Chicagoist: Congress Protects Great Lakes...Sort Of

royce76

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:24:29 -0600

yes and for a company to claim that a bottled water is natural spring water only 10% has to come from said source...many loopholes but at least we won't be looking at a pipeline.

matty

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:02:36 -0600

I really think this loophole makes the legislation somewhat useless.

dopplerd

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:46:10 -0600

Ice Mountain by Nestle and Hinckley Springs right here in Chicago. I remember reading on a bottle of Hinckley Springs that the source was the "Municipal Water Supply." Most bottled water is packaged near where it is sold due to the economics of transporting a fungible commodity. With the exception being the imported Avian and other premium brands of water.

matty

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:45:15 -0600

Yeah, Ice Mountain does.

artdude75

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:00:42 -0600

Does anyone currently sell bottled water from the Great Lakes? That would be interesting to see if any products on the shelves sell that now. Although, I'm a big fan of filtered water over bottled.