[HN Gopher] Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back...
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Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own
drinking water
Author : c420
Score : 27 points
Date : 2024-11-24 16:32 UTC (6 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
| blackeyeblitzar wrote:
| This is also a problem in America. Various multinational
| companies have tried to purchase water rights in places that have
| clean water supplies like Oregon. Now there is more of a movement
| to stop these kinds of deals, but in many places, the damages has
| already been done. It would probably take legislative action at
| the state or federal level to undo those deals.
| dtagames wrote:
| Nestle is well known in the United States for claiming unlimited
| fresh water rights in small towns with historic springs, bottling
| and selling it, and leaving local sources dry.
| lifestyleguru wrote:
| > Water stewardship has always been a guiding principle for
| Nestle Waters, underpinning the business model for each of our
| factories and for the local communities of stakeholders who rely
| on these shared water resources
|
| > We treat water with the care it deserves and are committed to
| protecting local water sources. We work closely with local
| stakeholders to ensure we are protecting watersheds and the
| availability of water resources. Last year, across Europe, we
| returned 98.7% of the water used in the production of our drinks
|
| Scary and creepy to see corporate speech applied to natural water
| wells. These should never be in hands of companies like Coca-
| Cola, Nestle, Danone. It's pure evil.
| ncr100 wrote:
| It does divide the people who have ownership and authority in
| Nestle vs those who live in the area.
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