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Em-Bottled SF Mayor Urges Restaurants to Tap City's Water

Newsom continues anti-plastic campaign

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 21, 2008 3:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – San Francisco’s mayor called on restaurants yesterday to quit selling bottled water and favor the tap, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Gavin Newsom, a former restaurateur, says the plastic containers pile up in landfills and hurt the environment. The request—which isn’t a requirement—follows Newsom’s ban last year on using tax dollars to buy bottled water for city employees.

“You would prefer that government did not tell you how to run your business, but I do think this is a positive initiative,” said a local restaurant owner. A report earlier this year found that San Francisco’s tap water is almost unique in being free from certain chemical contaminants, and it holds up well against bottled water in taste tests.

Bottled water is seen in this Oct. 4, 2007 file photo in Concord, N.H.
Bottled water is seen in this Oct. 4, 2007 file photo in Concord, N.H.   (AP Photo/Larry Crowe)
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom speaks at a House Infrastructure and Transportation Committee's subcommittee on the Coast Guard's and maritime transportation's response to the oil spill in San Francisco, in this Nov. 19, 2007 file photo.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom speaks at a House Infrastructure and Transportation Committee's subcommittee on the Coast Guard's and maritime transportation's response to the oil spill in San Francisco,...   (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)
Bottled water is seen in a Chicago-area refrigerator, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007.
Bottled water is seen in a Chicago-area refrigerator, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007.   (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom smiles as he campaigns in San Francisco in this Nov. 6, 2007 file photo.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom smiles as he campaigns in San Francisco in this Nov. 6, 2007 file photo.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
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