One to Watch: Nestle Water

A study into the issue of an expired Special Use Permit that continues to authorize the operation of a private water collection system located in the San Bernardino National Forest that allows Nestlé Waters North America (Nestlé or NWNA) to collect spring water on a year-round basis from Strawberry Creek that infiltrates into collection tunnels or horizontal wells and is transported through 4.5 miles of 4” steel water transmission pipes located on National Forest Service lands to storage tanks located on private land. From 1947-2015, a total of 4,247,454,000 gallons of spring water has been transported from these storage tanks by truck to be bottled and sold as Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water. Special Use Permits from the Forest Service for this system date back to 1929 when the quantity of spring water extracted was not recorded.