In BC Canada Nestle is also causing a stink over water use but it's not why you think.
NAFTA says that once bulk sales of water begin it that's it Pandora's Box can't be shut.
People in BC and Canada are worried if Nestle is charge even a small amount that will be seen as a bulk sale of water and then that's it game over the US will demand we sell water to the dry western states.
Sure it isn't exporting it but it is the sale of water to a corporation and it is the water not the service to deliver the water, but that all may be step one to exporting it.
that only happens because they also have the few politics that care about environment in the pay roll. i mean, they donate to campaign...
nobody cares or win elections with water rights. so it's very cheap to lobby that area. nobody cares!
this excuse about the mass sale is nonsense. several countries have limits on number of wells someone/company can have and limits on water extraction. it's freaking simple.
NAFTA says that once bulk sales of water begin it that's it Pandora's Box can't be shut.
People in BC and Canada are worried if Nestle is charge even a small amount that will be seen as a bulk sale of water and then that's it game over the US will demand we sell water to the dry western states.
Sure it isn't exporting it but it is the sale of water to a corporation and it is the water not the service to deliver the water, but that all may be step one to exporting it.