Water

By itself, seven-eighths of a gallon isn’t much, but when you have dozens of bathroom fixtures that save that much water with every flush, it quickly adds up to big savings, both in water usage and in utility bills.

In keeping with October's Green Tip on water conservation, Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) is offering a discounted reusable water bottle. HUDS asks: "Did you know that it takes roughly 2/3rds as much water to make a bottle as it does to fill it?"

In his latest comedy special, Chris Rock jokes that in America, consumers often create demand for products or services that are free to the public. One of the products that Rock highlighted was bottled water - specifically emergence of the multi-billion dollar bottled water industry.

HLS Reps held a ‘water taste test’ in the Hark in mid-March, challenging participants to identify samples of bottled, tap, and filtered tap water. Most couldn’t tell the difference; and those that could tended to say that they preferred the taste of filtered tap over bottled water.

On March 18, 2009, Harvard Law School's (HLS) Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, the Harvard Environmental Law Society, and the Office for Sustainability (OFS) partnered for the first time to co-sponsor a screening of the award-winning 2008 documentary FLOW: For Love of Wat

As part of an ongoing effort to make the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) more sustainable, HSPH Operations announced this February that the school will no longer be selling bottled water in Sebastian's Café.

It was a fight to the end, but in the end, Leverett House took home the 2007 Green Skillet, crushing any dreams Quincy House had of being a two-time champion.

One of the first things many of us learned as children from Sesame Street was to brush our teeth and turn off the water when doing so. Like many other lessons from Big Bird et al., this one still rings true today. From now on, do as the Muppets do and turn off the tap when brushing your teeth, shaving, lathering, and washing dishes.

One look around campus and it is clear that bottled water is in hot supply. Perhaps we missed the fact that the Environmental Protection Agency's standards for tap water are more stringent than the Food and Drug Administration's standards for bottled water.

Did you know that University Operations Services (UOS) uses recycled rainwater to wash hundreds of University-owned vehicles each year? It’s true. In addition to conserving water, recycling rainwater helps control pollutants washing into the Charles River and recharges groundwater supplies for the dry summer months.