Posted on 09/02/2015 8:50:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Sugar Pine Spring Water in the foothills of Tuolumne County also faces fines of nearly $225,000
Armed with evidence captured by surveillance cameras, California regulators have ordered a business to stop tapping Sierra Nevada spring water that is later bottled and sold in stores, officials said Wednesday.
It would be the first such action taken this year against a commercial water bottling business under tight drought restrictions, said Kathy Mrowka, enforcement manager of the state Water Resources Control Board.
Sugar Pine Spring Water in the foothills of Tuolumne County also faces fines of nearly $225,000 for collecting and trucking the water to commercial bottling companies for two years despite notices to stop, according to the proposed sanctions by the state Water Resources Control Board.
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They don’t need the private-sector jobs.
I’ll bet the bottling company could get Hanoi Boi the Nuke Dealer to make a “deal” for them with the state.
Well, the OBVIOUS answer to this is that they haven’t been paying California Democrats ENOUGH MONEY to keep approval, unlike Nestle’.
No mention of going after golf courses
“Well, the OBVIOUS answer to this is that they haven’t been paying California Democrats ENOUGH MONEY to keep approval, unlike Nestle’.”
Yeah, I thought about Nestle, too, when I was reading the article. They take vast quantities of water for their business. I’m sure you’re correct that money buys silence for Nestle.
22 acre feet. Is that all?
Fines of $1.5 million and counting. The 22 homes that the water would supply a family of 4 for 1 year pays what for their water? Maybe $80 a month? 80 x 6 months x 22 = $10,560 for 170 days of water.
So how can they give such a huge fine for so little water?
FTA: One acre-foot is the volume of water sufficient to cover an acre of land to a depth of one foot, enough water to sustain a typical California household of four for one year.
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