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October 7th, 2013 | Tags: 260 million litres, Aboriginal Rights & Title, BC Government, BC Water Act, BC's ground water, bottled water, Dan Fumano, First In Right, First In Time, First Nations, Hope BC, legislation crafted in 1909, local control of water, nestle, outdated water laws, WaterWealth Declaration | Category: Action Alerts, Community Rights, Feature, Nestlé, News, United States, Washington | The WaterWealth Project
Posted by Sheila Muxlow, Campaign Director 594.20wc on August 16, 2013 Despite the fact that Nestle never applied for a license to access the water and is draining the size of a small lake each year, they are not breaking the law. In fact Nestle’s operation is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to industries that are taking advantage of BC’s outdated water laws. Beyond bottled water, industries like mining, agriculture and natural [...]
Continue reading Free Groundwater for Nestle is One of Many Corporate Give-Aways of Water in BC
October 7th, 2013 | Tags: "our" water, Aquaterra, BC, BC Water Act, British Columbians, Canada, Canadian Springs, Chawathil and Union Bar, First Nations, fracking, Hope, Icefield, largest corporations in the world, LNG operations, Natural Glacier Waters (Neve Canada, nestle, Nestle's water extraction operation, Polaris Water Company, Stolo Nation communities, water as a public resource, Water Sustainability Act, Whistler Waters | Category: Feature, Nestlé, News, United States, Washington | The Water Wealth Project
Posted by Larry Commodore, 229wc., on Aug. 29, 2013
As is so often the case here in BC when controversy arises concerning land and resources, many non-natives rally to the cry that it is “our” resources or it’s “public land” that’s at stake.
To some First Nations, this, at best, is met with puzzlement; how did my People’s traditional land and resources become something that belongs to all British Columbians?
A case in point [...]
Continue reading Whose Water? A First Nation’s Perspective
October 7th, 2013 | Tags: 1 million square-foot bolting plant, 5 million gallons of water per day, Anacortes, bottled water, CEO Steve Winter, Defending Water in the Skagit River Basin, governmental transparency, largest bottling plant in North America, Mayor Maxwell, rail lines, Steve Winter, terminates water contract with Anacortes, Tethys 30 acres of land, Tethys Enterprises, Tethys letter of termination, Washington bottling plant | Category: Feature, Grassroots Movements, Legal, News, United States, Washington | Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash.
Posted: Thursday, October 3, 2013 6:15 am | Updated: 1:38 pm, Thu Oct 3, 2013.
By Mark Stayton
ANACORTES — Tethys Enterprises recently terminated its water contract with Anacortes, cutting the last ties to a long and controversial project to build a 1 million square-foot bottling plant there.
Tethys notified Anacortes that it would stop pursuing the proposed plant on Sept. 9, Anacortes Mayor Dean Maxwell said previously.
In a letter dated Oct. 1 [...]
Continue reading Tethys Enterprises Terminates Water Contract with Anacortes
October 7th, 2013 | Tags: Anacortes, bottled water, CEO Steve Winter, Defending Water in the Skagit River Basin, Foster Pepper, largest in North America, Mayor Maxwell, one million square foot, Sandra Spargo, Skagit County, Skagit River, Tethys, Tethys termination, Washington, Washington bottling plant | Category: Feature, News, United States, Washington | Oct. 2, 2013
Anacortes, WA
Skagit County
Anacortes taxpayers paid $48,139.49 to Foster Pepper of Seattle to write the 2010 Tethys-City of Anacortes water agreement that contains no termination clause for either Tethys or the City of Anacortes.
Defending Water in the Skagit River Basin learned yesterday that Tethys Enterprises and Mayor Maxwell/Foster Pepper have been secretly negotiating the termination of the 2010 Water Agreement. Two Anacortes city council members learned about negotiations yesterday. Maxwell is yet to inform [...]
Continue reading Mayor Maxwell & Tethys Enterprises Secretly Negotiate
October 6th, 2013 | Tags: Anacortes, Bill Turner, bottling plant, Brad Adams, Brian Geer, citizen trust, city's business, Cynthia Richardson, Defending Water in the Skagit River Basin, election, Eric Johnson, Erica Pickett, largest bottling plant in North America, Mayor Maxwell, people's business, Ryan Walters, Sandra Spargo, Tethys, The Alliance for Democracy, Washington bottling plant, Water Wars | Category: Feature, Letters to the Editor / Op-Ed, Letters to the Editor / Op-Ed, News, United States, Washington | Sept. 28, 2013
Anacortes, Washington
Council Member Ryan Walters, Council Member Eric Johnson, Council Member Cynthia Richardson, Council Member Erica Pickett, Council Member Brad Adams, Council Member Brian Geer,Council Member Bill Turner
Dear Council Members:
The muddlement of the City of Anacortes-Tethys Enterprises water agreement stands for a city process gone wrong during this mayoral and city council election. Now is the time to rekindle citizen trust by voting to terminate the Tethys water agreement in writing.
The city [...]
Continue reading Now is the Time to Rekindle Trust
September 27th, 2013 | Tags: Anacortes, election, five million gallons of water, Ireland, largest bottling plant in North America, one million square feet, Steve Winter, Tethys, water agreement | Category: Feature, Grassroots Movements, News, United States, Washington | Anacortes, Wash.
A letter of request to the Anacortes City Council for a written termination of the Tethys Enterprises water agreement that would have resulted in a one-million-square-foot bottling plant–the largest in North America–entitled up to five million gallons of water per day. Tethys CEO Steve Winter withdrew from the agreement and moved to Ireland.
TO: Council Member Ryan Walters, Council Member Eric Johnson, Council Member Cynthia Richardson, Council Member Erica Pickett, Council Member Brad Adams, Council Member Brian [...]
Continue reading Anacortes Election to Induce City Council Members to Terminate Water Agreement?
September 20th, 2013 | Tags: Anacortes, bottling plant, Defending Water in the Skagit River Basin, Mayor Maxwell, Steve Winter, Tethys, Washington, Water Wars | Category: Community Rights, Feature, Grassroots Movements, News, United States, Washington | Anacortes American Wednesday, September 18, 2013 Tethys’ pullout draws mixed response BY KIMBERLY JACOBSON
Reactions are mixed to the announcement last week that Tethys Enterprises backed out of its plans for a bottling facility on the island.
Some residents were pleased the proposed 1-million-square-foot plant is off the table while others are lamenting the potential jobs lost. But all are looking to the future and how Anacortes could plan to best utilize the property — and how to attract a [...]
Continue reading Tethys’ Pullout of Bottling Plant Draws Mixed Response
July 14th, 2013 | Tags: Bellingham, Carolyn Bowie, largest public college in the U.S. to ban bottled water, Mt. Rainier, Students for Sustainable Water, Western Washington University, WWU | Category: Feature, Grassroots Movements, News, United States, Washington | By Bellamy Pailthorp
Western Washington University [Bellingham, Wash.] is poised to become the largest public university in the country to ban sales of bottled water. The school joins Evergreen State College and Seattle University in making the move.
For many young environmentalists, saying no to bottled water and yes to public taps is an easy choice and a cause they can get passionate about.
That’s certainly the case for Carolyn Bowie, co-president of Students for [...]
Continue reading WWU to Become Largest Public University in the U.S. to Ban Bottled Water
July 14th, 2013 | Tags: Frederickson Industrial Area, Niagara Bottling LLC, one million gallons a day, Pamela Anderson Cridlebaugh, Randles Business Park, Susan Suess, Tacoma bottled water | Category: Feature, News, United States, Washington | The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.
Pierce County officials announced Wednesday that California-based Niagara Bottling LLC has plans to develop a $50 million, 311,000-square-foot bottling plant on 18 acres at the privately owned Randles Business Park in the Frederickson Industrial Area.
BY C.R. ROBERTS AND KATHLEEN COOPER; STAFF WRITERS Published: June 27, 2013 at 12:14 a.m. PDT — Updated: June 27, 2013 at 12:14 p.m. PDT
Pierce County officials announced Wednesday that California-based Niagara Bottling LLC has plans to develop a [...]
Continue reading Niagara Bottling, LLC, Plans to Bottle Tacoma Water
July 14th, 2013 | Tags: Anacortes, bottled water, bottling plant, CEO Steve Winter, Dale Pernula, Defending Water in the Skagit River Basin, Gordon Derr, largest bottling plant in North America, rail traffic, Reservation Road, Sharon Dillon, Skagit County, Skagit County commissioners, Tesoro refinery, Tethys, water resources, Water Wars | Category: Feature, News, United States, Washington | Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash. Wed., July 30, 2013 Anacortes land expansion to be reviewed
By KATE MARTIN
MOUNT VERNON — Anacortes’ proposal to expand its city boundaries to accommodate a beverage bottling plant has passed one of several administrative hurdles, despite reservations by one county commissioner. Skagit County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to review the city of Anacortes’ proposal, which includes incorporating and rezoning 11.2 acres southwest of the intersection of Reservation and Stevenson roads into the city’s [...]
Continue reading Skagit County Advances Tethys Bottling Plant
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