ut do we care about diversions and frivolous consumption as much as we profess? I think not. There’s precious little public concern that Chicago takes two billion gallons from Lake Michigan every day and it isn’t returned. It ends up in the Gulf of Mexico. Waukesha will have to return the water it takes to Lake Michigan if it’s to have a chance of getting it. Or what about bottled water operations in places like Mecosta, Mich? Nestle takes a few hundred thousand gallons of groundwater per day to put in plastic bottles then sells what is an essentially unnecessary product – bottled water – back to its original owners, the public. chicagoviewOther than the locals, no one including big Great Lakes environmental groups gives a hoot about Nestle’s operation. They even blessed a one-industry – bottled water – exception to the diversion clause in the Compact. And that’s supposed to be a landmark, precedent-setting document for the ages.
Posted on: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 22:10:54 +0000
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