John McLane and Jim Maturen are active board members of MCWC and have unique skills to understand the creeks that are being tapped by Ice Mountain/ Nestlé. Currently Nestlé is taking 250 gallons per minute (gpm) from PW 101 and wants to increase to 400 gpm. John is a retired surveyor and really understands property,…
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MCWC Provides Stream Data to MDEQ
In late 2017 the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) asked MCWC to provide our stream monitoring data of Twin and Chippewa Creeks in Osceola County. MCWC started monitoring local streams because of Nestle Ice Mountain’s desire to increase its water taking. Letter to MDEQ: January 10, 2018 Dear C. Heidi Grether, Director of DEQ…
Position on Nestlé Ice Mountain in Evart, Osceola County
MCWC Position on Nestlé Water Taking in Evart, Osceola County February 14, 2018 Download MCWC Position Statement The DEQ Public Hearing on Nestlé’s permit to increase pumping in Osceola Township, Michigan took place on April 12, 2017 at the Ferris State University Center. The DEQ increased the original 150 gpm (gallons per minute) permit to…
Senate Bill 652 & 653 Action Needed Press Release
Press Release: February 1, 2018 Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation RE: Senate Bills 652 & 653 Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation is appalled that Senate bills 652 and 653 would even be introduced in Michigan, let alone be taken seriously. But we do need to take them seriously since they are a part of…
Update on Barry County Injection Well
written by Jackie Schmitz The Boulter 1-17 Hydraulic Frack well in Carlton Twp. is the first frack well in Barry County. Unfortunately, it will probably not be our last. Most of our state land and much of our farmland has been leased for fracking. Interstate Exploration is an oil company out of Houston, TX. After…
Attend Oil and Water Don’t Mix’s Snyder/Schuette Accountability Rally!
We need a huge turnout 12 noon, Thursday, December 21, at 100 N Capitol Avenue, Lansing, Michigan to oppose Enbridge Line 5. Oil and Water Don’t Mix is hosting the Snyder/Schuette Accountability Rally. Why? Because the Snyder-Enbridge deal fails to protect the Great Lakes and Michigan. Instead of decommissioning a threat to fresh water, it…
MCWC Position: State “deal” leaves Enbridge in charge of Line 5
State “deal” leaves Enbridge in Charge of Line 5 Finally, the State of Michigan has tired of its endless studies and advisory boards. It certainly is tired of the overwhelming public comments in support of shutting down Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac and stopping the flow of oil and gas under the Great…
Write to these Politicians TODAY and tell them to STOP the Poisoning in Detroit!
Write to these Politicians TODAY and tell them to STOP the Poisoning in Detroit!
Water is Life Coalition: Unity Pledged for Water Justice around Great Lakes
Great Lakes water protector groups united at the Water Is Life: Strengthening the Great Lakes Commons conference in Flint on September 29- 30, 2017.
You read Bloomberg’s best summary of Nestlé?
During asparagus season last May, Caroline Winter visited Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation (MCWC). She’s a journalist from Bloomberg Businessweek. She interviewed the president, Peggy Case, and others. Her focus was Nestlé profiting millions, bottling water from Mecosta and Osceola Counties. This article came out in a full-page color spread on September 21, 2017. The…