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June 19, 2008

Tap water has become cool, green, thrifty

  • The lousy economy may be accomplishing what environmentalists have been trying to do for years — wean people off disposable plastic bottles of water.
    • By TALI ARBEL
    AP Business Writer

    Tap water is making a comeback.

    With a day's worth of bottled water — the recommended 64 ounces — costing hundreds to thousands of dollars a year depending on the brand, more people are opting to slurp water that comes straight from the sink.


     
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