DETROIT — The governor ordered state officials Friday not to allow new or expanded bottled water operations in Michigan until the Legislature enacts a water withdrawal law, the Detroit Free Press reported on May 27.
According to the paper. Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the order is meant to allow time to study how water bottling affects the state's water resources.
"As stewards of the Great Lakes, we must ensure these facilities are not causing long-term harm to our most precious natural resource," Gov. Granholm said in a statement reported by the newspaper.
The governor's order was issued as the state Department of Environmental Quality granted a permit to Nestle Waters North America Inc., which owns the Ice Mountain spring water plant in Mecosta County, to buy water from the city of Evart's municipal system for bottling, the article said.
According to the paper, the DEQ permit requires the company to certify every three months that spring water from the Evart plant is distributed only within the Great Lakes basin.
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