Quenching Your Thirst

When the season for neighborhood festivals and events began this year in Minneapolis, I started noticing these portable water fountains.  It gives you a chance to stay hydrated on a hot day and opt out of purchasing a plastic bottle of water.  If you bring your own container here is your place to refill.  It's nice to have this too because I'd rather spend my cash on a beer at an event than on tap water shipped in from California.  These contraptions are provided by Tap Minneapolis, an organization that promotes ditching the bottled water for tap water.

  http://www.tapmpls.com/facts 

Thanks to my sister for my new Klean Kanteen water container.  I love that eggplant color and it is remarkably light weight.

I am fortunate to live in a city where the water is safe, clean, and tastes good.  There are certainly circumstances where buying a bottle of water is convenient but generally it makes good economic and environmental sense to ween ourselves off this bottle.