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Why Michigan needs to draw more revenue from its booming bottled water industry

  • Written by Nicholas Schroeck, Director of the Transnational Environmental Law Clinic; Assistant Professor of Law, Wayne State University
All bottled water comes from somewhereSteven Depolo, CC BY-SA

Michigan recently approved Nestle’s request for permission to pump 400 gallons of water per minute from a well in the rural town of Evart, about 80 miles northeast of Grand Rapids. State environmental authorities approved this 60 percent increase despite poor timing and...

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