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elements-9614	D'Altrui, Elizabeth Mary	Bottle Water Bans: How can we curb the thirst for bottled water?	2017	11	.pdf	application/pdf	6758	468	67	Bottled water, for example, serves as the emergency source of drinking water when the public water system becomes contaminated.51 Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, the utility must notify resi- dents of such contamination so that they can switch to bottled water or purify their tap water.52 For example, in Flint, Michigan, the city’s water supply was contaminated with “toxic levels of lead and iron,” making unfiltered wa- ter unsafe to drink.53 In an effort to help the community of Flint, organizations were sending shipments of bottled wa- ter. as the demand fOr bOttled water has increased, the damaging effects Of un-recy- cled plastics and the pOllutiOn created in the making Of the plastic bOttles have greatly harmed the planet.	cache/elements-9614.pdf	txt/elements-9614.txt