Provision of drinking water at events will be through drinking fountains or taps into re-usable bottles and disposable cups, or through the sale or provision of bottled water.

You will need to assess the availability of supply of potable drinking water, who needs access to water and under what circumstances. Your options are:

• Mains water supply
• Bulk storage tanks, permanently on location or transported in
• Bottled water

The most environmentally preferable option is to provide locally sourced water in re-usable containers.

• Use tap water or bulk stored water where possible.
• Align with a water project such as ‘Take Back the Tap’ which promotes drinking tap water.
• Encourage participants to bring re-usable water bottles.
• Sell or provide re-usable water bottles.
• Sell or provide water bottle holders/carriers.

www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/take-back-the-tap

Bottled Water
Bottled water will be necessary in some circumstances. We recommend you find a locally sourced and packaged product and if possible, one whose profits flow back to support water projects world wide. You should be able to find a ‘charity water’, just make sure you diligently background check the company to make sure the profits will indeed flow to reputable projects.