Coca-Cola Sucks Wells Dry in Chiapas, Forcing Residents to Buy Water

 The water is disappearing in San Felipe Ecatepec, an Indigenous town three miles outside of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, in southern Mexico.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/41916-coca-cola-sucks-wells-dry-in-chiapas-forcing-residents-to-buy-water

Nestlé Makes Billions Bottling Water It Pays Nearly Nothing For

 The company’s operation in Michigan reveals how it’s dominated the industry by going into economically depressed areas with lax water laws.


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-09-21/nestl-makes-billions-bottling-water-it-pays-nearly-nothing-for

DNRC faces tough questions at bottling-plant hearing

The Montana Artesian Water Company’s plan to bottle Creston’s groundwater drew fresh scrutiny Tuesday morning.

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/article/20170919/ARTICLE/170919814

County asked to set election or approve expansion

 The leaders of an effort to expand a zoning district east of Kalispell to include land where a water-bottling plant is planned have asked the Flathead County commissioners to set a Nov. 7 election for a ballot issue on the district expansion. A second option, their attorney suggested, is for the commissioners to reconsider their earlier vote and approve the Egan Slough Zoning District expansion.

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http://www.dailyinterlake.com/article/20170719/ARTICLE/170719874

Voters to decide zoning proposal’s fate

We can vote to zone out...

Flathead County voters will decide whether to expand a zoning district in an agricultural area near Creston, after a petition secured enough signatures by Tuesday to place the question on a future county-wide election ballot.

The proposal is identical to one that was unanimously struck down by the Flathead County commissioners last year, and is being advanced by a group of landowners and volunteers concerned with the potential impacts of a planned water-bottling plant that would fall within the boundaries of the proposed Egan Slough Zoning District expansion.


http://www.dailyinterlake.com/article/20170629/ARTICLE/170629824

How Ontario Canada handles their water bottlers

The Ontario government has made it official by announcing fees for bottlers of water will jump from $3.71 for a million litres of groundwater taken to $503.71 per million litres, later this summer.

“This increased fee, along with the other measures we’ve taken, will help increase groundwater protection and scientific understanding of how to best manage this vital resource,” Environment and Climate Change Minister Glen Murray said in a statement Thursday.

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https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/06/08/fees-for-bottlers-of-water-jump-from-371-to-50371.html

Tell Michigan's DEQ To Oppose Nestlé's Water Grab

This kind of stuff is everywhere... Without an adequate environmental review!

http://action.storyofstuff.org/letter/Michigan_DEQ-letter_Nestle/?utm_source=michigan-update-final-comment&utm_medium=email&t=1&akid=6532.852816.Mkk5ay