some diversions are different from others?

Nestle wants 70 million gallons more from Michigan, for a total of 340 million gallons per year with some of it leaving the Great Lakes Basin. New Berlin, WI, wants about 360 million gallons per year, and says it will return all the water to the Great Lakes Basin. Michigan's test is whether, while opposing the New Berlin request, it will cave to Nestle's.

Nestle Waters North America Inc. is gearing up for a major expansion of its Michigan water bottling business with a plan that targets some of the area's most treasured river systems.

http://www.mlive.com/news/muchronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-10/116514479922520.xml&coll=8

Comments

[Tom Knight]

It appears that Nestle is about to purchase Gerber baby food in Freemont. The water returned to the basin will be minimal. I strongly support a tax on water leaving the basin. (by any process)