Plastic Wave - plastic on OB

[Kathleen Egan]

Guys - to reduce plasic water bottles at the beach, how about a campaign to install WATER FOUNTAINS at the beach?? 

 

Simple but effective.  Then, we can lean on local business to carry container rather than disposable, single-use bottles!!

 

 

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[Michael Zuckerman]

Here is a project that has started in SF and installs water fountains made for refilling reusable water bottles.  The first one is in Yuerba Buena Gardens.  I know the founder and he is passionate about getting them everywhere so would probably do a bunch of the leg work to go along with SurfRiders efforts.  I can connect you if you want. 

http://www.globaltap.org/project.html

[Esmeralda.sanjust]

That would be super cool!

Esmeralda

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[Beth Terry]

I love this idea!

Beth Terry
http://fakeplasticfish.com

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Subject: Plastic Wave - plastic on OB

[Dennis Rogers]

yes, yes , yes

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[PETER BLANCHARD]

absolutely!!!

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Sent: Fri, May 21, 2010 8:23:12 PM
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[Janet Rikala]

Oh yes!

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Subject: Plastic Wave - plastic on OB

Guys - to reduce plasic water bottles at the beach, how about a campaign to install WATER FOUNTAINS at the beach?? 

Simple but effective.  Then, we can lean on local business to carry container rather than disposable, single-use bottles!!



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[Leslie Moyer]

Kathleen!! Simply. Amazing. Let's do it!!

Leslie

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[Beth Terry]

The absolute beauty of this idea is how positive it is. Instead of
against bottled water, it's pro municipal water. So great to give
people an alternative. I just love this.

Beth Terry
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[Leslie Moyer]

Where shall we start?

[Emma Shlaes]

I really like the idea of drinking fountains at the beach and it is kinda a no-brainer, why aren't they there already?  I have seen the reusable water bottle water fountain at Yerba Buena and think it is an excellent idea but one problem I have with it is that you can't just take a drink from it without putting your head at an awkward angle.  It really isn't made for someone walking by who wants a sip of water.  Traditional water fountains have an advantage in this case because you can take a drink and fill your water bottle from it.  Just my two cents.

[Wes Womack]

Plumbing. You'll probably have to start with plumbing if you really want it to happen... in a broke-ass city, county, state, and nation, getting an earmark for $50,000 worth of pluming to run a drinking fountain out to the beach may be insurmountably challenging. North OB parking lot has no accessible plumbing (despite the fact that there's a block of toilets buried under the parking lot!!!) Judah has that bathroom block which would make it easy to install a drinking fountain next to it. Also Sloat, but there's already a drinking fountain there.

 

Just my thoughts... I did some digging and gave some thought to getting toilets installed on the beach side of Grt Hwy at North OB and that's what I discovered. Plumbing is the key.

 

Wes