Bottled Water

Turn on the Taps and Ditch the Bottle is a coalition of groups calling on municipalities to ban the sale and distribution of bottled water in municipal buildings.  The coalition is urging all Nova Scotia residents to contact their municipal councillors and push for a ban on bottled water in municipal facilities and at municipally-sponsored events.  Councillors for the Halifax Regional Municipality will be voting on this important issue in the Spring of 2009. 

Read the Action Alert for more information.

The coalition recently organized a public and media event for World Water Day on Friday March 20th 2009.  Those in attendance made a toast to public water and emphasized the need to invest in public water and drinking fountains.

Renowned speaker and author of the Living Beach, Silver Donald Cameron speaks out about The Plague of Bottled Water, published in the Sunday Herald on January 27th, 2008.

Turn on the Taps and Ditch the Bottle is made up of ten different groups: Polaris Institute, Canadian Union of Public Employees, NS Environment Network, Council of Canadians, KAIROS, Canadian Federation of Students, OxFam, Hydro Heroes, Sierra Youth Coalition and the Ecology Action Centre

Coastal Issues Committee

Phone: (902) 442-5046
Fax: (902) 405-3716

How do you like your coast? Take action on coastal issues that matter to you. The Coastal Issues Committee meets at the EAC on the last Thursday of every month at 5:30PM.