Salt Lake Tribune · Aug 17, 2017
Park Service reverses ban on bottled water
(John Marciano | Zion National Park) A Zion National Park staffer fills a bottle at one of four water filling stations installed as part of an effort to rid the park of disposable plastic bottles. On Wednesday, the National Park Service rescinded the 2011 policy that allowed Zion and several other Utah parks to ban sales of bottled water. The National Park Service did its part to reduce that stream with a 2011 policy allowing local park officials to ban sales of bottled water, but on Wednesday the agency unexpectedly reversed that policy, effectively ending bottle bans at several Utah national parks including Zion and Arches.