Bottled water is a thing of the past at Halifax City Hall.

Halifax Regional Council voted Tuesday night to stop providing bottled water at City Hall, with most councillors agreeing there are environmental reasons for switching from bottled water to tap water.

And Purcells Cove-Armdale Coun. Linda Mosher said the motion didn't go far enough. She argued that if bottled water is banned from City Hall, then pop and juice bottles should go, too.

"It's making a mockery out of it if we only say water and not other beverages. Get your pop out of the fridge, and your juice, or I'm not supporting this," Mosher said.

Deputy Mayor David Hendsbee rejected her attempt to amend the motion to include those beverage containers.

"I don't want an amendment that distracts from the debate of bottled water and bottled water only. I'll leave it at that, with respect," he said, over Mosher's objections.

A report to council stated that bottled water could be banned at Halifax City Hall because the tap water in the historic building has been tested and meets Canadian drinking water guidelines.

But staff recommended that regional council wait for further testing before implementing the idea at the municipality's 250 other facilities.

The testing would cost $50,000, the report said, and if any pipes need to be replaced or if filtering systems need to be added, that would add to the cost. Also, it would cost $2,000 to replace water fountains in municipal buildings.