards K-12

20. Distorted Message in a Bottle ?

21. “Many people take for granted one of the most essential elements of life – clean, safe drinking water.” – Mike Smith, lead faculty water quality management technology, RRCC

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