In McCloud, California, there was a proposed million square foot water bottling facility to be built by the Nestle corporation, that was to be given a 100 year contract which would have essentially allowed them to take all the water from the community of McCloud. Yes, it seems utterly insane and detrimental but apparently things were well under-way, which ought to give you pause in terms of how much control we give to corporations that have nothing in mind except their own growth and profit potential.

Luckily, and back to the point at hand, this slated water bottling plant seems to at least be on the back burner is not out of the picture completely. Read the story here for more.