Consumption of Bottled Drinking Water (Motion #39-05)

Approved on May 19, 2005, by the Sudbury & District Board of Health.

Motion

WHEREAS safe and reliable sources of drinking water are essential for human health; and

WHEREAS municipal water treatment plants within Sudbury and Districts are subject to provincial regulations to ensure they supply safe and reliable sources of water; and

WHEREAS consumption of bottled drinking water at the Sudbury & District Health Unit sends a mixed message to consumers of municipal water; and

WHEREAS the production, distribution and refrigeration of bottled drinking water involves the use of fossil fuels, which adversely affects climate change; and

WHEREAS the plastic bottles associated with bottled water constitute an environmental burden; and

WHEREAS the Sudbury & District Board of Health is considered a leader in the promotion of environmental health; and

WHEREAS employees of the Sudbury & District Board of Health are role models for the communities in which they live and work;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Sudbury & District Board of Health hereby directs the Medical Officer of Health to promote and support the use and consumption of municipally treated and distributed water within the operational requirements of the Sudbury & District Health Unit; and

FURTHER THAT this Board of Health requests its constituent municipalities and other Ontario Boards of Health to consider similar actions.

This item was last modified on June 12, 2015