It’s no secret that bottled water is bad for the earth. In 2006, the equivalent of 2 billion half liter bottles were shipped to the US to support our bad habit, creating thousands of tons of global warming pollution, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). While reusable water bottles are becoming more and more popular, the convenience of bottled water still wins at outdoor events and open air concert venues. Some music festivals, like last month’s Bonnaroo weekend in Tennessee banned bottled water. But then the question arises, how do you provide drinking water? The city of Toronto has come up with a sustainable solution: a mobile water trailer called HTO to Go.

Like water wagons of the past, this water fountain on wheels brings water en masse to areas where the H2O isn’t flowing. HTO to Go arrives at a venue and usually hooks up to a nearby water main. The refridgerated trailer is equipped with ten taps for drinking, ten taps for filling up resuable water bottles and even two automatically-refilling doggy bowls at the back.

Vancouver is contemplating a similiar service. Click here to read more

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