The next budget cut on tap in the city of Pittsburgh may come out of the tap.

The city is studying whether to do away with bottled water coolers to save money.

The city spent more than $26,600 to buy five-gallon bottles of Crystal Springs water in the past year.

Mayoral spokeswoman Joanna Doven says the 91-year-old City-County Building's tap water tastes bad and comes out of the tap in "different colors." That's why the city buys bottled water.

But the city is studying whether there's a cheaper way to give employees safe drinking water.

A group of Quiznos franchise holders in southwestern Pennsylvania is suing the Colorado-based company saying it promotes "grossly inflated" company profits at their expense.The company's general counsel says the federal lawsuit filed in Pittsburgh is a copycat action of one recently dismissed by a federal judge in Illinois. He says the suits contain allegations that have nothing to do with how the company operates now.The Pittsburgh-area franchise owners says the company oversaturates areas with Quiznos restaurants, many of which fail as a result. The company also forces franchise owners to deal with suppliers connected to Quiznos, who charge high prices and cause the stores to lose money, among other complaints.