Bottled Water
August 19, 2009--Nestle gets OK from Chaffee County to tap natural springs (Colorado Springs Gazette)
Chaffee County officials today approved a permit for Nestle Waters North America to tap natural springs along the Arkansas River for its Arrowhead brand of bottled water. Nestle Waters will draw 65 million gallons a year from springs south of Johnson Village.
August 13, 2009--Bottled water boom appears tapped out (Washington Post)
The recession has finally answered the question that centuries of philosophers could not: The glass is half-empty.
August 6, 2009--Chaffee mulls Nestle bid to bottle spring water (Denver Post)
Chaffee County commissioners spent hours Wednesday deliberating a proposal by Nestle Waters to ship Arkansas River Valley spring water to Denver for bottling.
August 4, 2009--St. Charles Mesa residents left without water (Pueblo Chieftain)
The Kravigs are among 97 households in the Zinno subdivision on the mesa that have been without water since Saturday night when a pump in the neighborhood's water station broke.
July 17, 2009--Bottled water makers in the hot seat (NY Times)
Bottled water makers, it seems, are under seige.
July 9, 2009--Bottle labels don't stack up (Denver Post)
Consumers know less about the water they pay dearly for in bottles than what they can drink almost for free from the tap because the two are regulated differently, congressional investigators and nonprofit
June 17, 2009--Fee payment holds up Salida decision on water (Colorado Springs Gazette)
Chaffee County commissioners on Tuesday delayed a vote on a controversial proposal to tap natural springs along the Arkansas River because the world's largest food and beverage company had not paid it
June 16, 2009--Water risks ripple through the beverage industry (NY Times)
As environmental worries cut into sales from traditionally lucrative bottled water, beverage companies such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestle and SABMiller are becoming more attuned to the risks of negative consumer environmental perceptions.
April 14, 2009--Nestle approved to take Aurora-owned water (Denver Post)
The Aurora City Council has approved a 10-year lease of water rights to Nestle Waters North America.
March 20, 2009--Chaffee County delays Nestle water plan (Pueblo Chieftain)
Chaffee County Commissioners delayed deciding Thursday on a proposal from Nestle to harvest natural spring water and truck it to its Denver bottling plant. Nestle Waters of North America Inc.
