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Oregon: County Votes to Block Nestlé Waters Bottling Plant

HeadlineMay 20, 2016

In Oregon, residents of Hood River County have voted to block Nestlé Waters from building a $50 million bottling plant that would have sucked 100 million gallons of water out of Oxbow Springs each year. The ballot initiative, which was passed Tuesday, bans all large water bottling operations in the county.

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