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Michigan Rejects Nestle's Request For More Water

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A township planning commission in northern Michigan on Tuesday denied a bottled water company’s request to build a new pumping station needed to withdraw more underground water.


Michigan township panel rejects Nestle pump permit


Currently, Nestle can withdraw 250 gallons of Michigan's water per minute. Their request would have given Nestle permission to withdraw 400 gallons per minute... all for the sake of profits. Meanwhile, Flint's residents are still struggling thanks to their poisoned water. I applaud the people of Osceola Township for standing up against this proposal.
 
A township planning commission in northern Michigan on Tuesday denied a bottled water company’s request to build a new pumping station needed to withdraw more underground water.


Michigan township panel rejects Nestle pump permit


Currently, Nestle can withdraw 250 gallons of Michigan's water per minute. Their request would have given Nestle permission to withdraw 400 gallons per minute... all for the sake of profits. Meanwhile, Flint's residents are still struggling thanks to their poisoned water. I applaud the people of Osceola Township for standing up against this proposal.

This has absolutely nothing to do with Flint.




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Nestle is separately asking the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to approve its permit application to increase its withdrawal from 250 to 400 gallons per minute.

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Nestle will now explore other options that could have a greater environmental impact on the area, such as constructing another water pipeline or using tanker trucks to transport extra water, she said.

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Seems like the residents may have screwed themselves or just put off the inevitable for a short period of time.


That said.
**** you Nestle.
Go to the ocean and create your own desalination plants for water.
 
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A township planning commission in northern Michigan on Tuesday denied a bottled water company’s request to build a new pumping station needed to withdraw more underground water.


Michigan township panel rejects Nestle pump permit


Currently, Nestle can withdraw 250 gallons of Michigan's water per minute. Their request would have given Nestle permission to withdraw 400 gallons per minute... all for the sake of profits. Meanwhile, Flint's residents are still struggling thanks to their poisoned water. I applaud the people of Osceola Township for standing up against this proposal.
I applaud the people of Michigan for respecting their own water resources. Unlike people in Texas who were throwing their water away to fracking interests.
 
A township planning commission in northern Michigan on Tuesday denied a bottled water company’s request to build a new pumping station needed to withdraw more underground water.


Michigan township panel rejects Nestle pump permit


Currently, Nestle can withdraw 250 gallons of Michigan's water per minute. Their request would have given Nestle permission to withdraw 400 gallons per minute... all for the sake of profits. Meanwhile, Flint's residents are still struggling thanks to their poisoned water. I applaud the people of Osceola Township for standing up against this proposal.

Flints bad pipes and failure to treat their water properly has nothing to do with Nestle.
 
Flints bad pipes and failure to treat their water properly has nothing to do with Nestle.

I never said Nestle is to blame for the poor decisions made by Michigan's politicians. However, it does not seem right for a state to give away its most important resource for corporate profit while some of its own people cannot even access clean water from their faucets.
 
I never said Nestle is to blame for the poor decisions made by Michigan's politicians. However, it does not seem right for a state to give away its most important resource for corporate profit while some of its own people cannot even access clean water from their faucets.

You are still connecting things which are not related to each other in reality.
 
A township planning commission in northern Michigan on Tuesday denied a bottled water company’s request to build a new pumping station needed to withdraw more underground water.


Michigan township panel rejects Nestle pump permit


Currently, Nestle can withdraw 250 gallons of Michigan's water per minute. Their request would have given Nestle permission to withdraw 400 gallons per minute... all for the sake of profits. Meanwhile, Flint's residents are still struggling thanks to their poisoned water. I applaud the people of Osceola Township for standing up against this proposal.

Hmmm, I suspect when people find out Nestle's bottled water comes from Michigan their sales will dry up.
 
A township planning commission in northern Michigan on Tuesday denied a bottled water company’s request to build a new pumping station needed to withdraw more underground water.


Michigan township panel rejects Nestle pump permit


Currently, Nestle can withdraw 250 gallons of Michigan's water per minute. Their request would have given Nestle permission to withdraw 400 gallons per minute... all for the sake of profits. Meanwhile, Flint's residents are still struggling thanks to their poisoned water. I applaud the people of Osceola Township for standing up against this proposal.

What's wrong with profit?
 
I never said Nestle is to blame for the poor decisions made by Michigan's politicians. However, it does not seem right for a state to give away its most important resource for corporate profit while some of its own people cannot even access clean water from their faucets.

That is not how our system works so your statement is false.
They totally have the right to approve such without regard to Flint.
 
I never said Nestle is to blame for the poor decisions made by Michigan's politicians. However, it does not seem right for a state to give away its most important resource for corporate profit while some of its own people cannot even access clean water from their faucets.

Seriously, poor decisions regarding water in Flint have nothing to do with Nestle. Nor does fracking in Texas But politicians turning business away because of previous bad decisions by politicians does.
 
A township planning commission in northern Michigan on Tuesday denied a bottled water company’s request to build a new pumping station needed to withdraw more underground water.


Michigan township panel rejects Nestle pump permit


Currently, Nestle can withdraw 250 gallons of Michigan's water per minute. Their request would have given Nestle permission to withdraw 400 gallons per minute... all for the sake of profits. Meanwhile, Flint's residents are still struggling thanks to their poisoned water. I applaud the people of Osceola Township for standing up against this proposal.

good.
 
I never said Nestle is to blame for the poor decisions made by Michigan's politicians. However, it does not seem right for a state to give away its most important resource for corporate profit while some of its own people cannot even access clean water from their faucets.

More water for the greedy corporate farmers.

I can see the point.
 
More water for the greedy corporate farmers.

I can see the point.

Michigan gets a lot of rain. They also have over 21,000 inland lakes and border on 4 of the Great ones. No need to irrigate with expensive ground water.
 
Nobody said it was. But again:

What's wrong with profit?

Not off my drinking water you don't. In fact, that may be one of those instances where the 2nd Amendment can fix the problem.
 
Though I don't know that area, Michigan has plenty of water resources.

What's not clear from the article is who was going to bear the expense of the new pumping station Nestle wanted. There's no mention of any benefit to that local government. It's not even clear there's a Nestle facility near that township that would see more jobs.

The only mention of cost to them is the cost of the application and renewals.

Surely it wouldn't be unreasonable for the township government to have their construction expenses covered, and possibly some ongoing investment into their water infrastructure from Nestle?
 
A township planning commission in northern Michigan on Tuesday denied a bottled water company’s request to build a new pumping station needed to withdraw more underground water.


Michigan township panel rejects Nestle pump permit


Currently, Nestle can withdraw 250 gallons of Michigan's water per minute. Their request would have given Nestle permission to withdraw 400 gallons per minute... all for the sake of profits. Meanwhile, Flint's residents are still struggling thanks to their poisoned water. I applaud the people of Osceola Township for standing up against this proposal.

Thank God some good news. My faith in people is waning. Nestle is one of the most evil companies to ever avoid filing their taxes. They should not be allowed to get their way. Seems like no matter the issue, "more money is always better", even if it means people have crappier lives or die, because money always wins in this god forsaken world.

Glad to hear some good news.
 
I never said Nestle is to blame for the poor decisions made by Michigan's politicians. However, it does not seem right for a state to give away its most important resource for corporate profit while some of its own people cannot even access clean water from their faucets.

Water is provided for by local authorities, the state has little to do with this. it's not "Michigan's water" it's the township's water.
 
Thank God some good news. My faith in people is waning. Nestle is one of the most evil companies to ever avoid filing their taxes. They should not be allowed to get their way. Seems like no matter the issue, "more money is always better", even if it means people have crappier lives or die, because money always wins in this god forsaken world.

Glad to hear some good news.

I know that I can't hardly walk anywhere in this country without stepping on the bodies of people eliminated by Nestle selling bottled water

:roll:
 
it's not Nestle's water :roll:
When the rights are leased/sold to them what they draw certainly does, as well as the profit made.
 
I know that I can't hardly walk anywhere in this country without stepping on the bodies of people eliminated by Nestle selling bottled water

:roll:

Do some homework on them. As Trump would say.. Bad!


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