American University’s Office of Sustainability and the student group Ecosense are encouraging students on campus to stop consuming bottled water.
Office of Sustainability director, Chris O’Brien, says that tap water in the district meets all EPA standards. These results are publically available online, he says.
“Bottled water doesn’t meet EPA standards because it is not tested by the EPA. Bottled water is tested by the FDA because it is a food and beverage product.”
American University has already started switching larger, jug bottled coolers with ones that filter tap water.