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When in Venice, Can the Water Bottles

Posted Jun 4, 08 9:19 AM CDT in Business,  Science & Health,  World 

(Newser) – Faced with a mountain of discarded plastic bottles, Venice is asking 19 million tourists to quit drinking mineral water and use the city's 122 public fountains. Beginning Thursday, visitors to the Piazzale Roma will be handed reusable plastic bottles and a map showing fountains that city officials claim are "super safe," reports the Guardian.

Source Guardian (UK)

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Heavy traffic in the Grand Canal, Venice. Tourists in the city are being asked to us the city's public fountains, not mineral water.   (Magnum Photos)
Gondolas in front of St. Mark's bell tower in Venice. Vistors to the city are being asked not to use mineral water and to drink from the city's public fountains.   (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini, File)
Tourists enjoy the sun in a crowded St.Mark's Square, in Venice. Vistors are being asked not to buy mineral water but to use the city's public fountains.   (AP Photo)
A gondola in Venice. Vistors to the city are being asked to use drinking fountains and not buy mineral water.   ((c) Gaspa)
A man splashes water on his face from a fountain in this file photo. Besieged by plastic bottles, Venice officials are asking tourists to make use of public fountains.   (AP Photo/Paul White)
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