"Wal-Mart gets its bottled water from drought-ridden California."

[gsdx]

If I lived in Sacramento, I think I would be supremely pissed:

Wal-Mart gets its bottled water from drought-ridden California.

The company sources the water for its "Great Value" brand from Sacramento's municipal water supply, according to labeling on the gallon jugs, CBS Sacramento reports.

Sacramento sells its water to DS Services of America, which bottles it and sells it to Wal-Mart and a number of other retailers across California.

California residents are facing mandatory water rationing as the state enters its fourth year of a record-breaking drought.

Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed an executive order calling for a 25% reduction in urban water usage statewide.

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/people-furious-where-water-wal-160158195.html

 

[Vitamin]

Ok, while I'm no fan of WalMart in the least, this sounds like one of those deals that was made long ago, and everybody forgot about it.

They better fucking fix this shit. Blame here needs to be shared by both WalMart, AND the Sacramento City Council.

 

[gsdx]

Celebrities appear to be allergic to rules and laws as well. This is Kim and Kanye's property. (Lots of other very green celebrity properties in the link below.)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...tml?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

 

[Vitamin]

Celebrities appear to be allergic to rules and laws as well. This is Kim and Kanye's property. (Lots of other very green celebrity properties in the link below.)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...tml?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

They can afford the tax. Personally, I think irrigation systems should be banned from private property for everybody except farmers. It's fucking stupid.

 

[star-warrior]

Actually, the main users of water are not the residents, but agriculture and industry.

http://www.environment.ucla.edu/reportcard/article4870.html

The largest percentage of water consumption (77%) in California is attributed to agriculture (Figure 1) with an estimated 13% for urban residential use (both single- and multi-family).

In Southern California (the South Coast Hydrologic Region), however, about 54% of the water consumption (Figure 2) is attributed to urban residential use, which accounts for the largest usage of potable water by the municipal and industrial (M&I) sector (i.e., the urban sector).

 

[bankside]

I think everybody should water the shit out of everything they want to, and just pay more for desalinization or something.

Sydney, Australia planned ahead with extra reservoir capacity and reverse osmosis and now they have lots of water.

 

[Willie Boy]

Celebrities appear to be allergic to rules and laws as well. This is Kim and Kanye's property. (Lots of other very green celebrity properties in the link below.)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...tml?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Don't know about this specific property, but some of the others could easily be that fake stuff that looks real. Believe it or not but there are SOME celebs out there who actually do think of others.

 

[Willie Boy]

As for Walmart getting its water from Sacramento. They don't, at least not directly. They purchase their water from a bottling company:

Sacramento sells its water to DS Services of America, which bottles it and sells it to Wal-Mart and a number of other retailers across California.

As do other retailers. That's common. The real culprits are those in charge in Sacramento who sold the water in the first place, not the retailers who indirectly bought it up because the company that bought it happens to have the lowest price. I remember when Dasani was first coming out. They labeled it as premium water. Wasn't until years later that we learned it was simply New York City tap water. Wasn't worth the price then, isn't worth it now. But community leaders find ways to make money of the people. Not enough water to go around? Sell a good bit of it off for a decent price, then overcharge the citizens for the rest, using the excuse of the drought to make it seem legit. Wonder how much of an issue this drought would actually be to the Sacramento area if their "surplus" hadn't been sold off as it was??? And yet Walmart gets the bad rap for what the city did......

 

[gsdx]

Actually, the main users of water are not the residents, but agriculture and industry.

That applies to the residents of California, doesn't it? In what parts of the world is Walmart selling water which it bought from California?

 

[bankside]

Californians should just drink tap water instead of buying bottled water from Wal Mart. That would solve their problem.

 

[star-warrior]

That applies to the residents of California, doesn't it? In what parts of the world is Walmart selling water which it bought from California?

You miss the point by just concentrating on bottled water. California produces over 80 per cent of the US market in strawberries, and is famous for its vinyards and dried raisins, it also 21% of milk in the US too. All that water in agriculture must come from somewhere. Since the bottled water industry doesn't really compare to how much water is used in agriculture, it's just a minor part of the problem.

So how do we reduce the amount of water used in agriculture that would otherwise be lost to evaporation? Answering this will help water conservancy by recycling otherwise wasted water vapour.

 

[Willie Boy]

Californians should just drink tap water instead of buying bottled water from Wal Mart. That would solve their problem.

No it wouldn't. The water is sold to a bottling company, whether Walmart buys that water or not makes no difference as there are other companies that also buy it. The city of Sacramento should just stop selling that water. Let the bottling co go elsewhere to get their water, preferably somewhere that actually HAS a surplus to sell. THAT will alleviate some of the problem.

 

[roadtripboy]

In here my part of the southeast, the GV water at my local Wal-mart comes from either TN or FL. I imagine it varies all around the country.

 

[bankside]

No it wouldn't. The water is sold to a bottling company, whether Walmart buys that water or not makes no difference as there are other companies that also buy it. The city of Sacramento should just stop selling that water. Let the bottling co go elsewhere to get their water, preferably somewhere that actually HAS a surplus to sell. THAT will alleviate some of the problem.

Sorry just my... dry... sense of humour.


It won't solve the problem because if Californians stop drinking tap water out of a bottle, and start drinking tap water out of a tap, they will still be drinking tap water.

The real problem is not that people use water, its that they're not producing enough of it. Desalinate FFS.

 

[zoltanspawn]

You miss the point by just concentrating on bottled water.

Yes, all sectors of waste are worth addressing given the pressures the drought is putting on us.

The bottled water is just such a glaring idiocy with a pretty clear remedy it's worth the criticism.

 

[USEDCAR]

We should like buy every bottle water from like every walmart and dump it like into California oceans and lakes.

 

[Willie Boy]

We should like buy every bottle water from like every walmart and dump it like into California oceans and lakes.

1) California doesn't have any oceans. 2) It would just, sooner or later, get bottled back up and resold. Not to mention all the other companies that purchase their bottled water from the same supplier. Why not just guilt the cities/communities who are selling their water to the bottling companies? Why try to put a Bandaid on a severed limb? It ain't gonna do squat!