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Companies bottle and sell Floridaâs spring water. Should the state get paid?
A debate around Ginnie Springs has invigorated activists who say Florida overuses the aquifer.
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Solomon McKinley, 56, an employee at a water bottling plant in Zephyrhills in 2007, inspects bottles moving toward a packaging area. [ Times (2007) ]
Updated Mar. 11
When water managers decided last month to let a private company pull nearly a million gallons a day from Ginnie Springs for a plastic bottling plant, environmentalists were outraged.
Some said they plan to file a lawsuit. Their novel argument is to ask, essentially:
Whatâs in it for us?
The multi-year controversy over the permit application in High Springs has invigorated activists who say businesses are overusing the aquifer, to the detriment of the stateâs sparkling rivers and springs. If private companies profit off Floridaâs water, they say, then Florida should at least get paid.
Larry Lawrence, Nestlé Waters North America regional manager for the western region, presented commissioners with Nestlé’s 2020 annual report during Chaffee County’s regular meeting Tuesday.
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We speak with Tara Carraro with Nestle Waters North America.
The Ecology School has created an online curriculum to teach students across the country about ecology.
The Ecology School is scaling their mission of inspiring stewardship of and connection to the natural world through nature-based lessons about ecology, conservation, farming and sustainability. Thanks in part to the more than $2.3 million in support over a three-year period from Poland Spring, together they have developed:
•EcologyOnline sponsored by Poland Spring®, an e-learning curriculum available online for all students;
•Teacher Institute for Watershed Science and Conservation, sponsored by Poland Spring®, an experiential professional development program for teachers across the country;