Peterborough could gradually move towards stopping the sale of bottled water at city-owned facilities, city council decided on Monday.

Council, sitting as committee of the whole, which means the item must return to a regular council session for approval, endorsed stopping the sale of bottled water as current contracts with food service providers expire and the city installs alternative drinking water systems in city facilities.

It would be a long-term transition. Pepsi Bottling Group, for example, has contracts that expire in 2013 and 2016 for supplying products at locations such as the Memorial Centre and Kinsmen Civic Centre.

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From the Peterborough Examiner- April 27, 2010