{"id":14395,"date":"2015-04-23T15:02:58","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T15:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=14395"},"modified":"2015-04-23T15:03:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T15:03:09","slug":"why-is-nestle-being-allowed-to-sell-water-outside-of-california-for-so-much-profit-during-the-drought-of-the-millennium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=14395","title":{"rendered":"Why is Nestl\u00e9 being allowed to sell water outside of California for so much profit during the drought of the millennium?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Nestl\u00e9 is using a Native American tribe’s land to get away with draining California dry<\/h1>\n

You might be most familiar with Nestl\u00e9 as the company behind some of the world’s tastiest cavity-inducing chocolate treats.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

You know, like these brands.<\/p>\n

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But did you know that they’re also the company behind seven (yes, seven) different brands of bottled water in the U.S.?<\/h3>\n

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Count ’em: Ice Mountain, Poland Spring, Deer Park, Zephyrhills, Ozarka, Arrowhead, and good ol’ Nestl\u00e9 PureLife.<\/p>\n

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The number of brands alone seems a bit excessive, but hey, that’s just me.<\/em><\/p>\n

And while I could get into a long-winded rant about the evils of bottled water, complete with pictures of garbage island<\/a>, I’m here to tell a different story.<\/p>\n

See, California is going through a bit of a drought \u2014 and I mean “a bit” in the sense that my beloved Chicago Cubs’ 107-year World Series drought is “a bit” of a losing streak.<\/h3>\n

(This is our year! Or maybe next? Or the one after that?)<\/p>\n

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But seriously, it’s bad out there.<\/h3>\n

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This is a water basin. I kid you not.<\/em><\/p>\n

As luck would have it, Nestl\u00e9 owns a few bottled water plants right in the state \u2014 and they know how to drill from the desert. California is saved, right? Wrong!<\/h3>\n

Rather than keep the water for local use, Nestl\u00e9 is bottling it and selling it all around the country.<\/h3>\n

I know, I know. The idea of removing water from an area that is literally in a state of emergency<\/a> <\/strong>due to a drought is almost Dickensian cruelty.
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Humbug!<\/em><\/p>\n

At this point, I thought to myself, “OK, OK, I’m sure the state can hop in there and tell Nestl\u00e9 to stop sending water out of state, right?” Wrong.<\/h3>\n

Because one of Nestl\u00e9’s bottling plants is located here, the state is powerless.<\/p>\n

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Why? Because that land belongs to the Morongo Native American tribe (Nestl\u00e9 leases it from them), meaning that they’re not obligated to follow local rules.<\/h3>\n

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At another of their Los Angeles-area plants, located in the San Bernardino National Forest, Nestl\u00e9 simply hasn’t bothered to renew necessary operating permits.<\/p>\n

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Now, Nestl\u00e9 says its water-sourcing methods are sustainable, though some have questioned the accuracy of those claims<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So unless Nestl\u00e9 wants to have to change their logos to this:<\/h3>\n

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They should stop sending what little water California has out of state, and use their corporate powers for good.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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