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A moment of awareness by a dedicated city employee has sparked a new conservation campaign encouraging residents to reduce plastic waste and help every city water fountain reach new milestones.
According to a City of Edmonds news release, custodian Sarah Brinkley was working at the Edmonds Police Department when she noticed that a department water fountain was nearing a major achievement: 20,000 single-use plastic bottles saved from going into the landfill. The milestone reflects the everyday choices made by Edmonds Police Department employees who regularly refill reusable bottles.
Inspired by the impact of that number, Brinkley came up with the idea to launch a giveaway through a citywide social media campaign.
To participate, residents can:
- Fill a reusable water bottle at any City of Edmonds water fountain.
- Take a photo.
- Post it on social media (Facebook or Instagram) and tag the City of Edmonds.
Participants will be eligible to win a reusable water bottle.
“I am thankful for Sarah’s initiative and for caring about the planet and the impact we have as a City,” said Edmonds Mayor Mike Rosen.
We used to have a lot of water fountains my guess is we have less than we used to. But really who can drink city water anymore with all the chlorine, fluoride and forever chemicals we have in it. Why do you think people drink bottled water? Or have their own filtration systems? I only drink tap water I don’t know that it really makes a difference although I am sure there are some who hope so.
Water fountains breed bacteria from all the mouths so close. If there was a water bottle-only dispenser as airports have that would work.
Well done, Sarah. Thank you for your initiative.
Jim: Actually, our water is very clean. Yes, it does have fluoride and has been treated with chlorine and other chemicals to keep it clean, but no PFAS or “forever chemicals” have been found. Both the Edmonds Water Department and Olympic View Water do an outstanding job of providing and ensuring our water is healthy and tastes good. Water testing reports are made available with all the details. I encourage you to read up on the details before making inaccurate claims.
We are very lucky to have excellent tap water in this part of the country.
John, now you’ve gone and done it. You are about to be attacked by the “fluoride causes premature death, hang nails and dementia,” crowd. I come from where fluoride occurs naturally in the ground water and that’s why I have slightly yellow teeth that tend not to decay. I’ve had dentists actually say, I see you grew up in the Midwest and I’m sure it wasn’t because of my wearing plow shoes and a straw hat at the time.