National Drinking Water Alliance
- Feb 8, 2022
Turn On the Tap! School Drinking Water Access as COVID Persists
“When we returned to school, students were on campus for 2 hours only. Every single water fountain was closed.” “If a student didn't bring their own water bottles, they were not allowed to use any water fountains both inside the class or even outside.” These comments from teachers demonstrate a lasting misperception of the COVID pandemic—that water fountains can spread the COVID virus. However, despite the apparent concerns of some, the virus causing COVID-19 has not been fou
National Drinking Water Alliance
- Feb 4, 2022
Healthy beverage policies that promote tap water optimize environmental, health benefits
Healthy Beverage Initiatives (HBIs), such as those on the ten campuses of the University of California (UC), aim to reduce consumption of SSBs to improve both human and planetary health. A new paper by members of the UC Santa Barbara Healthy Beverage Initiative Research Group (HBIRG) investigates the potential for HBIs to benefit the environment through an environmental life cycle assessment using data on all beverages sold on that campus during one calendar year. Of the tota
