According to a Scholastic News article found here, the Mayor of San Francisco has banned the use of government money to buy bottled water. This is the first of possibly many huge blows to the bottled water industry as a whole. It just takes a few to get the ball rolling, and others will step into place. Standards like this are a huge help to the environment and savings of energy. While the only option may be less-than-great-tasting tap water, at least filtering your water with water filters and other filtered water bottles makes this option a great one.