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Nestle water plant? Not in our town, Enumclaw says.

Seattle Times – July 24, 2008, last modified

Faced with the prospect of a new water-bottling plant and the tapping of a mountain spring, the citizens of Enumclaw fought back.

By Cara Solomon, Times South King County Reporter

Last spring, in the small town of Enumclaw, a company came calling. What it wanted was water. One hundred million gallons a year, to be precise.

It would pay nicely for the privilege. It would set up a bottling plant and provide [...]

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Nestlé Looking at Water, Enumclaw

May 28, 2008

SMALL TOWN BUSINESS

Company wants to bottle city resource, operate a plant here.

By Kevin Hanson

for The Enumclaw Courier Herald

ENUMCLAW, Washington (STPNS) — The huge Nestlé Corporation would like to tap into Enumclaw’s pristine water supply, pull millions of gallons of the cool liquid from a natural spring each week and bottle the natural beverage in a facility on the city’s east side.

The proposal will be topic of discussion Monday during an Enumclaw [...]

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