{"id":44778,"date":"2017-12-12T02:25:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T02:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theaegisalliance.com\/home2\/theaegis\/WP\/?p=44778"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T23:12:35","slug":"nestle-exposed-bottling-water-expired-permits-factor-california-wildfires-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/it\/2017\/12\/12\/nestle-imbottigliamento-esposto-acqua-permessi-scaduti-fattore-incendi-boschivi-california-siccita\/","title":{"rendered":"Nestl\u00e9 Exposed &#8211; Is a Key Contributing Factor to California&#8217;s Wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_25662\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jfo5NNBcq4w?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Nestl\u00e9 Exposed - Is a Key Contributing Factor to California&#039;s Wildfires\"  src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/jfo5NNBcq4w\/maxresdefault.jpg\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Dancing for Rain by Rise Against:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_82396\"  width=\"480\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"360\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PMs55T2nhYI?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Rise Against - Dancing For Rain (with lyrics)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/PMs55T2nhYI\/maxresdefault.jpg\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Greetings world! We are The AEGIS Alliance, with, Anonymous allies. As the State of California has been suffering from yet another wave of wildfires this year, corporations come to mind, one of most interest being Nestle, and their unlawful actions in California, and other states, even in other countries. This December, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/December_2017_Southern_California_wildfires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">there have been wildfires in<\/a> Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/high-winds-pick-fueling-intensity-southern-california-wildfires\/story?id=51638141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in California<\/a>. Some of it is still not contained at this time. Overall, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/12\/11\/us\/california-wildfires\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the several December blazes<\/a> have burned over 256,000 acres and forced <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/massive-california-wildfire-now-largest-states-history\/story?id=51710805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">212,000 residents to evacuate their homes<\/a>, over 1000 structures, including many homes, were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>The question is, did Nestle play a key contributing factor in California\u2019s<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-36161580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> drought-ridden conditions<\/a>? The reason why is that of the year 2015, Nestle had been bottling water in California <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/nestles-california-water-permit-expired-27-years-ago-321940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on expired permits for 27 years<\/a>. It is unknown as to just how many unfathomable amounts of water that Nestle drained from California, over those past decades. This is cause for alarm, with so much water being extracted from California, and thereby being a key contributing factor in California\u2019s very dry ground conditions. Nestle also has a bad reputation in Oregon and is the cause of protests in the state of Washington. Nestle also extracts water in other U.S. states.<\/p>\n<p>However, the United States is not alone in Nestle bottling water on expired permits. Nestle has also been caught bottling water <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2017\/10\/28\/nestle-caught-extracting-water-from-canadian-towns-on-expired-permits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on expired permits in Canada<\/a>, in recent times. Nestle had been bottling so much water in these Canadian towns, that it was being done faster than the aquifers were able to be replenished, until Canadian authorities stepped in, and did something about it. This makes it obvious, that Nestle has used these same greedy practices in California for many years, thereby being a key factor in the very dry ground conditions. It makes billions of dollars in profit by extracting water <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lamag.com\/citythinkblog\/nestle-gets-away-pumping-californias-water-next-nothing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">for practically nothing<\/a>\u00a0when compared to the massive income taken in by it.<\/p>\n<p>Unlawful bottling of water isn\u2019t the only type of crime to humanity by Nestle. They\u2019re also a chocolate company, that is known to use child labor in cacao plantations. Nestle also has a history of lax labor laws, which allows them to evade close scrutiny of its labor practices. Nestle dodges accountability by having factory locations in places such as Columbia, North Korea, and China while avoiding the many more legal protections in the United States. Nestle has also been the cause of much outrage by Environmental and Human Rights activists, and many others over the years, for their bad practices. There have been protests to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/via\/nestle-california-bottled-water\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">boycott nestle products<\/a>, and for more than what is included in this video. Nestle has gotten off very light, for their atrocious crimes to humanity over the decades.<\/p>\n<p>If it were up to us, Nestle would be charged for contributing to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-42303203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">many accounts of wildfires<\/a>, destruction of property, costs of emergency services, and perhaps even the deaths of those innocent lives taken by these wildfires over the years in California. All because Nestle extracted unfathomable amounts of water on expired permits for 27 years in the state of California, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/judge-rules-nestle-can-keep-bottling-californias-water-under-permit-that-expired-in-1988\/220713\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with nothing being done about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the years since this report first aired, the story has taken several major turns. In 2021, Nestl\u00e9 sold its entire U.S. and Canadian bottled-water business \u2014 including the Arrowhead brand pumped from California&#8217;s San Bernardino National Forest \u2014 to the private-equity firms One Rock Capital Partners and Metropoulos &amp; Co. for roughly $4.3 billion. The operation was rebranded as BlueTriton Brands, but the underlying fight over Strawberry Creek did not change hands so cleanly. California regulators made clear the sale would not stall their enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2023, California&#8217;s State Water Resources Control Board approved a cease-and-desist order blocking BlueTriton from diverting millions of gallons of water out of the Strawberry Creek watershed \u2014 the same creek tied to the permit that expired back in 1988. Campaigners summed up the case bluntly: one cannot sell what it does not own, and the board found that neither BlueTriton nor its predecessors had ever perfected a valid pre-1914 water right to the creek. Strawberry Creek feeds the Santa Ana River, a source of drinking water for roughly 750,000 residents, and conservationists argued the decades of pumping had helped desiccate a fragile ecosystem already strained by climate change. The company disputed the findings and pursued appeals, while activists pointed to data showing it had drawn far more water than permitted.<\/p>\n<p>The corporate shell game continued in November 2024, when BlueTriton merged with Primo Water to form Primo Brands Corporation, now trading publicly on the New York Stock Exchange. The names on the bottles keep changing, but the core grievance that drove this report \u2014 a multinational profiting off public water in a drought-prone, fire-prone state, long after its permits lapsed \u2014 remains very much alive.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2025, BlueTriton went to federal court seeking an injunction after the U.S. Forest Service denied a pipeline permit in the San Bernardino National Forest \u2014 another attempt to keep the Arrowhead operation flowing after California&#8217;s water board had already told the company to stop diverting Strawberry Creek. The fight has now spanned Nestl\u00e9, BlueTriton, Primo Brands, the State Water Board, and the Forest Service. The creek is still public. The bottles are still for sale.<\/p>\n<p>For the Canadian half of the same playbook, see <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2017\/10\/28\/nestle-caught-extracting-water-from-canadian-towns-on-expired-permits\/\">Nestl\u00e9 Exposed Extracting Water From Canadian Towns on Expired Permits<\/a> and our <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/category\/news\/environment\/\">Environment<\/a> coverage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quote-solid\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_44825\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44825\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/judge-in-2016-rules-nestle-can-keep-bottling-californias-water-under-permit-that-expired-in-1988.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44825 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/judge-in-2016-rules-nestle-can-keep-bottling-californias-water-under-permit-that-expired-in-1988.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a white cap and black jacket walks away from the camera on a cracked asphalt road, accompanied by a small dog on a leash. The scene is set in a dry, arid landscape, potentially highlighting the drought conditions linked to Nestl\u00e9&apos;s water extraction practices in California, and the environmental damage from wildfires.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"446\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: A judge ruled in 2016 that Nestle can keep bottling water on expired permits. (Credit: MintPressNews.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The AEGIS Alliance does not claim to be a leader of Anonymous, The AEGIS Alliance has Anonymous Allies.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;They, are Anonymous. They do not forgive this. And they will not forget it. You should have expected the Legion.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anonymous and The AEGIS Alliance tied Nestl\u00e9&#8217;s expired California permits to drought and fire. 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