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Judging by the comments on the Guardian’s website, there appears to be some confusion over this decision. Council has not banned the sale of bottled water in Charlottetown as some apparently believe. We couldn’t possibly do that. We have simply decided the city corporation will stop purchasing bottled water, for a number of very good reasons. The city is in the business of providing clean, safe drinking water. To have city council and staff drinking from bottles of commercially purchased water is analogous to Coke executives sitting around the boardroom table drinking Pepsi. We are simply endorsing our product, not to mention saving money, and doing our part to discourage the commodification of a resource that is a fundamental human right.