Refill Your Bottle

Help us reduce plastic waste and ocean pollution by using a reusable bottle. SFSU is phasing out use of plastic water bottles in accordance with the California State University's Procurement Policy. Take action and start using a reusable bottle today!

SFSU sells affordable reusable bottles on campus, plus has many filling stations to refill your bottle. 

Get SFSU-branded reusable bottles, tumblers, and mugs from the SFSU Bookstore online or in the Cesar Chavez Student Center. 

Reusable aluminum water bottles, including SFSU-branded Pathwater, are available for purchase at campus convenience stores like Healthy U, Open 24, and the Lobby Shop.

SFSU has installed filtered water stations on almost every building on campus. Find a refill station near you: 

Building

Floor

Located Near Room #

Administration

1

Lobby

Administration

2

254

Administration

3

354

Administration

4

447

Administration

5

502

Annex

1

Entrance

Burk Hall

1

142

Burk Hall

1

165

Burk Hall

2

213

Burk Hall

3

329

Business 

1

113

Business

2

222

Cox Stadium

Outside

Scoreboard

Creative Arts

1

104

Creative Arts

1

154

Ethnic Studies

1

102

Ethnic Studies

3

305

Ethnic Studies

5

505

Facilities

1

106

Fine Arts

1

197

Gym

1

120

Gym

1

111

Gym

1

130

Hensill

1

125

Hensill

2

233

Hensill

3

316

Hensill

5

533

Health & Social Science

1

108

Health & Social Science 

1

137

Health & Social Science 

1

155

Health & Social Science

2

204

Health & Social Science

2

289

Health & Social Science

3

306

Health & Social Science

3

361

Health & Social Science

3

384

Humanities

1

115

Humanities

1

127

Humanities

1

134

Humanities

2

200

Humanities

2

217

Humanities

3

301

Humanities

3

313

Humanities

4

400

Humanities

4

413

Humanities

5

500

Humanities

5

512

Library

1

Restrooms

Library

2

Restrooms

Library

3

Restrooms

Library

4

Restrooms

Maloney Field

Outside

Bleachers

Science

1

147

Science

2

270

Science

3

301

Student Center

1

West Coast Grill

Student Center

Top floor

Restrooms

Student Services

1

108

Student Services

2

206

Student Services

3

305

Thornton

2

235

Thornton

5

534

Thornton

6

623

Track & Field

Outside

Restrooms

Wellness Center

1

Multiple

Wellness Center

2

Multiple

West Campus Green

Outside

Restrooms

Why phase out plastic bottles?

Underwater photo

Plastic pollution is killing ocean life

Up to 13 million metric tons of plastic ends up in the ocean each year—the equivalent of a garbage truck load’s worth every minute. Fish, seabirds, sea turtles, and marine mammals can become entangled in or ingest plastic debris, causing suffocation, starvation, and drowning. Plastic particles also end up in the seafood we eat. (Source: Pew Trusts)

Pathwater bottle SFSU branded

San Francisco's water is top quality

San Franciscans currently enjoy high-quality, great tasting water from the SFPUC Regional Water System. The majority of this water comes from Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. Unlike bottled water, our delicious tap water costs less than half a penny per gallon, is quality tested over 100,000 times a year, and goes straight to your tap. (Source:San Francisco Public Utilities Commission)

Parking day installation at SFSU featuring plastic bottles

Plastic bottles increase demand for oil

Plastic is made from petroleum, and making all the plastic for the water bottles Americans consume uses 17 million barrels of crude oil annually. That is equivalent to the fuel needed for $1.3 million vehicles for a year! If you were to fill one quarter of a plastic water bottle with oil, you would be looking at roughly the amount used to produce that bottle. (Source: SF Board of Supervisors Bottled Water Fact Sheet)

exercise class at sfsu

Health impacts

Many plastic water bottles contain chemicals called phthalates that it has been shown can leach into the water. Phthalates are known to disrupt testosterone and other hormones, which can lead to infertility, cancer, miscarriages and other health problems. (Source: SF Board of Supervisors Bottled Water Fact Sheet)