Comments on: Bottlemania http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/archives/25 The Planet Bluegrass "Green" blog Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Brian Eyster http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/archives/25#comment-13 Brian Eyster Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:05:36 +0000 http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/?p=25#comment-13 Thanks for your comment, Chad. We gave this a lot of thought, because as you pointed out the filtering equipment does wear out and the water is safely drinkable right out of the tap. The town water supply does have a trace of chlorine flavor - a byproduct of their water treatment process. Our filters are designed to remove that chlorine flavor. We decided we really needed to make sure the water tasted every bit as good (or better) than the bottled water so many people are used to. It's a transitional step, and maybe in the future we won't need any filters. But this move away from bottled water is fairly significant (and controversial in some circles), so we're trying to address all possible objections. As you'll see, the filters are not very large (we'll post some photos of the water station after the festival). Their footprint is dwarfed by the number of plastic bottles that would have been used... Thanks for your comment, Chad. We gave this a lot of thought, because as you pointed out the filtering equipment does wear out and the water is safely drinkable right out of the tap.

The town water supply does have a trace of chlorine flavor - a byproduct of their water treatment process. Our filters are designed to remove that chlorine flavor. We decided we really needed to make sure the water tasted every bit as good (or better) than the bottled water so many people are used to.

It’s a transitional step, and maybe in the future we won’t need any filters. But this move away from bottled water is fairly significant (and controversial in some circles), so we’re trying to address all possible objections. As you’ll see, the filters are not very large (we’ll post some photos of the water station after the festival). Their footprint is dwarfed by the number of plastic bottles that would have been used…

]]> By: Chad Swenka http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/archives/25#comment-12 Chad Swenka Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:02:19 +0000 http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/?p=25#comment-12 Just curious, but why did you feel a need to further filter the city's water? Seems that the extra filtering equipment may actually add to the material waste issues of the festival that you're putting a good bit of efforts towards reducing (kudos, BTW). Let's just hope the water's not being filtered with carbon :-) Just curious, but why did you feel a need to further filter the city’s water? Seems that the extra filtering equipment may actually add to the material waste issues of the festival that you’re putting a good bit of efforts towards reducing (kudos, BTW). Let’s just hope the water’s not being filtered with carbon :-)

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