Comments on: Must our water always flow uphill to money? http://salidacitizen.com/2009/03/must-our-water-always-flow-uphill-to-money/ Community news, blogs, info, videos and events for Salida, Colorado. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Lindy Barnes http://salidacitizen.com/2009/03/must-our-water-always-flow-uphill-to-money/comment-page-1/#comment-545 Lindy Barnes Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:43:42 +0000 http://salidacitizen.com/?p=2119#comment-545 My husband and I recently watched the documentary, "Flow". This video explains in detail and with graphic video just what the water barons of the world are doing to pure potable drinking water which should be available at reasonable cost to every living being on this planet. Water is not a commodity to be exploited. Without water no life of any kind can exist. As for the Nestle corporation - they are in this for their own profit and they will tell the public whatever they think they need to in order to get what they want. When the water is gone the company will leave and when they go they will not only leave behind a land devoid of its precious water they will also leave behind all the trappings of their water mining business. Bottled water is a humongous waste. If you want your water in bottles buy a few stainless steel bottles and fill them from your tap. If your tap water is chlorinated let the water sit overnight or boil it first to remove the chlorine and then bottle it in your own reusable bottles. You will not only be saving our precious water resources but saving the embedded energy that is part of the entire process of bottled water. You will be helping to save our planet. Lindy - former Salida resident now living in AZ My husband and I recently watched the documentary, “Flow”. This video explains in detail and with graphic video just what the water barons of the world are doing to pure potable drinking water which should be available at reasonable cost to every living being on this planet. Water is not a commodity to be exploited. Without water no life of any kind can exist.

As for the Nestle corporation – they are in this for their own profit and they will tell the public whatever they think they need to in order to get what they want. When the water is gone the company will leave and when they go they will not only leave behind a land devoid of its precious water they will also leave behind all the trappings of their water mining business.

Bottled water is a humongous waste. If you want your water in bottles buy a few stainless steel bottles and fill them from your tap. If your tap water is chlorinated let the water sit overnight or boil it first to remove the chlorine and then bottle it in your own reusable bottles. You will not only be saving our precious water resources but saving the embedded energy that is part of the entire process of bottled water. You will be helping to save our planet.

Lindy – former Salida resident now living in AZ

]]> By: Susan Mayfield http://salidacitizen.com/2009/03/must-our-water-always-flow-uphill-to-money/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Susan Mayfield Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:33:39 +0000 http://salidacitizen.com/?p=2119#comment-532 The Nestle deal sounds like a definite lose/lose proposition for Chaffee County. More traffic and less water for no real jobs and relatively small amount of money. I don't understand why the County would agree to sell off its precious resources, its soul, for so little to gain. The Nestle deal sounds like a definite lose/lose proposition for Chaffee County. More traffic and less water for no real jobs and relatively small amount of money. I don’t understand why the County would agree to sell off its precious resources, its soul, for so little to gain.

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