Water sustains all life. We drink it, we bathe in it, we grow our food with it. We can’t live without it. Yet today, water is being polluted, depleted and diverted at a rapid rate. One in 6 people — more than 1 billion — lack access to clean water. And that number will increase if we do not act now.

Take Back The Tap: Protect America's Water

Your Top CLicks
Water Filtration Guide	All Bottled Up: Nestlé’s Pursuit of Community Water
The Real Story Behind Bottled Water	Is Triclosan Lurking in Your Home?
Private vs. Public Ownership	25 Things About Water

Consumers waste billions of dollars a year on bottled water even though as much as 40 percent of it comes from the tap in the first place. Bottled water poses serious threats not only to your pocketbook, but also to your health, your community, and the environment. Find out how you and your community can make a difference.

Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food & Water Watch, recently testified before Congress about the troubling issues with bottled water.

See CBS's coverage of the story.

Restaurants Exclude Bottled Water

Water Glass With Lemon

Groundbreaking restaurants across the country are taking back the tap by pledging to keep bottled water off their menus while educating customers about why this is so important.

Support these virtuous businesses. Find a participating restaurant near you or ask your favorite restaurant to join the movement!

Meet Us at the Movies

Don't miss out on several acclaimed documentaries available now, which include Blue Gold, FLOW and The Water Front.

Join Food & Water Watch for a few hours of enlightening entertainment or host your own screening!

Take Action

Drink tap water. Interested in buying a filter? Our guide is here to make it easy for you.

Join the Take Back the Tap movement. Sign the Take Back the Tap pledge and encourage your favorite restaurants, university campus, or city government to break the bottled water habit.

In addition to taking back the tap, you can take the Water Challenge and see what changes you can make to reduce your water footprint!

Learn More

Fact Sheets

more...

Reports

Mortgaging Milwaukee’s Future — The City of Milwaukee faces a serious fiscal predi ...
Unmeasured Danger: America’s Hidden Groundwater Crisis — Farmers in the western United States are drilling ...
Sustaining Our Water Future — The Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) is devel ...
Water Privatization Threatens Workers, Consumers and Local Economies — Our country’s good public operators have kept wa ...
Dried Up, Sold Out — Dried Up, Sold Out: How the World Bank’s Push fo ...