“TAPPED” is currently only available for viewing at theaters or licensed public screenings. There is no admission charge for attending the “TAPPED” screenings; donations will be accepted for the hosting locations.

Scheduled screenings:

Feb. 25 at 6:30pm; free; Aspen Room in the library of the Lake Tahoe Community College, 1 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe.

March 31 at 6pm, free, UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center, Sierra Nevada College Campus, 291 Country Club Drive, Incline Village.

A third screening in the Tahoe City area is being arranged for May.

Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig’s award winning feature film, “TAPPED” is an unflinching examination of the business of the billion dollar bottled water industry.

From the producers of “Who Killed the Electric Car” and “I.O.U.U.S.A.” this documentary is a behind the scenes look at the unregulated and unseen works of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back one resource that ought never become a commodity, our water.

From the plastic production to the ocean where so many of these bottles end up, this inspiring documentary trails the path of the bottled water industry, and the communities that were unwitting chips on the table. A powerful portrait of the lives affected by the bottled water industry, this revelatory film features those caught in the intersection of big business and the public’s right to water. From the website: www.tappedthemovie.com

The February and March screenings are presented by the Tahoe Water Suppliers Association in partnership with the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences and Lake Tahoe Community College.

For more information, call Madonna Dunbar at (775) 832.1212, email mod@ivgid.org, or go to www.tahoeh2o.org.