Nestle 'continues to "plunder" water in California after 4 years of drought (Petition)

    For the past four years, California has been experiencing a period of drought that is devastating to say the least. But Nestlé, a well-known bottled water multinational, continues to extract water from the aquifers for its bottling operations, largely - it seems - in an uncontrolled way.

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    La California for four years now it has been going through a period of drought devastating to say the least. But Nestlé, a well-known bottled water multinational, continues to extract water from aquifers for its operations bottling, largely – firewall - in an uncontrolled way.

    Some companies have decided to make different choices while Nestlé is not giving up. The company he defends himself officially claiming that its bottling operations in California factories have no negative impact on the current situation.

    Starbucksinstead, it has recently announced that it plans to move its bottled water plant from California to Pennsylvania. Nestlé is of a completely different opinion. It will not transfer the bottling plants elsewhere and indeed, if it could increase bottling operations it would, as said the CEO of the multinational, Tim Brown.

    Meanwhile, California Governor Jerry Brown decided to implement the first state plan for limiting water consumption. So now is the time to demand that Nestlé cease its California and California bottling operations sign the petition designed for citizens who want to make their voices heard.

    The multinational would continue to extract water from sensitive areas such as San Bernardino National Forest, though the permit granted to the multinational would expire in 1988. Nestlé continues to extract water in this area because the renewal of the permit is still under discussion, so there is no ban on operations.

    In addition, Nestlé has reportedly and is still extracting water in the area of ​​the Morongo Band of Mission Indians by Cabazon. Nestlé's water extraction operations are a source of income for the native populations of these places. This is why the multinational was able to continue them without problems, despite the fact that the area is almost desert.



    As for the San Bernardino National Forest, Nestlé will obtain the renewal of the permit in 18 months and in the meantime it will be able to continue to operate by paying only a fine of $ 524 per year. Nestlé owns 5 water bottling plants and 4 food factories in California, but no one seems to know exactly how much water the multinational is using exactly.

    The company has not filed reports indicating how much water is extracted from each plant, and California itself is not monitoring the multinational's water use. But a'independent analysis claims that the Morongo plant consumes 200 to 250 million gallons of water a year and that all Nestlé plants in California use well 1 billion gallons of blue gold per year.

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    In short, while the Californian government is considering official restrictions on the use of water, it is doing nothing to stop Nestlé's actions. All this appears absurd and completely devoid of ethics. In short words, the company will continue to sell bottled water to those citizens who are asked to reduce the use of water available at home in their daily life.


    It is a new tragic example of how the excessive power of a multinational can prevail over the decisions of a state and over right of access to water resources, which should represent a common good for all citizens.


    Company Thu la petition per stop the production of Nestlé bottled water in California.

    Marta Albè

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