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.

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.

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.