Press Release PDF Press Release:Court Lets Blue Triton/Nestle Dodge JusticeJanuary 31, 2022 Ever since Nestle applied for the permit to increase pumping at the White Pine Springs well (PW 101) in Evart for its bottling operation in Stanwood in 2016, Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation has been contesting this outrageous water grab. We have argued…
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Memories & Happy New Year from MCWC – New Years tidings and remembering those we have lost
Bringing in a New Year This past year has been a serious challenge for everyone and we are glad to see it leave. We look forward to relief sometime in 2022 from Covid-19 and its variants once we get enough of the population vaccinated. We anticipate a time when we can get back to the…
Press Release: Blue Triton/Nestle Gives up Controversial Permit Seeks backdoor to increase withdrawal
Press Release PDF Press Release:Blue Triton/Nestle Gives up Controversial PermitSeeks backdoor to increase withdrawalOctober 26, 2021 Blue Triton Brands Inc., formerly Nestle Waters North America, sent a letter to EGLE on September28, 2021 announcing that they “will not be utilizing the water withdrawal capacity authorized by thepermit” for its White Pine Springs well north of…
Action Alert: Prevent EGLE from securing control from the EPA over Class II Injection wells
MCWC ALLIES: YOUR RESPONSE IS NEEDED ASAP TO THIS ACTION ALERT INITIATED BY BAN MICHIGAN FRACKING. MCWC fully supports taking immediate action to prevent EGLE from securing control from the EPA over Class II Injection wells. We have worked for years to counter first the DEQ and now EGLE’s declared objective to maximize production of…
MCWC Press Release: Nestle Completes Sale of North America Bottled Water Assets
Press Release – April 1, 2021 Nestle Completes Sale of North America Bottled Water Assets to One Rock Capital Partners, LLC and Metropoulos & Co. Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation, along with groups around the country and in Canada has been warning the public and government officials that this event was in the works. Why…
Action Needed in Requesting Public Hearing
ACTION ALERT – January 19, 2021 Once again the EPA is being asked to permit injection wells in Michigan to store Class I, so-called “non-hazardous waste” in an area that presents risk to our waters. More and more the state is being asked to fill its underground formations with toxins, with little or no serious investigation of the…
MCWC Statement in Enbridge’s Line 5
Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation stands behind Governor Whitmer and Attorney General Nessel as they exercise their legal right and responsibility to shut down Line 5 before a catastrophic oil spill in the Straits. After years of easement violations by Enbridge and massive public outcry to protect the Great Lakes, it is shocking that a…
MCWC Action Alert – Opposing Nestle
ACTION ALERT After four years of massive citizen opposition to an increase in the Nestle water grab in Osceola County, the State through EGLE has determined that we should be dismissed. Nestle gets its permit to pump at 400 gallons per minute and we are informed we had no right to contest this. We get…
OWDM Press Release: Citizens Groups Respond to Enbridge Attempt To Avoid LIne 5 Accountability
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, November 24, 2020 Citizens Groups Respond to Enbridge Attempt To Avoid LIne 5 Accountability The following statement can be attributed to Sean McBrearty, Oil & Water Don’t Mix coordinator Today it was reported that Enbridge has filed suit in U.S. District Court to block Michigan’s governor from enforcing a state agreement…