This week, I had a surprising opportunity to watch TV for leisure. However, my brain and guilt forced me to watch something that I would consider educationally relevant to school or work. So, therefore, I chose to watch a documentary called Tapped (2009). This documentary examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil. It was a facinating documentary to watch and to see how the bottled water industry began to thrive and grow.
I have always thought of the idea of purchasing water as incongruous. I grew up on a farm in a small country town in Mississippi. We didn't buy water. We were just a few years removed from having to pump our own water from ground wells. I've actually had the opportunity to use a ground pump well and even an "outhouse". Therefore, buying bottled water has always been a foreign concept and practice in my family growing up. So, seeing this documentary has made me appreciate my upbringing a little more and have reaffirmed my practice of drinking self filtered water instead of purchasing water from water bottled companies that affect so many local people where they have plants/distribution facilities.
I encourage you to watch the documentary. You will not regret giving up that hour and ten or so minutes for this worthwhile piece that truly challenges our contemporary culture of thinking.
Is water a right or is it a commodity?
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