Finally, THE issue is addressed!

[cubuffs11]

:lol:

Clearing Something Up

It was reported by some last November that we (CU) was on the cheap and wouldn’t buy bottled water for the football offices. For the record, no campus department can generally buy bottled water with state dollars per university policy (it’s a waste of money and not efficient). However, we can all have 5-gallon water coolers; football had those removed because they simply preferred individual bottles instead of refilling personal containers. Also, they wanted bottled water for recruiting purposes (so kids could carry those around), which we could reimburse for; Jon coordinated purchases of those on his own (or through his assistant), and when he did so, was reimbursed for those costs. As for Jon buying his own desk, he didn’t like the one his predecessor, Dan Hawkins, had been using or any that the university supplier could offer, so he decided to buy his own. The university/state will thus not reimburse if you don’t select from the vendors on the bid lists. So that’s the story behind the story. (Desks are very personal; I’ve had the same one my entire career.)

http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=208837561

 

[Sexton Hardcastle]

Sigh

 

[leftybuff]

Bottled water, on the average, is more expensive than gasoline. I simply cannot understand why people buy it. PT Barnum was right....

 

[FLounder]

Bottled water, on the average, is more expensive than gasoline. I simply cannot understand why people buy it. PT Barnum was right....

Shark tank?

 

[MtnBuff]

Bottled water, on the average, is more expensive than gasoline. I simply cannot understand why people buy it. PT Barnum was right....

And the majority of it passed through a municipal water system on it's way to the bottle.

A few years back I was on a tour of the Mesa Water Treatment plant in Colorado Springs and we talked for a while with the chemist who was on duty. They have a complete water lab on site and run test of the water coming out of the plant as well as have employees who drive to various locations in the system to fill glass bottles out of peoples taps for testing.

He told us that the federal standards for municipal water are much stricter than bottled water. He also said that at various times they had tested different brands of water and very few were as clean as what was coming out of peoples taps in the city, in fact a few of them would not be legal and would trigger required action on their part.

 

[Mick Ronson]

even if....a one time purchase buys you a water filter....no need to be buying water in 10 oz bottles anyway...a good one for a hundy or two pays for itself pretty fast if you are buying cases of el dorado like you see peeps at King Soopers pushing around a shopping cart full the stuff "on sale".

 

[buffaholic]

:lol:

Clearing Something Up

It was reported by some last November that we (CU) was on the cheap and wouldn’t buy bottled water for the football offices. For the record, no campus department can generally buy bottled water with state dollars per university policy (it’s a waste of money and not efficient). However, we can all have 5-gallon water coolers; football had those removed because they simply preferred individual bottles instead of refilling personal containers. Also, they wanted bottled water for recruiting purposes (so kids could carry those around), which we could reimburse for; Jon coordinated purchases of those on his own (or through his assistant), and when he did so, was reimbursed for those costs. As for Jon buying his own desk, he didn’t like the one his predecessor, Dan Hawkins, had been using or any that the university supplier could offer, so he decided to buy his own. The university/state will thus not reimburse if you don’t select from the vendors on the bid lists. So that’s the story behind the story. (Desks are very personal; I’ve had the same one my entire career.)

http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=208837561

NM. Probably wouldn't be so funny tomorrow after I sleep this one off!

 

[Hugegroove]

And the majority of it passed through a municipal water system on it's way to the bottle.

A few years back I was on a tour of the Mesa Water Treatment plant in Colorado Springs and we talked for a while with the chemist who was on duty. They have a complete water lab on site and run test of the water coming out of the plant as well as have employees who drive to various locations in the system to fill glass bottles out of peoples taps for testing.

He told us that the federal standards for municipal water are much stricter than bottled water. He also said that at various times they had tested different brands of water and very few were as clean as what was coming out of peoples taps in the city, in fact a few of them would not be legal and would trigger required action on their part.

:yeahthat:

I might add that a close friend of mine who works at the Marston water treatment plant in Denver has told me before that much of the water drank by Colorado residents has never been pissed out more than once & then recycled, just treated, where as in Chicago it's been pissed out & recycled on average 28 times. In fact, the tap water in Colorado ranks at the very top almost every year in competitive taste tests. So buying bottled water in Colorado is pretty much a waste of $$$

 

[absinthe]

Plati needs to learn to just let **** go.

 

[Ralphandler1]

Bottled water, on the average, is more expensive than gasoline. I simply cannot understand why people buy it. PT Barnum was right....

Anyone else notice that Evian spelled backwards= Naive?

 

[DBT]

Anyone else notice that Evian spelled backwards= Naive?

:doh:

 

[Deleted member 807]

Anyone else notice that Evian spelled backwards= Naive?

Ssabmud must have been taken.

 

[BuffWarHog]

As a tax-paying American, I have a moral objection to bottled water! I expect my taxes to provide clean air and water and we, as Americans, have some of the cleanest tap water in the world (can't touch Scandinavia). So, JE, take your f-ing bottled water and suck! And as for the damn desk, welcome to the world of bureaucratic budgets just like those of us in the military. Deal with it (or win some friggin games and prove you're worth a desk).

 

[JimmyBuff]

Embree more worried about how his desk looked and whether he had bottled water than winning football games. CU should have supplied him with a Football for Dummies book instead. Maybe he would have won more than 4 games in 2 yrs.


I feel so dumb giving Embree a semi-pass after the CSU loss last year.

 

[leftybuff]

:yeahthat:

I might add that a close friend of mine who works at the Marston water treatment plant in Denver has told me before that much of the water drank by Colorado residents has never been pissed out more than once & then recycled, just treated, where as in Chicago it's been pissed out & recycled on average 28 times. In fact, the tap water in Colorado ranks at the very top almost every year in competitive taste tests. So buying bottled water in Colorado is pretty much a waste of $$$

Reclaimed water: from your neighbors toilet to your lips....