U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for June 30: Fluid Situation

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

JUNE 30: FLUID SITUATION

Profile America — Friday, June 30th. In the past, hot summer days meant that some enterprising youngsters in the neighborhood would set up a lemonade stand or the family would share a pitcher of iced tea on the front porch to cool off. In recent times, we've pretty much retreated indoors to slake our thirst year-round. The drink of choice is often a soft drink, usually carbonated. As a result, fizzy soft drink manufacturing is a $38.6 billion a year business. Bottled water has surged in popularity in recent decades, although there lately has been some pushback over the environmental threat posed by so many empty plastic bottles. The 295 water-bottling establishments in the nation ship more than $5.5 billion worth of product annually. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.

Sources:
New soft drinks/accessed 4/4/2017: www.ft.com/content/a639e708-c767-11e6-8f29-9445cac8966f 
Soft drink manufacturing revenue/Annual Survey of Manufactures/NAICS 312111: https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ASM/2015/31VS101//prodsvc~312111 
Bottled water downside/accessed 4/4/2017:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/bottled-water4.htm 
Bottled water establishments/County Business Patterns/ NAICS 312112: https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/BP/2014/00A1//naics~312112 
Revenues/Annual Survey of Manufactures /NAICS 312112:
https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ASM/2015/31GS101//naics~312112

Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics and accounts drawn from cited non-Census sources are employed for illustrative or narrative purposes, and are not attested to by the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at <http://www.census.gov> (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu).

SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau

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