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Forest Service orders Arrowhead bottled water company to shut down California pipeline

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  1. MimicSquid
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    What wonderful news. That company has, under various names, been extracting value from our common resources for far too long, and I'm so glad it's at an end.

    What wonderful news. That company has, under various names, been extracting value from our common resources for far too long, and I'm so glad it's at an end.

    23 votes
  2. Markpelly
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    Shut them all down please.

    Shut them all down please.

    18 votes
  3. [5]
    snowgoon
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    I wonder where all the water is going.

    He also said that while the company had said in its application that the water would go for bottled water, its reports showed that 94% to 98% of the amount of water diverted monthly was delivered to the old hotel property for “undisclosed purposes,” and that “for months BlueTriton has indicated it has bottled none of the water taken,” while also significantly increasing the volumes extracted.

    “This increase represents significantly more water than has ever been delivered previously,” Nobles wrote. “The hotel and conference facility on the property is not operating, and there is no explanation of where the millions of gallons of water per month are going.”

    I wonder where all the water is going.

    11 votes
    1. [4]
      PopeRigby
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      If this is sarcasm, can you tell me where you think it's going? I genuinely have no idea haha.

      If this is sarcasm, can you tell me where you think it's going? I genuinely have no idea haha.

      4 votes
      1. [3]
        snowgoon
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        It's not sarcasm. I genuinely wonder where the water is going if it is not being bottled?

        It's not sarcasm. I genuinely wonder where the water is going if it is not being bottled?

        10 votes
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          Englerdy
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          Part of me wonders if this is a result of neglected maintenance on the pipe infrastructure. Maybe the system is super leaky and they're wasting a bunch of what flows through. Given how low their...

          Part of me wonders if this is a result of neglected maintenance on the pipe infrastructure. Maybe the system is super leaky and they're wasting a bunch of what flows through. Given how low their permit cost was and that it doesn't look like they were paying anything additional for the water itself extracted, I wouldn't be surprised if someone made a argument that the maintenance didn't make financial sense because they didn't pay for what they wasted.

          4 votes
          1. Mendanbar
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            98% is one hell of a leak. 😬

            98% is one hell of a leak. 😬

            5 votes
  4. blivet
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    About fucking time.

    About fucking time.

    8 votes