Dayton Water Department Set to Make a Big Splash with "Take Back the Tap" Campaign.Kicks Off at August 24 "Live Green Fest" DAYTON, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. -- The Dayton Department of Water is encouraging area residents to save money and go easy on the environment by drinking Dayton's high-quality tap water. The "Take Back the Tap" campaign will kick off at the Live Green Fest at Dayton's Carillon carillon, in music: see bell. carillon Musical instrument consisting of at least 23 cast bronze bells tuned in chromatic order. Usually located in a tower, it is played from a keyboard. Most carillons encompass three to four octaves. Park on Sunday, August 24, with free re-usable water bottles for the first 1,000 visitors at the Dayton Water exhibit. "When you are committed to reducing your impact on the environment, tap water is the smart alternative to bottled water, and Dayton's water quality makes it an easy choice," said Tammi Clements, Director of the Department of Water. "Dayton's drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. consistently meets state and federal safety standards Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory. and is tested 24 hours per day for purity." Bottled water (at $.99 or more per bottle) cost thousands of times more than drinking water from the tap, which costs less than one cent per day for the average residential user. The production and distribution of bottled water requires use of oil products and fuels, and only a small percentage of plastic bottles are recycled. Dayton's Department of Water is the public water supplier for more than 400,000 residents and businesses in Dayton and Montgomery County Montgomery County may refer to:
Check out Live Green Fest (http://www.greaterdaytonrta.org/) or the Dayton Department of Water (http://water.cityofdayton.org/Water/) for more information. |
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