Comments on: Chaffee County Commissioners Approve Nestle Water Extraction Project… With 40 Stipulations Attached http://stopnestlewaters.org/2009/08/21/chaffee-county-commissioners-approve-nestle-water-extraction-project-with-40-stipulations-attached/827 Protecting our rural waters and economies from Nestle's bottled water plants Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:25:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TC http://stopnestlewaters.org/2009/08/21/chaffee-county-commissioners-approve-nestle-water-extraction-project-with-40-stipulations-attached/827/comment-page-1#comment-715 TC Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:04:01 +0000 http://stopnestlewaters.org/?p=827#comment-715 It's an interesting - yet utterly familiar - case. What's stunning is the fact that real economic benefits to the area are lacking, the negatives are plentiful (traffic, lifestyle, loss of a scarce resource, inhibition to future economic development), and yet people continue to claim that this might spur "economic development" in the area. How could it possibly? There's no jobs and no plant - just another strain on road infrastructure and another resource removed from the watershed? As for monitoring, you make an excellent point. It’s an interesting – yet utterly familiar – case. What’s stunning is the fact that real economic benefits to the area are lacking, the negatives are plentiful (traffic, lifestyle, loss of a scarce resource, inhibition to future economic development), and yet people continue to claim that this might spur “economic development” in the area.

How could it possibly? There’s no jobs and no plant – just another strain on road infrastructure and another resource removed from the watershed?

As for monitoring, you make an excellent point.

]]> By: Bob Stone - Westcliffe CO http://stopnestlewaters.org/2009/08/21/chaffee-county-commissioners-approve-nestle-water-extraction-project-with-40-stipulations-attached/827/comment-page-1#comment-714 Bob Stone - Westcliffe CO Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:39:11 +0000 http://stopnestlewaters.org/?p=827#comment-714 How irresponsible! Another example of our elected officials not acting in the best interest of the public! Just how does the Commisions Court plan on reviewing and interpreting the data that will be provided. Just the cost of storing the data alone will offset any expected financial gain from this project. Water is a precious commodity. Let's not just give it away. Our children will need it to exist. How irresponsible! Another example of our elected officials not acting in the best interest of the public! Just how does the Commisions Court plan on reviewing and interpreting the data that will be provided. Just the cost of storing the data alone will offset any expected financial gain from this project.
Water is a precious commodity. Let’s not just give it away. Our children will need it to exist.

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