Posted : July 2009
Author : Ben Goulding
A small town in south-east Australia has become the first place in the world to ban bottled water. The people of Bundanoon, located in New South Wales have voted
overwhelmingly in favor of the ban at a public meeting, with 398 out of
the 400 people at the gathering wanting bottled water to be banned in
the town. The community realized they needed to act when Norlex Holdings, a
drinks company, unveiled plans to tap an underground reservoir in the
town, transport the water to Sydney (some 150 km away) and then send it
back bottled.