Flathead Judge Rules Montana DEQ's Review Of Bottling Plant Inadequate
Site of the Montana Artesian Water Company bottling plant near Creston, MT. A Flathead County District Court judge ruled July 21 that a Montana Department of Environmental Quality review failed to consider the full effects of a water-bottling plant near Creston. Montana Artesian Water Co.’s bottling plant obtained a wastewater discharge permit from the DEQ in 2017. However, that ruling was challenged in court by a local activists group and neighboring landowners. They argued the DEQ permit and a beneficial water permit from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation were...