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How many plastic water bottles are consumed by the US? Reasons for use? Has it increased? Decreased? Average cost per year? Demographics?



CONSUMPTION IN U.S.
-A 2000 report conducted by Yankelovich Partneers of the Rockefeller University discovered that 2.3 eight-ounce servings of the total 6.1 servings of water that are consumed daily are bottled water in the U.S. -A study done by Green Nature suggests that over half of Americans drink bottled water, spending 240-10,000 times more than tap water. -"Instead of being a badge for health and status, bottled water has now become a badge for environmental wastefulness. ... "If the economy improves and consumers begin to feel better, we're going to see at least some increase in the growth rate of bottled water again."(Article Title: An Uphill Bottle U.S. bottled-water guzzling is slowing) -This year more than 25 billion single use plastic water bottles will be sold in the United States alone and more than 80% of those will end up being disposed of rather than being recycled. -Over 1.5 million barrels of oil were used to make the plastic bottles consumed in the US last year, not including the petroleum used to transport them. -Bottled water sales in the United States reached 8.82 billion gallons in 2007, worth $11.7 billion, making the U.S. market for bottled water the largest in the world -Thirty years ago, bottled water barely existed as a business in the United States. Last year, we spent more on Poland Spring, Fiji Water, Evian, Aquafina, and Dasani than we spent on iPods or movie tickets--$15 billion. It will be $16 billion this year. -More than 60% of people in the US drink bottled water.
 * ** U.S. **** BOTTLED WATER MARKET ** ||
 * ** Per Capita Consumption ** ||
 * ** 1997 – 2007 ** ||
 * || ** Gallons ** || ** Annual ** ||
 * ** Year ** || ** Per Capita ** || ** % Change ** ||
 * 1997 || 13.5 || --  ||
 * 1998 || 14.7 || 8.3% ||
 * 1999 || 16.2 || 10.2% ||
 * 2000 || 16.7 || 3.5% ||
 * 2001 || 18.2 || 8.6% ||
 * 2002 || 20.1 || 10.6% ||
 * 2003 || 21.6 || 7.2% ||
 * 2004 || 23.2 || 7.5% ||
 * 2005 || 25.4 || 9.7% ||
 * 2006 || 27.6 || 8.4% ||
 * 2007 || 29.3 || 6.4% ||
 * // Source: Beverage Marketing Corporation // ||
 * // Source: Beverage Marketing Corporation // ||
 * // Source: Beverage Marketing Corporation // ||

 See: [|2007 stats on bottled water] 


 -Bottled water is seen a lot at sporting events, with rare cases in which tap water is used. <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 80%; COLOR: rgb(14,11,11); FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> -Drinking bottled water is a mentalitiy issue. -Appreciation for the convenience, healthfulness, and good taste of bottled water brands consumed on-the-go, during exercise, at restaurants or meetings, and at home or the office. -Advertisement influences people. In 2006, industries spent over $162.8 million on advertising bottled water in the United States <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia,serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia,serif">

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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 140%; COLOR: rgb(24,0,255); FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia,serif">-Sales of bottled water rose 9% in 2005, continuing a steady trend. -Annual U.S. bottled-water consumption shot up nearly 46 percent between 2002 and 2007, to an average 29.3 gallons per person. -The Beverage Marketing Corporation projects the US market to grow 6.7 percent this year, the smallest increase in this decade. In 2007, the market grew by 6.9 percent, the second-smallest increase. -In 2007, total bottled water volume was 8.8 billion gallons, a 6.9 percent increase over 2006, and the 2007 bottled water per capita consumption of 29.3 gallons increased nearly two gallons, from 27.6 gallons per capita the previous year. Additionally, the wholesale dollar sales for bottled water exceeded $11.7 billion in 2007, a 7.8 percent increase over the $10.8 billion in 2006. -Experts predict only a 6.7 percent increase in 2008, the smallest increase this decade. -Per capita consumption has more than doubled since 1995. -Since 1976, bottled water consumption per capita in the US has steadily increased, as seen in the graph below:

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia,serif">-The US has consumed millons of gallons of bottled water, steadily increasing each year. The graph above corresoponds to the graph below:

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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia,serif">**Nestle Waters brand share of water per region in 2006:**

Poland Spring………………… Northeast Arrowhead……………………… West Deer Park……………………… Mid-Atlantic Ice Mountain…………………… Midwest Nestlé Pure Life…………… National Ozarka…………………………… Texas Zephyrhills……………………… Florida

|| <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> ** Brand ** || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> ** Type ** || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> ** Source ** || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Loon Country Natural Spring Water || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring in Northern Maine || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Poland Spring [|www.polandspring.com] (subsidiary of Nestlé Waters North America) || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring in Maine || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Vermont Pure Natural Spring Water || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Springs in Vermont || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Deer Park [|www.deerparkwater.com] (subsidiary of Nestlé Waters North America) || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Mostly from Deer Park, MD (also PA & FL) || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Saratoga Spring Water || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Adirondack Mountains, NY   || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Snow Valley Mountain Spring Water || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Appalachian Mountains, PA   || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> English Mountain Spring Water || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring near Dandridge, TN   || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Appalachian Springs [|www.appalachiansprings.com] || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring in Suches, GA   || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Sparkles Bottled Water [|www.sparklesco.com] || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Mountains in Blue Ridge, GA   || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Avita [|www.avitawater.com] || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Artesian || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Northern Michigan Ausable State Forest || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Ice Mountain Spring Water (subsidiary of Nestlé Waters North America) || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring in Michigan || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Diamond Natural Spring water || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Hot Springs, AR    || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Utopia || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Maple Spring in Ulvade County, TX   || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Deep Rock [|www.deeprockwater.com] || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Artesian Distilled Drinking || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Artesian well in Denver and Grand Junction, CO   || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Colorado Crystal || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring in Colorado || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Trinity Springs || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Paradise, ID    || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Arrowhead Mountain [|www.arrowheadwater.com] (subsidiary of Nestlé Waters North America) || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Mostly from spring in San Bernadino Mtn. || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Calistoga [|www.calistoga.com] (subsidiary of Nestlé Waters) || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring Mineral || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Source and Geyser in Calistoga, CA   || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Noah’s California Spring Water [|www.noahs7up.com] || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Adobe Springs, Stanislaus County, CA   || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> || || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Sparkletts/Alhambra [|www.sparkletts.com] (Owned by Danone Group – the same ones that own Dannon Water) || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring Drinking Distilled Fluoridated || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Spring Municipal source || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> ||  || <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,128,0)"> __Bibliography 1)__ [|www.greenmd.wordpress.com] __2)__ [|www.juliahailes.com] __3)__ http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/yourhealth/2006-04-16-your-health_x.html __4)__ http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/NaomiSaintJean.shtml __5)__ http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/09/08/report-us-bottled-water-market-slowing/ __6)__ http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/klessill/ __7)__ [|**http://www.grist.org/news/2008/09/08/bottled_water/index.html**] __8) <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,15,255)">[|http://www.care2.com/greenliving/enough-with-the-plastic-water-bottles-already.html__] 9)__ <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,8,255)">[|http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/19/technology/rbogbottle.php#top] <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">10) http://www.care2.com/greenliving/enough-with-the-plastic-water-bottles-already.html 11)http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/117/features-message-in-a-bottle.html 12) http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/klessill/ 13)http://www.finewaters.com/Newsletter/April_2008/2007_US_Bottled_Water_Sales_Statistics.asp 14) [|www.friendsofwater.com] 15) [|www.greentechnolog.com] 16) http://www.nestle-watersna.com/popup.aspx?w=600&h=350&f=/NR/rdonlyres/4902D8BC-0108-4C90-A900-7A2625DA7735/1138/brandDomination_JML_edit_050807.swf 17) http://www.nestle-watersna.com/Menu/AboutUs/Performance/Trended+Per+Capita+Bottled+Water+Consumption.htm 18) http://www.nestle-watersna.com/Menu/AboutUs/Performance/Trended+Bottled+Water+Volume+Growth.htm 19) http://thegreenguide.com/reports/product.mhtml?id=49&sec=2 20) http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/19/technology/rbogbottle.php#top 21) www.iamonlyone.net <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,128,0)"> 22) [|www.healthinmotion.wordpress.com]
 * Bottled Water Brands, Types, and Sources Compared:**
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> ** State **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">   ||
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Maine
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Maine
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Vermont
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">   ||
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Maryland
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> New York
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Pennsylvania
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">   ||
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Tennessee
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Georgia
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Georgia
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">   ||
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Michigan
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Michigan
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">   ||
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Arkansas
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Texas
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">   ||
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Colorado
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Colorado
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Idaho
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">   ||
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> California
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> California
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> California
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> California