Nestlé is about to suck a fragile spring in Florida dry
-- all to churn out millions of plastic bottles of
water.
Ginnie Springs is more than a fairytale-beautiful swimming hole.
Its waters are the lifeblood of the Santa Fe River
ecosystem, a haven for rare turtle species and a vital
source of drinking water.
Now Nestlé wants to plunder Ginnie Springs’ publicly
owned water and sell it back to taxpayers for a giant
profit, creating mountains of single-use plastic in the
process.
And even though Florida has spent huge sums to restore Ginnie
Springs and the river it feeds, Nestlé gets to drain all
that water -- 1.1 million gallons a day -- without paying a cent to
affected communities.
Right now local water officials are deciding whether to
let Nestlé suck up the springs. They’re paying close
attention to the public's growing outrage.
Local community groups are working tirelessly to protect this
precious water source, but they need your help to make their demands
impossible to ignore.
Tell
Florida water officials: Protect Ginnie Springs from Nestlé’s
greed.
Every gallon Nestlé plunders in Ginnie Springs is a gallon stolen
from the region’s fragile rivers and wetlands. Nestlé claims it will
be a responsible steward of the water -- but you and I know that
promise is all wet.
For years, the corporation has been illegally sucking
tens of millions of gallons from California’s San Bernardino
National Forest, even through deep droughts. And in Canada,
Nestlé is draining First Nations land while community members go
without water for drinking and bathing.
We know we can win this. Communities in Oregon,
Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin have successfully stopped other Nestlé
water grabs.
During a major drought in Ontario, 160,000 SumOfUs
members like you stopped Nestlé’s profit-driven raid on
community water. And last year, you raised tens of thousands
of dollars to help a small Michigan town fight Nestlé’s water
greed.
Don’t
let Nestlé pillage community water and churn out more plastic
garbage. Add your name to protect Ginnie Springs and the ecosystem
it supports.
