Entrepreneur sells bottled New York City tap water

<i>At 16, Zucker started a business enticing people to pay $1 to take a swing at a golf ball. The prize for a hole in one from 150 yards: $1 million. He rented space from a driving range and persuaded an insurance company to allow him to pay a premium for a million-dollar policy. No one made it, but Zucker made some extra cash.</i><p>This is one of the best ideas i've ever heard.

I'm gonna start selling sealed, empty plastic bottles!<p>I'll call it: "Make your own bottled water"

<i>It is, after all, one of the nation's healthiest water supplies -- so fresh that in 2007 the Environmental Protection Agency said it did not need filtration.</i><p>Shouldn't <i>all</i> tap water not need filtration? Have I been assuming too much?

Aquafina and Dasani, bottled water from the Coke and Pepsi companies, are made with municipal source water that is filtered to improve the taste. Dasani here in the Toronto area comes from Brampton, Ontario tap water, and there is nothing special about Brampton tap water.

Then there is Fiji water... Probably the most egregious bottled water (in terms of energy costs to transport)<p><a href="http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/askpablo-exotic-1.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/askpablo-exotic-1.php</a>

Someone should start doing this in San Francisco.<p>People shouldn't be surprised by the bottled water phenomenon. You are buying the bottle, not the water, and a bottle is often worth $1.

I thought the reason Chez Panisse, Seattle, and SF stopped buying bottled water was not because of the quality of the water, but rather the wastefulness of the bottles themselves...

This really bothers me. California banned bottles for a reason, and now he's introducing more in NYC. If people want tap water on the go, buy a reusable bottle!

I remember when I was very young, I was able to drink off of tap water in CA.

It's bottled water!

He'd make a killing in LA selling NY water.