Ch. 13 Bottled Water Flashcards
Water has traditionally been seen as a _______, but has increasingly been privatized and sold as a _______.
a. stock resource; commodity
b. common resource; commodity
c. commodity; flow resource
d. none of the choices are correct
b. common resource; commodity
All of the following statements concerning bottled water and tap water are true, EXCEPT:
a. no bottled water companies have adopted public water safety standards
b. in the U.S., tap water is more strictly regulated than bottled water
c. bottled water appears to be replacing soft drink consumption as a healthier trend
d. most bottled water is packaged tap water
a. no bottled water companies have adopted public water safety standards
Which government agency in the United States oversees municipal water?
a. USGS
b. EPA
c. FDA
d. NTWD
b. EPA
According to the National Tap Water Database, the overall report for Michigan has found that the largest source of pollutants in our state comes from what source?
a. Industrial pollutants
b. agricultural pollutants
c. naturally occurring pollutants
d. water treatment by-product pollutants
a. industrial pollutants
According to the notes, what percentage of plastic bottles are thrown away?
a. 10%
b. 100%
c. 80%
d. 40%
c. 80%
If a municipal water utility plant wanted to convey information about the safety of tap water, this would be an example of what?
a. risk perception
b. green washing
c. risk assessment
d. risk communication
d. risk communication
All of the following have been implicated as contaminant dangers in tap water, EXCEPT:
a. cryptosporidium
b. all of these choices are true
c. chlorine
d. fluorine
b. all o the choices are true
In which location are you most likely to find techno-economic scarcity?
a. a wealthy city in saudi arabia
b. new york city
c. a rapidly growing city in south africa
d. none of these choices are correct
c. a rapidly growing city in south africa
Tap water is potentially safer than bottled water because it is more strictly regulated.
True or False
True
Desalinization is an affordable way to increase water supplies.
True or False
False
Which type of water scarcity involves a belief that existing water supplies are scarce or hazardous?
a. perceptual scarcity
b. techno-economic scarcity
c. hydrological scarcity
d. induced scarcity
a. perceptual scarcity
Which type of water scarcity involves a lack of water due to inadequate infrastructure from underdevelopment?
a. hydrological scarcity
b. perceptual scarcity
c. techno-economic scarcity
d. induced scarcity
c. techno-economic scarcity
The people of Mecosta County, MI, protested appropriation of groundwater by Nestlé in order to produce which brand of bottled water?
a. dasani
b. ice mountain
c. aquafina
d. polar springs
b. ice mountain
Over the course of 15 years, some people spend as much on bottled water as the purchase of a decent sized home.
True or False
True
When did bottled water consumption rapidly begin to increase?
a. 1990s
b. 1950s
c. 1900s
d. 1850s
a. 1990s
In underdeveloped countries, bottled water is used to replace water supplies that can be all of the following, EXCEPT:
a. local water supplies are often associated with the wealthy only
b. local water supplies are often privatized
c. local water supplies are often scarce
d. local water supplies are often polluted
a. local water supplies are often associated with the wealthy only
Ounce for ounce, bottled water is more costly than oil.
True or False
True
Oil is used in all of the following phases of the life cycle of bottled water, EXCEPT:
a. Production to fill, seal and label bottles
b. Transportation from water supply
c. Making the plastic for the bottles
d. All of the above
d. all of the above
Which type of water scarcity mostly affect desert regions?
a. hydrological scarcity
b. induced scarcity
c. perceptual scarcity
d. techno-economic scarcity
a. hydrological scarcity
Which type of water scarcity involves a lack of water due to climatological and geographical factors?
a. techno-economic scarcity
b. perceptual scarcity
c. induced scarcity
d. hydrological scarcity
d. hydrological scarcity
According to the United Nations, 2/3 of the world’s population may be living in water-stressed countries by what year?
a. 2014
b. 2034
c. 2025
d. 2055
c. 2025
An example of overproduction as it relates to bottled drink choices is:
a. Water is bottled faster than it can be consumed
b. there are too many choices of bottled drinks
c. that bottled water has become a commodity
d. so much water is removed from local streams to bottle water that many are now dry.
b. there are too many choices of bottled drinks
How are bottled water companies able to get affluent people to purchase water they could otherwise get for free?
a. through taste tests that have shown that bottled water often does taste better than tap
b. by purchasing land and water rights in their communities, thereby limiting choice
c. by successfully educating the public on the safety of bottled water over tap water
d. through successful marketing and packaging
d. through successful marketing and packaging
A _______ can be used to determine the environmental impact of a product through all stages of production and consumption.
a. risk assessment
b. life cycle analysis
c. commodity cycle
d. green certification program
b. life cycle analysis
The bottled water industry is susceptible to greenwashing.
True or False
True
The type of water scarcity that is most prevalent in the U.S. is_____
a. hydrological
b. perceptual
c. techno-economic
d. none of the above
b. perceptual
When water is appropriated from natural or public sources and then sold back to the community at a marked up price, this is called:
a. green washing
b. over production
c. primitive accumulation
d. commodity pricing
c. primitive accumulation
The Nestlé Corporation seized public water resources in Mecosta County, Michigan in order to bottle and sell the water. This process is known as _______.
a. green washing
b. eutrophication
c. primitive accumulation
d. overproduction
c. primitive accumulation
Industrialized nations use less water per capita than less developed countries.
True or False
False
The rise of the bottled water industry was simultaneous with increasing privatization of municipal water supplies.
True or False
True
