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NEW TEXAS OIL. "T. Boone Pickens thinks water is the new oil—and he's betting $100 million that he's right. Pickens owns more water than any other individual in the U.S ... He hopes to sell the water he already has, some 65 billion gallons a year, to Dallas, transporting it over 250 miles, 11 counties, and about 650 tracts of private property." http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2008-06-11/there-will-be-water View in LinkedIn

"WATER PROMISES TO BE to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th century: the precious commodity that determines the wealth of nations." (Fortune Magazine, May 2000). http://lnkd.in/dgRyYaa View in LinkedIn

"WATER IS THE NEW OIL for global financial powerhouses and water is being commoditized and traded in global stock exchanges." http://lnkd.in/dNQkvrN View in LinkedIn

WATER BOTTLE LEGACY. "Most bottled water comes in recyclable PET plastic bottles, but only about 13 percent of the bottles we use get recycled. In 2005, 2 million tons of plastic water bottles ended up clogging landfills instead of getting recycled." http://lnkd.in/dphTWNT View in LinkedIn

PLASTICS LEACHING IN BOTTLED WATER: "phthalates, which are known to disrupt testosterone and other hormones ... there are no legal limits for phthalates in bottled water -- the bottled water industry waged a successful campaign opposing the FDA proposal to set a legal limit for these chemicals." http://lnkd.in/dphTWNT View in LinkedIn

NRDC STUDY OF BOTTLED WATER. "About 22 percent of the brands we tested contained, in at least one sample, chemical contaminants at levels above strict state health limits. If consumed over a long period of time, some of these contaminants could cause cancer or other health problems." http://lnkd.in/dphTWNT View in LinkedIn

WATER SHOCKER. "The commoditization of water has partially happened. "Designer" or bottled water is already more expensive than oil." http://www.financialpost.com/scripts/story.html?id=4b015243-8ded-409f-bddc-d1cb8924a0ff View in LinkedIn

$100 BILLION PER YEAR INDUSTRY. "The U.S. drank 9 billion gallons of bottled water in 2008, at an average of 30 gallons per person. The production of water bottles uses 17 million barrels of oil a year, and it takes three times the water to make the bottle as it does to fill it." http://lnkd.in/dvmGAsD View in LinkedIn

BOTTLED WATER. "A report by Food And Water Watch says that almost half of all bottled water is derived from tap water. 47.8% (in 2009), to be exact. A 2009 Gallup poll said that 84% of people worry a “great deal” or a “fair amount’ about polluted drinking water." And tap water is barely regulated. http://lnkd.in/dvmGAsD View in LinkedIn

WHY ARE CONSUMERS BUYING BOTTLED WATER? Bottled water is virtually unregulated and has no assurances of quality. If ever there was an indicator of the enormous public distrust of municipal water, it is this strong trend. http://lnkd.in/dDkmndD View in LinkedIn