Nestlé and its successor BlueTriton have been illegally removing water
from a US national park for nearly 100 years.

Tell the US Forest Service to kick out the bottled water company now.

[ [link removed] ] Sign the Petition 

   
John,

Bottled water giant BlueTriton – formerly known as Nestlé Waters North
America – has been draining over 50 million gallons of water a year from
the San Bernardino National Forest in California.

But last week, California water officials ruled that BlueTriton has never
had the right to take the water, has been extracting it illegally for
almost 100 years, and must stop almost all of its operations by November
1st.

This is a huge victory for the local activists, our California-based
partner, and the Ekō community who have been fighting for eight years to
stop Nestlé and BlueTriton’s water theft.

But our work isn’t over yet. There is one more step to making sure
BlueTriton will never again be able to steal the people’s water. We must
convince the US Forest Service to deny BlueTriton’s permit to occupy the
San Bernardino National Forest, and force the company to remove all of its
tunnels, boreholes, and pipelines from public lands.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition demanding that US Forest Service Chief Randy Moore
kick BlueTriton out of the San Bernardino National Forest once and for
all.

BlueTriton, and Nestlé before them, spent nearly 100 years hoodwinking
regulators – taking water to which they had no lawful right. But we didn’t
have the proof we needed to stop the corporate water grab until a local
activist searched government archives, gathered news articles, and
ultimately found the original notes of the surveyor who identified the
springs.

This vital evidence was presented in hearings that went on for two years
thanks to BlueTriton’s stall tactics. Every time we thought we were close
to a final decision, we faced more delays.

But thanks to our intense digital ads campaign, thousands of emails and
calls from Ekō members, and the incredible work of our partners, the
California Water Board finally did the right thing.

Now we have to keep the momentum going to convince the US Forest Service
to do the same.

[ [link removed] ]Act now to make sure BlueTriton removes all its tunnels, boreholes, and
pipelines from the San Bernardino National Forest.

With the Water Board ruling in hand, it will be difficult for the US
Forest Service to grant BlueTriton its requested permit. But public
pressure from people like you will make it much more likely that Chief
Randy Moore will fast track the decision and take the next step of
requiring BlueTriton to clean up.



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Thanks for all that you do,
Lacey and the team at Ekō


More information:

[ [link removed] ]California regulators order Arrowhead bottled water to stop drawing
from some mountain springs
AP News. 19 September, 2023

[ [link removed] ]A bitter feud centers on source of Arrowhead bottled water
Los Angeles Times. 20 January, 2022

 

 

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