Nestle Leaves Wacissa!
On July 27th, 2011 Nestle Waters announced that they will not pursue commercial water extraction from the Wacissa River springs group. Friends of the Wacissa, a grassroots regional coalition, worked for the past 13 months mounting a public awareness campaign to bring attention to the corporate practices of Nestle Waters along with the long term impact of commercial water bottling. Residents of Wacissa strongly opposed a satellite spring pumping facility in their small rural community. No new jobs were anticipated with the bulk transfer station.
According to Jeff Granger, Wacissa resident, “the community really came together to protect our river.” Granger and coalition members organized community meetings, social networking sites, and letter writing campaigns as part of the broad scale awareness campaign.
Additionally, Friends of the Wacissa worked with national organizations Corporate Accountability International and Food and Water Watch to bring greater awareness to commercial water bottling practices. Georgia Ackerman summarized, “The more we learned about the negative impact of bottled water and the challenges to the health of Florida’s springs, the stronger our conviction to protect Wacissa springs grew.” Friends of the Wacissa will continue advocating for the protection of Florida’s springs and aquifer.GET INVOLVED!
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Tell everyone, get involved and stop buying bottled water!
*Checks can be mailed to Friends of the Wacissa Inc,
at P.O. Box 12832, Tallahassee, Fl 32317.
at P.O. Box 12832, Tallahassee, Fl 32317.
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