HONOLULU -- An international environmental campaign against bottled water is coming to Hawaii.

Environmentalists said they hope the University of Hawaii will help send the message that bottled water is bad for the earth.

Daryl Huff reported that bottled water is everywhere on the UH campus, but Iris Miura still fills her big glass of ice at a fountain.

"It's almost a dollar for bottled water -- tap water is free," Miura said.

Environmentalists applaud Miura's efforts. Many said that the bottles, bottling transportation and disposal are an environmental strain and make people forget water should be free.

"If you are willing to pay $3 for a bottle of water, what else might you be willing to pay for?" John Cusick, a representative for the UH Environmental Center, said.

Cusick walks to a water fountain to keep his bottle full for free. He said he and others would like to see the campus lead the way in discouraging bottled water on campus.

"I think there is increasingly this critical mass of faculty, and students as well, that recognize something really needs to change -- and the sooner the better," Cusick said.

Some who like the convenience of an occasional bottle might resent the environmentalists' intrusion.

"I would say, 'It's none of your business,'" said Nathan Nakadomari. "If you recycle the plastic, which I do, it limits the impact."