I know where Cleveland Water comes from. I can get a water quality report anytime online and one is mailed to me as a customer of the Cleveland Water system each year. But I know nothing about this water except that it costs more and at Burning River Festival where this picture was taken, meant I had to buy a plastic water bottle. No thanks.

I realize that there is not yet Cleveland Water infrastructure to support drinking fountains or spigots at the Coast Guard Station, but I would have preferred to be able to refill the stainless bottle from Cleveland Water than to be asked to buy a plastic bottle in order to get a drink of water at Burning River Fest. I mean it (the fest) was all about sustainability and clean water wasn't it? (OK, I know it's really about selling beer...)

Calling it an alternative to bottled water is misleading - this is trucked water. A truck is sort of a bigger bottle, no?

Might I suggest for these summer festivals, where the weather is hot, that presenters consider water - public water in coolers, lemonade (made with real lemons and sugar, not HFCS) and iced teas instead of carbonated soft drinks? It would be a refreshing change from the corporate summer picnic beverage offering.