Nestle pays only $524 to a year to extract more than 25,OOO,OOO gallons of California drinking water. And despite a historically bad drought, they show no signs of slowing down. If you did not subscribe, or would no longer like to receive email updates unsubscribe here. Nestle pays only $524 to a year to extract more than 25,OOO,OOO gallons of California drinking water. And despite a historically bad drought, they show no signs of slowing down.
88,361 people have signed the LeftAction petition to demand the U.S. Forest Service shut down Nestle's unregulated water pumping. Click here to sign your name and help us keep the pressure mounting against Nestle >>
SIGN YOUR NAME: Demand the U.S. Forest Service shut down Nestle’s unrestricted water pumping >> While California is currently in the midst of the worst drought in history, the multi-national Nestle Corporation is pumping tens of millions of gallons of water a year -- on a permit that expired in the 1980s.
To add insult to injury, the heavily-discounted water Nestle is pumping from California is going toward bottled water -- which they sell at nearly a thousand times what they paid for it.
Sign your name and tell the U.S. Forest Service to shut down Nestle’s unregulated water pumping IMMEDIATELY. |
Curt --
California’s drought is bad -- really bad. It’s estimated that the Golden State only has enough water to sustain itself for one more year. But while residents and farmers are living under strict water usage limits, Nestle has been pumping between 50-80 million gallons of water a year from the Sacramento region alone.
The kicker? Their permit to pump water expired in 1988.
Why was this allowed to happen? The U.S. Forest Service said their permit system has been too backlogged to notice Nestle was working on an expired permit.
Gov. Jerry Brown has declared the drought a state of emergency. California residents have been told to cut their water usage by 20 percent or face huge fines. Nestle on the other hand, is only paying 65 cents per 450 gallons they take from the state and then turns around and rakes in a cool $10.29 billion a year in bottled water profits.
It gets worse: California doesn’t have any laws limiting the amount of water drawn from groundwater. In the Coachella Valley, it’s estimated that Nestle draws 2OO,OOO,OOO gallons of water a year.
To put that in perspective -- California’s entire grain industry only uses 69 million gallons of water a year.
Sign your name and demand the U.S. Forest Service shut down Nestle’s unregulated water pumping >>
California currently produces one-third of the nation’s vegetables and two-thirds of the country’s fruits and nuts. Nestle draining California’s water supply doesn’t just affect California -- it impacts all of us.
Tell California to shut down Nestle’s water pumping:
http://leftaction.com/action/shut-down-nestle
Thanks for your support,
John Hlinko, LeftAction
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