Nestle wants to bottle water from Florida's Ginnie Springs -- for free

[kensuf]

The water levels in Florida are below normal now without this additional pumping. We don’t need bottled water and the plastic waste is unsustainable. Bottled water is a huge waste of resources.

Nestle would be taking resources that belong to the people of Florida and profiting from it. They’re doing this in all 50 states and gaming the system.

Bottled water is a rip off. Don’t buy it and this **** will stop.

While I don't disagree that bottled water is a rip-off, I would say look at the pivot irrigation systems in NoFla first as a source of water depletion and groundwater contamination. You can't dump fertilizer on porous limestone and not expect it to seep into the aquifer. In some ways, Nestle can be an ally -- they want clean water too.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

If you have to buy bottled water for some reason like for working out on a job site remotely on a hot day like I have to do on a regular basis, my suggestion is to get water in the largest container you can like 2 quart or even gallons. It’s a lot less plastic used than individual 12 or 16 oz bottles to contain a certain volume of water and you can refill them with your brita at home.
The global plastic producers will be one tough industry to control! , just a warning, they will not change their policies or production volume anytime soon. There’s way too much money involved in global plastics.

 

[Caveeagle]

For those with bad water, reusable containers are the way to go. Instead of the 12oz bottle in which water is typically sold.

I’m sure I’m being nit picky here, but...

16.9oz (half liter), and 20oz are by far the most “typically” sold one-use bottled water. You may think this doesn’t really matter, but I am just pointing out how easily people pass on misinformation that others swallow hook, line and sinker.

Again. Let’s talk about actual impact to our aquifer. Ginnie Springs pumps millions of gallons of water into the Santa Fe River, that ends up in the Gulf of Mexico. The water diverted to the Nestle plant, will surely reduce the amount of water flowing into the Gulf. But has it really lowered the water table in any significant way? Maybe it has. Show be some data that’s not leading with BS and misinformation.

Now if people are really concerned about our natural resources, and ability to support our population, let’s have that discussion. Ironically, it seems to me, some of the same people generating outcry for environmentalism, seem to go bananas if you suggest any restrictions on immigration. ***I will now go put myself in time out for my previous insensitive and arguably racist comments***

 

[Superlyte27]

Almost 100% of North America has NO need for single use bottled water or bottled water at all. We aren't all living in Flint, Michigan.

Ask yourself why you are buying that bottle of water and then, DON'T.

Spoken like someone who has never worked in a water tower

 

[RyanT]

Now if people are really concerned about our natural resources, and ability to support our population, let’s have that discussion. Ironically, it seems to me, some of the same people generating outcry for environmentalism, seem to go bananas if you suggest any restrictions on immigration.

This assumes that those who are concerned about the environment consider environmental problems to be a strictly US issue. I don't.

 

[Caveeagle]

This assumes that those who are concerned about the environment consider environmental problems to be a strictly US issue. I don't.

My statement doesn’t imply Environmental issues to be a strictly US issue. But demands on groundwater are most directly related to the immediate population it supports. South Fla has had problems with water supplies for years. I’m simply making the connection to unregulated, unrestrained immigration is at odds with the reducing our overall draw on the water supply.

 

[RyanT]

@Caveeagle, OK, I see where you're coming from. The same argument could be made for a reduction in birthrates. I'm personally for it, but some kind of mandate to get there would understandably be fraught with problems.

 

[chillyinCanada]

Spoken like someone who has never worked in a water tower

 

[chillyinCanada]

We can discuss water bottles and concern about runoff etc. but if you start down the politics or immigration bunny hole, someone will be pulling this thread pronto. It won't be me, because I'm in it.

So, get out there and get yourself a reusable tap refillable water container.

 

[NAM001]

The water levels in Florida are below normal now without this additional pumping. We don’t need bottled water and the plastic waste is unsustainable. Bottled water is a huge waste of resources.

Nestle would be taking resources that belong to the people of Florida and profiting from it. They’re doing this in all 50 states and gaming the system.

Bottled water is a rip off. Don’t buy it and this **** will stop.

the very idea that what is below ground belongs to any single state is stupid. If that is the case then the polution that comes down rivers is owned by the state they are currently in. And who owned all the water before it crossed the state line into fla??? Sounds like georga should be demanding payment for the georga water that is being used by FLA.