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Aspen Tap Program

The City of Aspen
encourages locals and visitors to
drink Aspen tap water
instead of bottled water.

 

 

Bottled Water Facts

Bottle Filling Stations

Where to Purchase Aspen Tap Bottles

Contact

 

 

Aspen tap water comes from Maroon Creek and Castle Creek

Facts about bottled water:


  • Bottled water creates unnecessary waste.  

 

  • Each year more than 4 billion pounds of PET plastic bottles end up in landfills or as roadside litter.

 

  • Uses large amounts of energy to package and ship.

 

  • Is not as highly regulated as local sources.

 

  • According to the National Resources Defense Council, in a scientific study in which more than 1,000 bottles of 103 brands of water were tested, about one-third of the bottles contained synthetic organic chemicals, bacteria, and arsenic. Contrast that with Aspen's water quality reports.

 

  • Water is a $400 billion dollar global industry; the third largest behind electricity and oil (CBS News).

 

  • For each gallon of water that is bottled, an additional two gallons of water are used in processing (UCS, 2007).

 

  • Making bottles to meet Americans’ demand for bottled water required the equivalent of more than 17 million barrels of oil last year – enough fuel for more than 1 million U.S. cars for a year - and generated more than 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide - the same amount of carbon dioxide that would be emitted by over 400,000 passenger vehicles in one year (EPA, 2007). oil required to have 12 ounces of bottled water

 

  • To visualize the entire energy costs of the lifecycle of a bottle of water, imagine filling up a quarter of that twelve ounce bottle with oil.




 

Contact

Please contact Ashley Cantrell at 970-429-1798 with any Aspen Tap Program questions.


Stainless steel Aspen Tap water bottles are available for purchase at a variety of stores around town:

 

  • Aspen Bike Rentals
  • Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES)
  • Aspen Recreation Center (ARC)
  • Aspen Velo
  • The Hub of Aspen
  • The Ute Mountaineer

 

4,000 bottles have already been sold and given away, but there are still bottles available for purchase for local businesses or individuals.


 

The City of Aspen installed 3 bottle filling stations in downtown Aspen

(The stations have been turned off for the winter.) Each station used over 300 gallons of water during the summer of 2011 - that's the equivalent of 9,000 bottles of water not used.

Aspen Tap filling station

 

water bottle filling station locations

 

The City is considering expanding the program by installing more water stations. Please contact us if you are interested in having a station at your business.