Chaffee County commissioners approve permit for water bottle company to draw from wells connected to Arkansas River
9Wants to Know found the scientist that has studied the aquifer since 2009 – she is worried pulling water during a drought could lead to its destruction.
Author: Zack Newman
Updated: 10:57 PM MDT August 3, 2021
CHAFFEE COUNTY, Colo. — The Chaffee County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve the conditions under which a water bottling company could continue to pull water from a spring connected to the Arkansas River.
They are allowed to do so through the water right they bought back in 2010, but the county gives the green light if it finds the company follows all of the rules.