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According to the International Bottled Water Association, Americans drank 15.9 billion gallons of bottled water in 2023, a 6.5% increase over the previous year.

Hours before Milton landed on Oct. 9, FEMA signed a $31 million contract with an Atlanta-area company for “53 million liters of bottled drinking water.” That’s 106 million bottles.