Two Sacramento city councilmembers are raising concerns and voicing skepticism about the Nestle company’s plan to set up a plant to bottle and sell water from the American River. Councilmembers Kevin McCarty and Lauren Hammond are advocating for the City Council to get involved in the city’s negotiations with Nestle, which so far have been managed by city staffers. Nestle Waters North America’s plan to set up shop in Sacramento early next year is drawing attention. A group of citizens create... KathleenHaley bbbbmer comment-14914 2009-10-03T20:54:34Z 2009-10-03T20:54:34Z If you'd like to see Nestle's underhanded and deceptive tactics and practices in action, please view the documentary 'Flow: For the Love of Water' on the company's water re-packaging operations around the world, including in the U.S... Absolutely frightening.... bbbbmer 2009-10-03T20:54:34Z TAB comment-14833 2009-10-02T03:55:32Z 2009-10-02T03:55:32Z Not only controlled but pollutors as well. As i recall Nestles one of the pollutors at their bottle water plant in the us in the film "Flow" TAB 2009-10-02T03:55:32Z Kathleen Haley comment-14803 2009-10-01T19:49:35Z 2009-10-01T19:49:35Z Thanks, Suzanne! Kathleen Haley 2009-10-01T19:49:35Z Steven Bourasa comment-14800 2009-10-01T19:42:34Z 2009-10-01T19:42:34Z See the movie "Flow". Water is the next highly controlled resource. Steven Bourasa 2009-10-01T19:42:34Z Suzanne Hurt comment-14797 2009-10-01T19:02:50Z 2009-10-01T19:02:50Z Great story, Kathleen. Suzanne Hurt 2009-10-01T19:02:50Z Marion Millin comment-14795 2009-10-01T18:54:05Z 2009-10-01T18:54:05Z "A group of citizens created "Save Our Water Sacramento" to oppose Nestle’s plans. The group is calling for the City Council to set a moratorium on beverage bottling plants in Sacramento." Link to the "Save Our Water Sacramento" in the article. Marion Millin 2009-10-01T18:54:05Z Paul Cox comment-14789 2009-10-01T17:41:51Z 2009-10-01T17:41:51Z Yeah. I think that needs to be pointed out. A number of people have said, in other articles, that they will be paying the same rate that all businesses in the Sacramento area pay. The difference is that those other businesses RENT the water. The water, even if a slightly smaller percentage, ends up back in our waterways. However, we are known for our droughts, and given that fact, do we really want a company here who is taking the water supply and sending it elsewhere? Never to remotely re-enter our water system? Paul Cox 2009-10-01T17:41:51Z The Parrhesiac comment-14755 2009-10-04T15:31:27Z 2009-10-04T15:31:27Z NO NEWS HERE.... The City's staff really runs this town, they always have. They control all information that the Council is allowed to see. Council members only get involved in any issue that will bring them press. Why do industrial users pay far far less for water than households? Why are residential customers forced at gunpoint to subsidize big business, again and again? The Council should ensure equity of water rates, but they wont. Will Nestle pay a living wage? What is the bottom line dollar figure this company will bring our City? Will the City retain the right to turn off the water in times of drought? Bottled water is a contributor to our carbon footprint. How does this plant create sustainability in Sacramento? Does it violate the City's sustainability measures? The Parrhesiac 2009-10-04T15:31:27Z Marion Millin comment-14747 2009-10-01T07:50:09Z 2009-10-01T07:50:09Z Thank you to both Councilmembers addressing this and to SacPress for hosting the recent story. Nestle is not proposing to be a "water user," they are "using" Sacramento's American River water as their product. The City of Sacramento's language is very weak. Another end run around public input on crucial matters. Marion Millin 2009-10-01T07:50:09Z Rhys02 comment-14746 2009-10-01T05:36:16Z 2009-10-01T05:36:16Z I guess if you are a city council member and are running for higher office.. you would have some difficulty pointing to anything you accomplished on the Council... so lets go after Nestle... they sound big and they are probably even foreign... and maybe they don't have any 'persons of color' on their board... With everything this city is facing this is where these two draw the line in the sand??? Rhys02 2009-10-01T05:36:16Z Kathleen Haley comment-14743 2009-10-01T03:53:54Z 2009-10-01T03:53:54Z Photo by Anthony Bento. Kathleen Haley 2009-10-01T03:53:54Z