Meanwhile the Bottled Water Information Office makes the point that water bottles use 30% less packaging for bottled water than 15 years ago.
Ask if "coperto" (cover), and "servizio", service charge are included, and be sure to know how much everything costs if you decide to order extras like bottled water, coffee and a carafe of wine.
It's the world's bestselling soft drink – more people buy bottled water than fruit juice or fizzy drinks.
It is subject to stringent treatment standards – according to Professor Paul Younger, a hydro geochemist, these make it safer than bottled water.
The Drinking Water Inspectorate regulates mains water (99.97% of samples pass the strict standards) while local authorities watch over bottled water plants.
Furthermore, Younger says if you decide to ditch bottled water, you don't need to compensate by filtering what comes out of the tap.
Perhaps the most egregious of all these behaviours is our ongoing commitment to bottled water.
After five days of residents relying on bottled water, Montana's Department of Environmental Quality DEQQ) announced on Friday that Glendive's water treatment plant had been decontaminated and the city's water was safe to drink.
