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DW4L has not yet had the chance to view this film, but it is a documentary about Nestle’s business of bottling water. Here is a link to information about the film: http://www.bottledlifefilm.com/index.php/nestle-and-water.html If you watch it, please write a review by selecting “comment” below this post. Thanks! Joe Stone, Mail Staff Writer | Posted: Friday, January 6, 2012 9:33 am A substitute water supply plan filed Thursday by Nestlé Waters North America requests approval to augment out-of-priority depletions to the Arkansas River resulting from operations at Ruby Mountain Springs near Nathrop. The request applies to the period from March 22, 2012, to March 21, 2013, and states that Nestlé will pump 196.08 acre-feet of water from the springs at a maximum rate of 200 gallons per minute [...] Continue reading Nestlé files augmentation plan for Arkansas River depletion Chris Buchanan, DW4L, December 8, 2011 In 2007, the World Economic Forum Water Initiative was created to “raise awareness among governments, businesses, and the expert community about the challenge of managing future water needs, and on piloting public-private-expert platforms for reform.” http://www3.weforum.org/docs/IP/MM/Water_Resources_Group_Phase2_4pager.pdf Out of this initiative came the 2030 Water Resources Group. Formed in 2008, the WRG was sponsored by the International Finance Corporation, a part of the World Bank Group, which “provides investments and advisory services to [...] Continue reading World Bank Sponsors ‘Water Resources Group’ aiming to Privatize Water Services in Less Developed Countries This article is about Nestle’s targetting of Latino communities to market bottled water. The article is entirely in Spanish, but you can look up more information at: http://www.stopcorporateabuse.org/node/1571 Empresas promueven producto con más energía entre los consumidores hispanos Róger Lindo | 2011-11-06 | La Opinión Universidades, grupos comunitarios y líderes latinos han iniciado una campaña para contrarrestar lo que denominan las técnicas manipulativas de las compañías embotelladoras de agua para comercializarla entre los hispanos a precios muy superiores a los que [...] Continue reading Tan Claro Como Agua Turbia (As Clear as Muddy Water) By Alli Crook and Caitlin Krown, Tuesday, November 1, 2011 To Tap That, a campaign of the Vassar Greens dedicated to reducing bottled water use on campus, commercial scams and unregulated corruption are expected of all major bottled water companies. From images of mountain springs and false promises of a healthier, cleaner product, bottled water companies have designed a product so cleverly that many are now convinced that they cannot live without it and are willing to pay for something that [...] Continue reading Bottled water marketing tactic targets Latinos By Skye Kinkade Mount Shasta Area Newspapers Posted Nov 02, 2011 @ 10:15 AM Last update Nov 02, 2011 @ 02:21 PM McCloud, Calif. — Now that a study on the Squaw Valley Creek watershed is complete, members of the McCloud Community Services District and California Trout hope they can keep some of its sensors up and running. “If we can continue the study, we’d learn more about stream flow,” said Curtis Knight of Cal Trout. “The more information we have, [...] Continue reading Some question McCloud’s Squaw Valley Creek study Defending Water for Life is disappointed but not surprised to see this outcome from the Michigan Court of Appeals: Why rights-based-ordinances are essential to actual protection: Courts follow laws that regulate environmental damage, they cannot prevent the damage from happening. And Nestle still complains because they’re not taking as much water per minute as they’d like… Here is the article: Nestle Waters North America had a mixed reaction to an opinion recently issued by the Michigan Court of Appeals. The [...] Continue reading Nestles [sic] gets to keep taking Michigan water Let’s keep an eye on this guy. Rodney Butler, the previous code enforcement office, left to briefly work for Nestle and is now returning to Brewer as the water superintendent. Let’s all watch to ensure no sleezy deals go down between the water commodification giant and this nice little city while Butler is in charge. Here’s the article from the Bangor Daily News: By Nok-Noi Ricker, BDN Staff Posted Oct. 21, 2011 BREWER, Maine — Rodney Butler, [...] Continue reading Brewer hires former code enforcement officer as water superintendent Inaccessible to general public due to “sensitive habitat,” however Nestle will continue pumping 5 days a week, 8 trucks a day. DWL believes that this article is a perfect example of the marriage between corporate water miners and state officials. A comment below the article sums it up nicely: “On one hand, Nestle says they want to “create a more natural habitat.” On the other, they want to apply a “geotextile liner” to the ponds. Do the terms “geotextile liner” [...] Continue reading Nestle Prepares to Restore Fish Hatchery: Precious Access in Colorado H2O comes at a price for both our health and the environment By: Alexa Coppola On any given day in the progressive 21st century, a relatively intuitive economist might ask himself, “What may be the next most valuable commodity?”A greedy economist without regard for the environment or for his fellow citizens of the planet would tell you that water may be next in line for items of greatest value.Water — yes, water. The same water that runs through the tap [...] Continue reading Poland Springs: What it Means to be Exploited |
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