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“Two years ago today Nestlé’s Aberfoyle permit expired. Yet the multi-billion dollar water corporation continues to pump up to 3.6 million litres a day from the Aberfoyle well. Since the permit expired on July 31, 2016, Nestlé has pumped an estimated 1.4 billion litres of water and counting (see our counter for the latest number here).
Nestlé’s permit for the Erin well expired nearly a year ago on August 31, 2017 but Nestlé also continues to pump up to 1.1 million litres each day.
The current legislation allows companies like Nestle to continue to pump water on expired permits if they submit their application before the permit expires. But this problematic legislation allows pumping of groundwater to continue without community input, without the free prior and informed consent of First Nations like Six Nations of the Grand River and without consideration of the impacts on climate change and adequate data on water availability and future demands.
Nestlé purchased a third well, the Middlebrook well, in 2016. The former Wynne government’s two-year pause on Nestle’s plan to extract 1.6 million litres of water a day from Middlebrook is set to end on January 1, 2019.”
– Canadians.org, Nestlé still pumping after Ontario water permit expired two years ago.
“At a time when California is struck by one of the worst droughts on record, Nestlé is bottling water out of California’s springs, aquifers and national forests to sell for profit. In one case, they’ve continued pumping and selling water while using a permit that expired over 25 years ago.
If Nestlé is unwilling to stop their practice of bottling water in drought-stricken areas, then it’s time for us as consumers to take action and boycott their water.
Nestlé own dozens of common bottled water brands, some that you probably see—and possibly drink—every day. Sign the pledge and share with friends: No more Nestlé bottled water!”
– The DailyKOS, SIGN THE PLEDGE: Boycott Nestlé water brands.
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