<p>This is an interesting trend, given many schools' other sustainability initiatives. I don't know if other campuses have also accompanied the bottled water ban with the installation of cooled and filtered water dispensers like Hampshire College and The College of St. Benedict.</p>
<p>Brown University- Rhode Island
Central Michigan University
College of St. Benedict- Minnesota
Concordia University- Canada
Cornell University- New York
Dartmouth College- New Hampshire
Emerson College- Massachusetts
The Evergreen State College- Washington
Georgian College- Canada
Hampshire College- Massachusetts
Harvard University- Massachusetts
Loyola University- Illinois
Macalester College- Minnesota
Muhlenberg College- Pennsylvania
Princeton University- New Jersey
Seattle Central Community College
St. Mary’s College- Canada
St. Michael’s College- Vermont
St. Norbert College- Wisconsin
UC Berkeley- California
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of Toronto
University of Vermont
University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point
Vancouver Island University- Canada
Vanier College- Canada
Vassar College- New York</p>
<p>Have the campuses completely banned the water bottles, or are they encouraging use of re-usable bottles?</p>
<p>You list Princeton as one that has banned bottled water. I was there at move-in and bought bottled water at the U-Store, so if they’ve banned it, it’s since school started.</p>
<p>I do know they handed out nalgene bottles to the new students last year (don’t know about this year) that had a map on the bottle showing where they could be refilled all over campus. This seemed like a great idea to me to encourage the use of the bottles.</p>
<p>While using bottles that are reusable is a great thing, and something I think most young people embrace, I hope bottled water is still a viable option for when I forget my nalgene! I refill them and reuse them when I don’t have my own with me.</p>
<p>The University of Michigan gave refillable water bottles to freshmen this year and have installed water bottle refill devices on many existing water fountains throughout campus.</p>
<p>I think it’s a great idea. We stopped buying cases of 24 bottles of water several years ago. We now drink only filtered tap water. We have a few widemouth stainless steel water bottles for the road.</p>
<p>Funny…when I went to school water fountains WERE the water bottle refill devices. They also sometimes referred to them as sinks. The times they are a-changing.</p>
<p>As far as I know having water bottles on campus is not banned, SELLING them on campus is no longer happening. The schools have have these bans have water bottle refiling stations (connected to the water fountains) and they are pretty slick and easy to use-just put your water bottle under the spot and it automatically fills–one handed. We’ve toured some of the schools on this list and all of the kids have a reusable water bottle in the pocket of their backpack. I’ve noticed a few of these water bottle stations at some parks in our area too.</p>
<p>When I was in college, there were water fountains in every building.</p>
<p>Given that tap water in the US is generally perfectly safe to drink, it seems like access to drinking water on campus should not be an issue. It seems absurd to me that so many people in the US buy bottled water even though it is much more expensive than drinking the readily available tap water.</p>
<p>Somewhere I read an article (essay? column?) that posed the question, “When Did We All Become so Thirsty?”</p>
<p>Years ago we drank water in our rooms, in the cafeteria, at water fountains. We did not find it necessary to carry bottled water of any kind. I’m not against carrying refillable bottles, of course, but some people act like they’re heading off into the Sahara every morning. </p>
<p>Glad to see any rule that discourages the use of special water trucked in by petroleum-based bottle-load.</p>
<p>Sure there are water fountains but it’s hard to get a water bottle in one and fill it all the way. These are taller, water filling from the top so you just put your bottle under the spout and it fills. Its a one handed process which is nice too. The idea isn’t so much that people need to drink more, just to use less plastic that ends up in landfills.</p>
<p>Bottled water is no longer sold in US national parks. I think it’s a great rule.</p>
<p>On a broader level, I’d like to see tap water promoted in other ways. For instance, at a lot of sports stadiums, they sell bottled water at outrageous prices, but they refuse to dispense cups for tap water. Since you aren’t allowed to bring your own bottle in, you’re essentially forced to buy bottled water. I’d like to see a rule where all food service establishments have to provide tap water and a cup if you ask. I’m happy to pay 25 cents or some reasonable price for the cup.</p>
<p>At Busch Stadium in St. Louis, they will give you cups of ice at the concession stands for free. Then you can go to a water fountain and fill it up. During the hotter games (like this summer when it was 100+ for 25 days straight) they also set up water stations throughout the stadium with coolers of ice and big coolers of water so you can fill your water bottles there.</p>
<p>They also allow you to bring in your own drinks in unopened plastic bottles…</p>
<p>Hanna–we do some volunteer work at a professional sporting games and the reason they don’t hand out glasses, at least at our park, is because that his how they track how many beers or whatever they sell (and that they are there to make money). No, you can’t bring in your own water but I’ve never seen someone stop a person for bringing in an empty glass :D.</p>
<p>Or you can bring your own…They are in the business to SELL those things to people. The concession stands are often a contract company in the business to make money. If you have a beef with this, contact whom ever owns the actual stadium. Sorry, to me it’s like asking a store to give you some food because you are hungry, but you will give them a quarter for the sandwich (that they normally sell for $4.50).</p>