Online ExclusivesCalifornia Utility Promotes Healthy Hydration and Sustainability With Fill Stations California Utility Promotes Healthy Hydration and Sustainability With Fill Stations A California utility establishes water bottle fill stations in schools and community centers to promote the high quality of tap water By Sandra Buettner January 16, 2024 Filed Under Public Outreach Award National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) Featured Sign Me Up! Join your colleagues who already get great content delivered right to their inbox. Sign up Digital! If you don't want to bring your iPad into the bathroom, we can send you a magazine subscription for free! Subscribe to Print! Students and staff at schools can stay hydrated with cold tap water from newly installed water bottle filling stations like this one provided by Eastern Municipal Water District. The stations help reduce usage of plastic throwaway water bottles. Eastern Municipal Water District created water bottle fill stations for its schools and community gathering places to promote its tap water. The staff, with support from the board of directors for the utility in Perris, California, came up with the idea in 2014 because some... Please login or register to view MSW articles. It's free, fast and easy! Popular Stories November 19, 2024 Eyes in the Sky: How Drones Revolutionize Hard-to-Reach Inspections November 19, 2024 Grand Prairie, Texas, Wins 2024 Tank of the Year November 18, 2024 NASTT Midwest Chapter to Hold Trenchless Technology Workshop in Indianapolis November 14, 2024 PFAS and Beyond: What’s on the Regulatory Horizon for 2024? November 14, 2024 News Briefs: Carolinas-Based Utility Sues 14 Corporations for PFAS Contamination November 12, 2024 Responding to Climate Extremes: How Utilities Are Preparing for 2024’s Weather Discussion Comments on this site are submitted by users and are not endorsed by nor do they reflect the views or opinions of COLE Publishing, Inc. Comments are moderated before being posted. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments.