Nestle Water

• Ontario government proposes to extend water bottling moratorium by 9 months

  The ministry has finished its review of the science, policies and programs used to manage how water is extracted in Ontario, and now wants to have the data reviewed by a third party.

  Canada

  Nov 19, 2019
  
• Nestlé bid to pump 2.1M litres of Michigan groundwater a day blocked by municipality

  A Michigan township has temporarily blocked Nestlé's attempt to pump millions of litres of groundwater for bottled water - the latest in a series of municipalities engaged in legal battles with the world’s largest food and beverage company.

  Consumer

  Nov 20, 2017
  
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• Nestle says it wants to ‘partner’ with small Ontario town it outbid on water well

  A small Ontario township looking for a drinking water supply isn't sure what to make of a proposal from Nestle to 'partner' on a well the community tried to buy but lost to the international bottled-water giant.

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2016
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• Ontario places two-year hold on permits for new bottled water operations

  Nestle will have to wait two years before it can even test a well it purchased in a fast-growing southern Ontario community which wanted the site for its drinking water supply.

  Canada

  Oct 17, 2016
• Ontario opposition parties call for public input into water-taking permit policy

  Ontario's opposition parties want the public to have a say as the Liberal government overhauls the province's water-taking permit program this fall.

  Environment

  Oct 2, 2016
• Opposition to Nestle water taking based on misinformation: Ontario minister

  A senior Ontario cabinet minister is coming to Nestle's defence, suggesting public opposition to the renewal of the multinational company's water-taking permit in a small community is based on "misinformation."

  Consumer

  Sep 28, 2016
• Nestle outbids small Ontario municipality to buy well for bottled water

  A small but fast growing Ontario community looking for a safe drinking water supply has been outbid in its attempt to buy a well by multinational giant Nestle, which acquired the site to ensure "future business growth."

  Canada

  Sep 22, 2016
• Is Nestle’s pumping for bottled water shrinking Aberfoyle aquifer? Activists, company disagree

  Pumping groundwater for a bottled water plant near Guelph, Ont. is lowering the level of the local aquifer, activists say.

  Environment

  Aug 24, 2016
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• Environmentalists urge Ontario not to renew water-taking permits for Nestle

  Nestle Waters Canada says it's committed to "a continued engagement with the community" while it waits for the decision on its renewal application.

  Canada

  Aug 21, 2016