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Liam Moriarty/JPRAn environmental group and native tribe have won a five-year legal battle against the Crystal Geyser Water Company over its efforts to build a water bottling plant in the city of Mt. Shasta, Calif. -
Liam Moriarty/Jefferson Public RadioLocal activists are celebrating the sale of an old bottling facility in Siskiyou County, signaling the end of a decade-long fight over water rights in Northern California. Now the activists are lobbying for stricter environmental standards.
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Fierce and persistent local opposition was at least one factor in the company's decision to back away from plans to bottle and sell Mt. Shasta's famously clean water. The announcement came during a Mt. Shasta city council meeting last week. -
Arguments over water are par for the course in the West, but the situation in Mount Shasta has dragged on for a while. That's where Crystal Geyser plans…
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The Mount Shasta organization known as W.A.T.E.R. chose a name that stands for "We Advocate Thorough Environmental Review." And its members got their…
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Controversy seems to follow water bottling operations wherever they indicate an interest in setting up shop. An entire Oregon county voted in May's…
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If you want to start a fight in the West, announce plans to open a water bottling plant. Crystal Geyser's plan to start operations in Mount Shasta touched…
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"Needs further study" is a common phrase, and one that now carries a lot of weight in Mount Shasta. That's where Crystal Geyser intends to open a water…
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The waters that bubble from the fractured volcanic rock underlying Mount Shasta are clean, cold and tasty. Rainfall, snowmelt and glacial meltwater, some…
