The U.N.'s new water adviser talks about privatization, policy and the issue of 'virtual water' (via the Wall Street Journal).

In 2007, UNICEF launched its first new initiative in over 50 years, the Tap Project. The basic premise is to raise funds for clean drinking water in developing nations by charging people for tap water in restaurants and other venues, an amenity that most people in the developed world take for granted (a glass of water is usually complementary in most restaurants in the developed world).

A decade ago, the MIT Technology Review reported on unsustainable water practices, such as the overzealous use of groundwater for crop production, that threatened to leave future generations without usable water.

Over a dozen students and young professionals from around the world joined forces to put together this video for Stanford's Global Entrepreneurship Innovation Tournament Video Contest. Enjoy!

Despite the rant on this blog, we at Clean Hydration would like to present a simple reason for why focusing on the disposable bottled water situation, and not say, the disposable bottled soda situation makes sense: potable, pure, certified clean drinking water is available to the vast majority of the population in developed countries through alternate, and less detrimental means. Substituting clean and possibly filtered tap water (for example) with bottled water is a simple action that is within most people's reach to make.

People are actually beginning to buy less bottled water! Via the Wall Street Journal.

Check it: http://www.mtv.com/thinkmtv/features/global/water_for_life/ (via MTV)

Article discusses how re-using disposable water bottles isn't the answer to being green, and that bottles specifically designed for re-use should be reused (via the New York Times).

The likely unfounded concern over BPAs, a compound found in polycarbonate water bottles, has cost some while benefitting others (via the New York Times).