nestlé waltzes the owner of the retail brand of overusing local spring water that supplies the town to maintain exports and ask the says it wants a solution that is in everyone s interest. the machines spin endlessly more than two million bottles are filled here every day water is a lucrative business swiss food and drink giant nestlé had more than two hundred sixty million euros in sales here in the last quarter alone. but groundwater levels have some dramatically according to tests nestle has been pumping out thousands and thousands of cubic metres of underground mineral water for years. and this new notice picked the nestlings shows no consideration. the company does not protect this water resource it exploits it. and the government is not doing its job its just looking on. a company geologist and water
expert does not even trying to deny the problems with groundwater levels in detail . we draw most of the water that s true and that s why we bear the responsibility. but we also have the responsibility and the will to find a solution with respect to all parties and their interests. it s a kilometer long pipeline is being planned to transport water from the neighboring village to the inhabitants of the village of the town ben already has to fetch water from the neighboring village every day to get to his sheep even though his meadow life directly above the v. town spring. before. nestle the owner has sealed off the wells here they own the land and two wells and both are sealed off resul filmy nestlé denies this. fein is
concerns used to be siltation but since two thousand and nine because of climate change the water itself has become an issue we ve had flooding here that s covered eighty percent of the city water is now our biggest problem and the people of the cut you want to impact the policing. of the young activists have collected photos documenting the flooding mixed up with trash and sewage it s a breeding ground for disease. heavy rains are becoming more common here and pushing up groundwater levels the water literally gushes up from below into the city. and there s another threat to new york shot along the atlantic coast close to the city. for years the german development agency g.-i said has been working with local n.g.o.s to try and curb this homegrown problem with. large amounts of sand have been removed for use in construction work toward
that dusty patch of white behind me is where the water should be. with reservoirs running dry, farmers are turning to groundwater. over time, groundwater accumulates in vast underground aquifers. but no you, over the past few years, groundwater levels have dropped 50 feet or more as farmers drill deeper and deeper to access it. today we do set in law a framework that has been resisted for long, long time. since before my father was even governor. reporter: just last year, california became the last state in the west to regulate groundwater usage. the state s first-ever mandatory water restrictions soon followed. we re in an historic drought, and that demands unprecedented action. reporter: a 25% reduction in water usage state wide has forced residents and businesses to cut back. farmers with rights to california water dating back to over a century ago are also facing restrictions for the first time since 1977.
historic lows. that means the state s reservoirs are in trouble. i m standing in front of peter s canyon reservoir and that dusty patch of white behind me is where the water should be. with reservoirs running dry, farmers are turning to groundwater. over time, groundwater accumulates in vast underground aquifers. but no you, over the past few years, groundwater levels have dropped 50 feet or more as farmers drill deeper and deeper to access it. today we do set in law a framework that has been resisted for long, long time. since before my father was even governor. reporter: just last year, california became the last state in the west to regulate groundwater usage. the state s first-ever mandatory water restrictions soon followed. we re in an historic drought, and that demands unprecedented action. reporter: a 25% reduction in water usage state wide has forced residents and businesses to cut back. farmers with rights to