Nestle Moving Forward with Water Extraction Plans in Chaffee County, CO
We’ve commented on Nestle’s plans to pump water from a spring in Chaffee County, CO, then truck it to its plant in Colorado.
According to a pair of newspaper stories, that project seems to be moving forward, though clearly not without enduring some questions from locals.
The League of Women Voters is hosting a pair of screenings of the movie FLOW (which won’t make Nestle’s representatives happy). From the Chaffee County Times:
On Jan. 5 and Jan. 12, the documentary movie “The Flow” will be screened. On Jan. 14 and Jan. 15, a representative of the Nestlé Corporation will discuss Nestlé’s proposed water development in Chaffee County. These events will provide some perspectives on privatizing water resources not only in Chaffee County but worldwide.“The Flow” is Irena Salina’s award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st century – the world water crisis. It will be shown on Jan. 5 at 10 a.m. at Sangre de Cristo Electric Association, 29780 Hwy. 24 N., in Buena Vista. On Jan. 9, the documentary can be seen at 6 p.m. downstairs at the Salida Regional Library, 405 E St., in Salida.
Bruce Lauerman, Natural Resource Manager, Western Division, Nestlé Waters, will speak about the proposed Nestlé development on Thursday, Jan. 15. This presentation will begin at noon at the First Methodist Church in Salida, at 4th and D Streets. Trout Unlimited is co-sponsoring the same presentation on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the Buena Vista Community Center, 715 East Main St. The presentation will begin after a brief business meeting that begins at 7 p.m.
FLOW is a documentary that was critical of Nestle’s operation in Mecosta County, MI, and it tweaked Nestle enough that the corporation produced a rebuttal video (one that seems to ignore the fact that Nestle was ordered to stop pumping by a judge because they were damaging the watershed).
