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Daily Water Talk Digest

by TC

Nestle targets small Oregon town, reader comments to news story overwhelmingly negative: http://tinyurl.com/mbebrl #
Blogwatch: "Tough going" for Nestle's water bottling efforts as of late: http://tinyurl.com/m492pc #
Bottled water markets not growing in US, UK: http://tinyurl.com/knz89s #
Salida Citizen: Potential downsides should "sink" Nestle extraction project in Chaffee County: http://tinyurl.com/n2kfzs #
Nestle owes Chaffee County better than $150,000, deliberations won't begin until bills paid: http://tinyurl.com/mpvb2f #
Conference of Mayors wants to study municipal water use by bottlers, water bottlers not happy: http://www.royte.com/blog/?p=375 #

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2 comments

1 Jason Mann { 06.18.09 at 5:06 am }: http://www.ibj.com/html/detail_page_Full.asp?content=39585

Check out this article on Nestle in Anderson, Indiana, where the Midwest is described as the “water belt” of America and water as the new engine for economic development
2 TC { 06.18.09 at 11:14 am }: Water is the new oil, and it’s shocking that economic developers are willing to trade it for jobs – without capturing any of the resources value.

Thanks for the link to the story. It’s a great illustration of what’s going to happen with increasing frequency.