In California, 18 million gallons of bottled water was shipped from Fiji in 2006, producing about 2,500 tons of global warming pollution.
Most bottled water comes in recyclable PET plastic bottles, but only about 13 percent of the bottles we use get recycled. (CA figures). In 2005, 2 million tons of plastic water bottles ended up in landfills instead of getting recycled.  Source: National resources defense council:

PET plastic bottles take up to 1,000 years to decompose and contribute to the vast vortex of plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean, which is harming wildlife.

It takes 3 liters of water to produce 1 liter of bottled water.

Source: Sierra Club

 POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON BOTTLED WATER 

Plastic (PET) bottles generate more than 100 times more toxic emissions than an equivalent amount of glass.

Source: Berkeley Ecology Center

The total amount of energy embedded in the use of bottled water is the equivalent of filling a plastic bottle one quarter full of oil.

Source: Pacific Institute.

The GGPNC sponsored “King Oak Gardens project” utilized, during its Big Sunday event, filtered water at an estimated savings of 900 bottles x .40 cents = $360. As a result of this success, according to Sherri of the Big Sunday organization, they are studying the feasibility of using filtered tap water instead of bottled water at 2010 events.

Source: GGPNC green committee

According to Ramona of FOLAR, it is her experience that they do not find a lot of plastic bottles during their clean up events because she believes they are collected along the river during the year for their redemption value.

In 2004, nationally, 85 percent of all non-carbonated PET bottles ended up in landfills, or as litter in parks, roadways or rivers.

In 2005, 28 billion per year or 66 million water bottles were purchased every day in the U.S. The market is growing. 

Source: Container Recycling Institute.

 ''….U.S. demand for bottled water requires more than 1.5 million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel some 100,000 U.S. cars for a year,''  Source: One World.net

In 2008, 200 billion gallons of tap water supplied to 4 million residents of Los Angeles met or surpassed all health-based drinking water standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of California’s Department of Public Health

Source: LAWDP 2008 water quality report