Posted on 08/08/2024 1:27:26 PM PDT by Red Badger
In a decision that could end a years-long battle over commercial extraction of water from public lands, the U.S. Forest Service has ordered the company that sells Arrowhead bottled water to shut down a pipeline and other infrastructure it uses to collect and transport water from springs in the San Bernardino Mountains.
The Forest Service notified BlueTriton Brands in a letter last month, saying its application for a new permit has been denied.
District Ranger Michael Nobles wrote in the July 26 letter that the company “must cease operations” in the San Bernardino National Forest and submit a plan for removing all its pipes and equipment from federal land.
The company has challenged the denial in court.
Environmental activists praised the decision.
“It's a huge victory after 10 years,” said Amanda Frye, an activist who has campaigned against the taking of water from the forest. “I'm hoping that we can restore Strawberry Creek, have its springs flowing again, and get the habitat back.”
She and other opponents say BlueTriton's operation has dramatically reduced creek flow and is causing significant environmental harm.
The Forest Service announced the decision one month after a local environmental group, Save Our Forest Assn., filed a lawsuit arguing the agency was illegally allowing the company to continue operating under a permit that was past its expiration date.
The company has denied that its use of water is harming the environment and has argued it should be allowed to continue piping water from the national forest.
BlueTriton Brands and its predecessors “have continuously operated under a series of special use permits for nearly a century,” the company said in an email.
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An where do you think the water that is “treated” by the water machine comes from.
Why don’t you tell me? The comment about water machines in stores wasn’t mine.
Ignoring Chevron already?
Of course!...Who’s going to stop them?........
That’s not exactly how I remember it. But then again that was a long time ago and I may not have had all the information to begin with.
Still, I take wikipedia with a grain of salt as it lost a fair amount of credibility back in the covid days with changing and/or altering information.
Another ugly chapter in U.S. history.
Anyone want to buy a dam cheap? Oh wait.
Operated by the Shit Club
Well I am not claiming all the info on wiki is accurate. Or that the government isn’t lying about it, I just posted that so people could get an idea of who you were referring.
I know. I didn’t mean to imply otherwise.
You were good enough to link it, now more people are aware of that incident and what’s behind it.
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