The ‘Wild West’ of groundwater: Billion-dollar Nestlé extracting B.C.’s drinking water for free

Sheila Muxlow, pictured outside Nestle's bottling plant near Hope on Aug. 12, 2013, has concerns about Nestle withdrawing millions of litres of water without payment. Photograph by: Wayne Leidenfrost , PNG

The ‘Wild West’ of groundwater: Billion-dollar Nestlé extracting B.C.’s drinking water for free

Nestlé Waters Canada takes 265 million litres a year of fresh water from a Fraser Valley well

By Dan Fumano, The Province August 14, 2013

The price of a litre of bottled water in B.C. is often higher than a litre of gasoline.

However, the price paid by the world’s largest bottled water company for taking 265 million litres of fresh water every year from a well in the Fraser Valley — not a cent.

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City cancels film screening after complaint from Nestle Waters

Nestle Waters "wrote to Mayor Karen Farbridge (Guelph, Ontario) on Sept. 7, 10 days before 'Tapped' was to screen, expressing disappointment that the city would co-sponsor a film that offers a one-sided view of the water bottling industry, and demonizes the product."

City cancels film screening after complaint from Nestle Waters

Joanne Shuttleworth,

Mercury staff

Tue Oct 02 2012

GUELPH — The city pulled the plug on screening a film that portrayed Nestle Waters North America in a bad light after receiving sharply-worded correspondence from John Challinor, director of corporate affairs of the Aberfoyle-based Nestle Waters Canada.

Tapped was slated to run during Guelph Water Services’ Documentary Nights in September, a series of three films about water conservation and water management, presented in conjunction with the Wellington Water Watchers.

The purpose was to raise awareness about the importance of water conservation, said Wayne Galliher, water conservation program manager, “but we received concerns. So we looked at the movie and upon reflection, it was mainly U.S. content. So we removed Tapped from the lineup and looked for a Canadian movie.”

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