I’m three weeks late to the party on this one, the result of bookmarking things that interest me with abandon and then having to go back and wade through them all. But more importantly, this is wonderful news from Albany: New York State money will no longer be spent on the insanity that is bottled water. The nail on the head:

“Taxpayers have spent billions of dollars to ensure that we have clean drinking water supplies,” said Governor Paterson. “If we are going to make such significant investments, we should reap the benefits and use that water. Our efforts will serve as an example for local governments, businesses and residents to follow.”

The press release as a whole is well worth reading. And just to hammer that nail home, here’s one of my favorite images.

There’s full information about the genius of the q-drum and its designers on their website and on the Cooper-Hewitt Museum website.

(Image hoiked entirely without malice from the newspaper article where I first read about the q-drum, details of the source lost without trace, and no disrespect intended in its totally unauthorised use.)