Water officials in California have drafted a cease-and-desist order to force Nestlé to stop pumping millions of gallons of water out of the San Bernardino forest to be sold as Arrowhead branded water as drought conditions once again return to the Golden State
California demands Nestlé stop pumping water in drought-ridden state
The water well is drying up for Nestlé.
Water officials in California have drafted a cease-and-desist order to force Nestlé to stop pumping millions of gallons of water out of the San Bernardino forest to be sold as Arrowhead branded water as drought conditions once again return to the Golden State.
Though the order still requires approval from the California Water Resources Control Board, it is just another chapter in the war between environmentalists and Nestlé with advocates claiming that Nestlé s operations have contributed to the ongoing California water crisis.
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By the time this column is published, Northern California may be receiving some much-needed rain, and possibly some snow.
However, late-season precipitation does not change the reality that California is in one of its periodic droughts after two dry years.
Major Northern California reservoirs are only about half-full due to scanty runoff from mountain snowpacks, farmers are getting tiny percentages of their normal water allotments and local water agencies are beginning to impose restrictions on household use.
We’ve seen many droughts, but this one seems somehow different, perhaps because it’s occurring just as Californians are trying to recover, personally and economically, from the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.