Aspen to tout its tap water
ASPEN — In an effort to reduce the local use of bottled water in environmentally unfriendly containers, the city of Aspen is considering a program to market its own municipal tap water.
Ashley Cantrell, a city environmental health specialist, explained the proposal during the Aspen City Council’s work session Tuesday. Details are in the preliminary stages, but involve a three-step approach: a campaign to educate locals and visitors about the quality of the city’s tap water; providing free water at two “filling stations” around town, with one location possibly being a park; and selling reusable containers at local retail outlets to offer an alternative to plastic water bottles.
Early this year, following a trip to the British Virgin Islands, Councilman Torre brought up the idea of banning bottled water after seeing the plastic containers littering the waters. The City Council then directed its Environmental Health Department staff to research the issue.
In a recent memorandum to the council, Cantrell wrote that the complete elimination of bottled water “is neither an achievable nor a manageable goal at this time.” But a campaign to promote and market Aspen tap water is doable, depending on costs, most councilmembers agreed during Tuesday’s meeting.
“Rather than target bottled water as a negative thing, we want to promote Aspen tap water as a positive thing,” she told councilmembers.
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