bottled water companies. We have good tap water in the US. Buy a jug that you can carry with you. Create a movement to save water and to reduce the pollution created by these plastic disposable bottles. Make it unfashionable to purchase water in this fashion. Water should be public utility.

You can save on your water bill. I can get two cases of Nestles for 2.49. That is really cheap. I often wonder how they make a profit. However, I don't use bottled water for everything. Two cases of bottled water lasts me a couple months normally. I use it for running around doing errands and at the gym. The gym especially is a great use for it. Of course now you want to use bottled water sparingly at least until California recovers.

You can drink and use tap water for the same price or lower, far less than for bottled water.

There is a minimum charge we pay that is around 30 bucks a month. That is outrageous quit frankly but what can you do. I think minimum charges are BS.

Refill your snob bottle from the tap.

Keep in mind some of us work out at the gym.

It's disgusting and yes I have a purifier. I do use the ice sometimes for ice tea that I buy at Publix. It is ok.

The water in Anaheim came from underground limestone caves so it was very hard.

In Vegas it's not bad because of the alkaline soil here. In Battle Creek it was rusty looking in the tub. In New York City it looked slightly blue/green. Chicago water was surprisingly clear on the west side.

Chlorine levels varied.

I have a Brita bottle with a filter, a friend has a Camelbak. Each costs about $20.

I notice more and more women at the gym are carrying bottles with filters instead of buying or bringing bottled water. And the nice thing about the filter is that I can refill it all day long, wherever I am.

that water free the year before. It got on the news and the BC LIBERAL government decided, well we should charge them something for it.

ONE MILLION LITERS OF WATER FOR LESS THAN THE PRICE OF ONE STAR BUCKS LATTE.

... that a lot of the "water is a human right" crowd is yearning for.

because the left is split.

In BC conservatives vote for the liberal party since the Social Credit Party disappeared. The left is split between the NDP and Green faction.

They want to shrink government down because it is the only thing big enough to fight corporations

Holy shit.

http://naturalsociety.com/nestle-ceo-water-not-human-right-should-be-privatized/

I rest my case

You lost your case.

Nestle is taking the water they sell out of the same system as everyone else. Because they're a bulk user, they get it at a better rate than everyone else, but they don't own, operate, or manage the water supply. None of this is good, but it's not privatization, either.

Oh wait,.....companies don't CARE about getting good PR any more.

... they would want some aspect of control of the water system. Now THAT would be privatization. Congrats, Spitfire, you were the first on this thread to suggest that Nestle SHOULD be part of the privatization of the Sacremento water system.

Water privatization is used here as a shorthand for private sector participation in the provision of water services and sanitation (the sale of water resources themselves is covered in the article on water trading).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_privatization

You have no case to rest.

I never cease to be amazed that DUers so eagerly post rank bullshit here without remorse or even a second thought.

1) From the article: "Nestlé pays only 65 cents for each 470 gallons it pumps out of the ground." That ain't stealing.

2) “The coalition is protesting Nestlé’s virtually unlimited use of water – up to 80 million gallons a year drawn from local aquifers – while Sacramentans (like other Californians) who use a mere 7 to 10 percent of total water used in the State of California." Nestle's consumption is 0.0006% of the total, or 1/10,000 that used by Sacramentans. How manipulative.

3) “Nestlé pays only 65 cents for each 470 gallons it pumps out of the ground – the same rate as an average residential water user. But the company can turn the area’s water around, and sell it back to Sacramento at mammoth profits.” Right. So, why buy their bottled water?

Yeah, bottled water is ridiculous. It generates tremendous amounts of waste plastic and is totally unnecessary because city water is every bit as safe and clean as Nestle's bottled water.

Hey, Sacremento! Quit being stupid and stop buying bottled water!

So sorry the 'rank bullshit' so offends your sensibilities.

faster than posting facts.

And I agree with your assessment of the article.

Fifty miles away, Anheuser-Busch pays $200 per acre-foot for their water. Fuzzy math says Nestle pays two and a half times what Anheuser-Busch pays.

Both Coors and Bud taste like water filtered through a bale of hay.

It actually has a discernible hops aftertaste and is the choice of winemakers during the hot harvest days, "It takes a lot of beer to make wine".

Which brings us back to water conservation.

In fact the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Fairfield has reduced its overall water use by 47 percent.

Most people in my Northern California area have idled their sprinkler systems and are using hoses for spot watering just to keep some things alive, like their orange trees for mimosas.

http://www.salon.com/2015/04/07/nestles_despicable_water_crisis_profiteering_how_its_making_a_killing_—%C2%A0while_california_is_dying_of_thirst/

Just kidding. Words have meanings, unless you're on the attack. Then you can accuse people of stealing something they paid for. People like to attack before they look at the big picture. Bottled water uses 80 million gallons! Fracking uses 70 million gallons! They don't ever stop to think about how 80 million gallons is .00008% of the trillion gallons that almonds use. It is far less than a rounding error for almond growers. In the private market, when there is a very low supply, and a very high demand, companies... do something. I can't put my finger on it, but it usually works. Wait, I think they ration it, right?

Which government entity gave them the corporate welfare giveaway? And who elected the government entity?

What an odd thing for them to say.

Sign at link. K&R!



http://act.couragecampaign.org/sign/NestleDrought/?t=1&akid=1622.344810.5H0SQb

Demand that Nestlé stop bottling CA's water during drought!
California is facing a drought of historic proportions and while individuals are being forced to reduce their water usage, Nestlé is bottling the scarce resource straight from the heart of California’s drought and selling it for profit.

Nestlé -- who extracts water from CA for its Arrowhead and Pure Life brands -- is bottling from at least a dozen natural springs throughout California, including from some of the most drought-stricken areas of the state.

Nestlé has repeatedly ignored requests from local residents and activists to halt its irresponsible bottling operations, so now it’s time for state water regulators to step in!

With a recent report showing that California only has enough water to last the state one more year, we must put an end to this madness at Nestlé before it’s too late. Join us!

SIGN THE PETITION to tell the California Water Resources Control Board:

“While California is facing record drought conditions, it is unconscionable that Nestlé would continue to bottle the state’s precious water, export it, and sell it for profit. As a consumer and concerned citizen, I call on you to immediately stop Nestlé’s bottling operations in California.”

Just signed it.

Example: Rolling Coal.

We reuse our 5 gallon bottles and take them in to be refilled with water (city water) that is run through a filtration system, for about 18 cents a gallon. Works for us since our city likes to add large amounts of chlorine to our water. Filtered tastes better for drinking and making coffee.

Last year I watered the flowers (but never the lawn) in my front yard three times a week, took a short shower every day, did my laundry when I had to and likewise my dishes, made sure that my fabulous furry feline housemates had a full water bowl.

There's not 25% I can cut out of that. I say squeeze Nestle. If they have a hissy and leave the state, tonto mejor. We don't need sociopaths in our neighborhood.

A corporation, not being a person, can't really be an asshole. But its corporate officers can be:
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You do not raise cattle and slaughter them. You simply stick a pipe in the ground and turn on the spigot. You're a douche bag for sucking the water out of the ground for a needless product that pollutes our streets and waterways with your infernal plastic bottles and plastic ring holders. There is no need for bottled water in the US. The majority of municipal water systems produce perfectly fine water. If you need filtered water, buy a filtering system and filter your own. It's more economical and more environmentally friendly.