Nestlé Discovers Water in the Arizona Desert, and Bottles It | Emergency Preparedness | Forums

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A Nestlé bottling unit is opening a new plant in drought-stricken Phoenix because that's where the water is. Really.

Drought? Desert? Water? The pure dissonance provoked understandable controversy among the sand-lubbers who make up one of the top three U.S. markets in per capita water-bottle-swigging.

"It's hard for people to hold in their minds," said Sarah Porter, director of the Kyl Water Center at Arizona State University. "Those two things don't seem compatible." And yet the question remains—how can they bottle water in the desert?

The Nestlé Waters North America facility slated for western Phoenix is nearing fruition amid a series of higher-pitched battles the company has faced elsewhere. Three environmental groups have sued the U.S. Forest Service for letting Nestlé continue to bottle in the San Bernardino Mountains.

Last month, Hood River County, Ore., voted in favor of an anti-bottling measure, plugging up a proposed Nestlé facility. And persistent community opposition in tiny Eldred Township, Pa., led the company to drop plans for a plant there.

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