It's unclear what effect the effort would have: Nestle's Lazgin says sales to restaurants and bars make up less than 10 percent of the company's business.
City councilor Dave Marshall, who will speak as part of Saturday's panel, says he'd like to see local bars required to offer tap water to all patrons so the cost of bottled water doesn't discourage them from drinking water while imbibing. And, by drinking city water (which, by the way, met every federal and state requirement in 2007, according to the Portland Water District's 2008 Water Quality Report) instead of bottled, consumers help ensure that it stays safe, says Marshall: "If people are drinking tap water they can continue to demand that we have appropriate funding for our public water infrastructure. The result will be cleaner water for future generations."
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