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February 6th, 2009 | Category: Features, Nestlé, Orting, Washington | Seattle Tacoma News Feb. 6, 2009 Posted on StopNestléWaters.org
Nestlé Waters North America is no longer exploring Orting as a site for its first bottling plant in the Pacific Northwest.
The company was considering Orting’s three mountain springs as sources for a plant that would bottle 100 million gallons of water a year.
Officials of East Pierce County announced Wed. afternoon that Nestlé would not locate its plant in the city, ending talks that started in June. The company’s only [...]
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January 28th, 2009 | Category: Features, Nestlé, Orting, Washington | By Mark Bethune
Jan. 28, 2009
Nestlé Waters North America (Nestlé) initiated discussions with the City of Orting in spring 2008 as a part of the company’s efforts to develop a new spring water bottling facility in the Pacific Northwest. Nestlé was looking to build and operate a facility in the Pacific Northwest to meet regional market needs.
As part of Nestlé’s due diligence when siting any new facility, Nestlé performed a scientific evaluation of Orting’s Wingate Spring as a [...]
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November 1st, 2008 | Category: Features, Nestlé, Orting, Washington | MELISSA SANTOS
The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.
Published: 11/01/08 11:30 p.m.
Orting officials are continuing talks about building a bottled water plant in the city–and they are considering how the project could affect their roads, water supply and revenue.
Chris Kemp, a project manager with Nestlé Waters North America, says Orting would receive $375,000 in new tax revenue in 2010-2011 if his company builds a plant there.
Over 10 years, the plant would bring the city $2.1 million, mostly from [...]
Continue reading Enough Water for All in Orting?
July 6th, 2008 | Category: Features, Nestlé, Orting, Washington | As criticism of bottled water grows, two Cascade foothills communities are approached about hosting a major bottling plant. Enumclaw says no. Orting is intrigued.
The News Tribune, July 6, 2008
By Mike Archbold
The City of Enumclaw has upped the ante on what it means to be a “green-friendly” community by rejecting a bid by a Nestlé Corporation to build a 100 million-gallon water bottle plant there.
Now it is Orting’s turn to decide if it wants Nestlé Waters North [...]
Continue reading Bottling plant looks to Orting after snubbing by Enumclaw
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