*Artificial? #Drought in #Spain*

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Let me guess...#Nestlé...Yep, among others.

"There are six water-bottling plants within a 10-mile radius, including one run by #Nestlé and another by #French multinational #Danone. They pump up mineral water from the aquifer beneath the #Montseny mountain range and put it in plastic bottles to sell in #Spain and abroad. #Catalonia...

#ClimateCrisis

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Professor Lyla Mehta

2024-11-23 23:06:09

Extracting & bottling water in the midst of climate extremes ‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water’ #Spain #Valencia #Water #ClimateDiary #ClimateChange theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water

Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting from these extremes: the water-grabbing multinational companies forcing angry citizens to pay for it in bottles

^{Grace Livingstone (The Guardian)}

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...has the highest concentration of water-bottling plants in #Spain; across the region, 27 extraction licences have been granted. “There’s more water carried along the roads in lorries than is running in our streams,” Rosita says.//
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