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Source: ReadtheDirt.org
By: Young Writers
By Samuel Bliss
[ReadtheDirt.org] Editor’s Note: One of our young and empowered voices—Samuel Bliss—gives us a run down on the issue of bottled water in the Northwest. Even if we don’t want to admit it, the Northwest is not immune from large corporations acquiring rights to its water. This piece complements our previous piece “Bottle the Skagit River?”.
Sam Bliss is a junior studying Environmental Economics and Spanish at Western [...]
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July 24th, 2008 | Category: Enumclaw, Features, Nestlé, Washington | 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 [...]
Continue reading Nestle water plant? Not in our town, Enumclaw says.
May 28th, 2008 | Category: Enumclaw, Features, Nestlé, Washington | 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 [...]
Continue reading Nestlé Looking at Water, Enumclaw
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