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Tuesday, April 14th, 2015

Nestlé’s California Water Permit Expired 27 Years Ago

Author:     Zoë Schlanger
Source:     Newsweek
Publication Date:     4/13/15 at 2:40 PM
 Link: Nestlé’s California Water Permit Expired 27 Years Ago
Stephan:   You have probably already heard that in the midst of California's drought, Nestlé is making millions bottling and selling California's water in little plastic bottles. It turns out the story is even more startling than that, as this report describes.
The fact that Nestlé has continued its massive water-bottling operation while the state struggles with crippling water shortages has become a sticking point for activists. Credit: Steven Depolo/Flickr

The fact that Nestlé has continued its massive water-bottling operation while the state struggles with crippling water shortages has become a sticking point for activists.
Credit: Steven Depolo/Flickr

Last month, California newspaper The Desert Sun published an investigation revealing that Nestlé Water’s permit to transport water across the San Bernardino National Forest for bottling has been expired since 1988. On Friday, the California Forest Service announced it would make it “a priority” to reassess the permit, and that it might impose as-of-yet unspecified “interim conditions” on the bottling operation in light of the severe drought, The Desert Sun reports.

The fact that Nestlé has continued its massive water-bottling operation while the state struggles with crippling water shortages has become a sticking point for activists. A petition demanding Nestlé immediately stop bottling and profiting off California water […]

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