I&#x27;m not suggesting that Nestle would want to run the water supply. It&#x27;s much more profitable to sell bottled water instead.<p>The biggest competitor to pop&#x2F;soda is water. When I was a kid, almost no one drank bottled water, and there were a lot more public water fountains. It should be no surprise that companies entered that marketplace a few decades back, and water fountains started to disappear. See <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smithsonianmag.com&#x2F;smart-news&#x2F;why-thinking-public-drinking-fountains-are-gross-problem-180955931&#x2F;?no-ist" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smithsonianmag.com&#x2F;smart-news&#x2F;why-thinking-public...</a> or <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.post-gazette.com&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;30&#x2F;Respecting-public-water-fountains&#x2F;stories&#x2F;201508300106" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.post-gazette.com&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;30&#x2F;Respecting-pu...</a> . Quoting from the latter:<p>&gt; Homegrown brands, though, couldn’t boast glamorous European roots. So instead, they made Americans afraid of the tap. One ad from Royal Spring Water claimed that “tap water is poison.” Another, from Calistoga Mountain Spring Water, asked: “How can you be sure your water is safe? ... Unfortunately, you can’t.” Fiji Water infuriated Ohio with the tagline “The label says Fiji because it’s not bottled in Cleveland.” The insinuation, of course, was that there was something wrong with local water.<p>If people don&#x27;t trust public city water to drink, but do trust private bottled water, then more profits for those companies. (Or if the new Central Florida University stadium was built without fountains, forcing people to buy $3 bottled water instead, then profit! ... Until the water ran out and &quot;60 attendees were treated for heat-related issues; 18 were hospitalized for heat exhaustion&quot;.)