[Siberia]

Originally Posted by suydam

Meanwhile, water levels fall, ports need dredging and nobody knows why.....

So what does the Nestle water label say, "Fortified with e-coli, mercury, PCBs, and vitamins!"

[Siberia]

Originally Posted by Driller1

Irrigation wells pump more, they benefit the farmer to sell his crops for profit. How do you feel about that?

Farmers, according to the USDA, use 70% of all fresh water in America. Corporations use close to 20%. Residents use virtually none as compared to those profiting from the use of fresh water...

At some point, the EPA will be forced to pass laws that require farmers to use more retention ponds instead of fresh groundwater. Not until the H20 shortages get much worse though over more states. Global warming could easily expedite this occurance....TBD

Now the good news is I'm developing a device so Michiganders can filter and drink their own urine once farmers and coporations drain the natural supplies. I'm still working on a name...either "I can't Believe its Water" or "Pee-licious"...what do you think???

[Driller1]

Cities dump tons of raw sewage, do not forget to pitchfork them too.

[Driller1]

Originally Posted by Siberia

Farmers, according to the USDA, use 70% of all fresh water in America. Corporations use close to 20%. Residents use virtually none as compared to those profiting from the use of fresh water...

At some point, the EPA will be forced to pass laws that require farmers to use more retention ponds instead of fresh groundwater. Not until the H20 shortages get much worse though over more states. Global warming could easily expedite this occurance....TBD

Now the good news is I'm developing a device so Michiganders can filter and drink their own urine once farmers and coporations drain the natural supplies. I'm still working on a name...either "I can't Believe its Water" or "Pee-licious"...what do you think???

No need, healthy urine is germ free. Our bodies do a great job. Keep your thinking cap on......

[Driller1]

Originally Posted by Siberia

So what does the Nestle water label say, "Fortified with e-coil, mercury, PCBs, and vitamins!"

We have tested it. No e-coil or fecal coliform. Never ran a partial-cem.

[suydam]

Originally Posted by Driller1

I am saying they are within the rules. Who owns the groundwater? They are creating jobs, which we need. The aquifer flows into the lakes, not from them. That is why one of some of the hardest areas to drill is close to a river or lake. Odd, but true.

The aquifer flowing into the big lake is why so many people are against the drilling and bottling of Michigan's groundwater.

Those aquifers are one of the major sources of water to replenish the lakes.....if they get mined and packaged, they don't flow into Lake Michigan/Huron/Georgian Bay and when that happens water levels keep dropping.

As for why people aren't out arguing for less pollution in the lakes, they are and progress is being made. The lakes are infinitely cleaner today than they were 30 years ago..

The reason the bottled water isn't polluted like the lakes (to answer another question posed above) is that the bottled water comes from the aquifers that fill the lakes...not the lakes themselves.

[Driller1]

Changes would have to come from the legilature. They are within the rules.

[jeffncandace]

Well the fact remains that the Lakes are at an all time low yet Nestle gets to suck 'em drier. I think it's sad and someday, I think we will all pay for it.

[vonloan]

Pumping water for bottled water wont put a dent in the lakes. The lakes have more to loose from global warmng that many people try to deny, then from a bit of swiss bottling.
It is more that people do not want forign interest to make a $ off of us than any damage it could do.
I am sure there was an impact study done for the government.
Maybe it will even bring in a couple of jobs for mi. but it will have the same inpact on the job market as the water table, not much. They would have to supply 100000 jobs to even start to make a dent.

[jeffncandace]

Originally Posted by vonloan

Pumping water for bottled water wont put a dent in the lakes. The lakes have more to loose from global warmng that many people try to deny, then from a bit of swiss bottling.
It is more that people do not want forign interest to make a $ off of us than any damage it could do.
I am sure there was an impact study done for the government.
Maybe it will even bring in a couple of jobs for mi. but it will have the same inpact on the job market as the water table, not much. They would have to supply 100000 jobs to even start to make a dent.

Oh yes, and our government has been so honest and evenhanded in all it's dealings.

So because the Lakes are ALREADY LOSING WATER due to global warming, it's okay for Nestle to jump in and make it worse? Ugh.