Call, Write or Email the Governor to Demand She Shut
Down the Ice Mountain Water Bottling Plant. Tell her
that her support of water diversion is not acceptable.
There is a sample letter and information below.

Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
P.O. Box 30013
Lansing, Michigan 48909
PHONE (517) 373-3400
FAX (517) 335-6863


Background:
For the past year, Ice Mountain (a subsidiary of
Nestle) has been pumping 400 gallons a minute of water out of Michigan's ground to bottle and ship all over
the country. This pumping has had a significant effect
on the streams and lakes that were formerly fed by the
spring that Ice Mountain tapped. The levels have
dropped several inches, destroying valuable nesting
and spawning habitat for the fish and birds that rely
on the wetlands and riparian areas. The pumping is
also establishing a terrible precedent. It is defining
the water of the Great Lakes as a commodity that can
be bought and sold. It is also showing that water usage is not controllable by residents. The Great
Lakes contain 20% of the world's freshwater, and their
levels have been declining steadily for the past
several years. Water profiteers have theirs eyes
focused on this region and Ice Mountain is a test case
for them.

Michigan's Governor Granholm has recently issued up to
5 new permits for Ice Mountain to pump more water from
different locations. This has come as a shock because
Granholm has continually stated in public that she is
against the pumping of Michigan's water out of the
Great Lakes watershed. As Attorney General, she wrote
a letter stating she thought the Ice Mountain plant
was an illegal diversion of water and should not be
permitted. In her first 5 months as Governor, she did
nothing to stop the plant from operating. Activists
figured it was just a case of a typically slow -moving
politician. By issuing the new permits, she has
changed her position from passive opponent to active
proponent. By selling Michigan's water, Granholm has
identified herself as an ally of Ice Mountain, and all
of the other multinational bottling corporations
waiting to set up shop in Michigan.

On June 8th, the Detroit News ran an interview with
Granholm where again she was quoted as stating her
opposition to any Great Lakes water diversion.
Granholm said further that she would veto any
diversion project, a power granted by the federal 1986
water development and resource act. This was
especially nauseating to read knowing that Granholm
continues to support a blatant diversion of water. She
is gaining points as a "people's" governor in the
public's eyes while she is quietly selling off
Michigan's natural heritage.

Furthermore, these new permits were issued while
Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation has a suit
being heard in court. The citizens are challenging the
legality of the Ice Mountain factory. The lawsuit has
been delayed for several years, and is now finally
being heard in court.


Sample Letter:

Dear Governor Granholm,

I am writing to say that I am completely dismayed that
you would turn your back on the protection of
Michigan's water. I cannot believe that you would
grant new permits for expanded pumping to the Ice
Mountain water bottling factory in Mecosta, MI. This
action has proven my worst fears, that you have
changed your position since becoming Governor of
Michigan.

What happened to your concern about protecting the
Great Lakes? How can you in good conscience tell the
public that you want to prevent water diversion, like
you did in the interview published in the June 8
Detroit News, and at the same time permit the
expansion of the most blatant private water diversion
project in the entire Great Lakes region? This is
inexcusable and unethical behavior.

I demand that you immediately rescind these new
permits that you have issued Ice Mountain, as well as
the ones that were issued under Governor Engler. I
also demand that you immediately invoke your powers
under the 1986 Water Resource Development Act and
declare the plant an illegal diversion of Great Lakes
water and shut it down forever. The Great Lakes cannot
afford to suffer the consequences of this pathetic
game of politics and greed. Our future depends on
honor and action.

Sincerely,


Title change thanks to Ice Nine
[This message was edited Fri Jun 13 7:22:58 PDT 2003 by applekisses]

Doesn't anyone care about this? Don't buy Ice Mountain bottled water!

These bottled water pricks are annoying... hell, ALL bottled water is annoying!

IceNine said:

It makes me SICK! I've been emailing all government-types for two days.

You could get more people to check this topic out if you changed the title... try this one:

"If you like a cool glass of water after a long session of super hot fucking, oral sex and dildo play, don't buy water from Ice Mountain"

IceNine said:

OK...that's it...I'm changing it!

Damn!

This topic is going to fucking TAKE OFF!!!

IceNine said:

omg!! hahahahhah

violett said:

I'm serious... this topic HAS to jump off now... that title is the ONE!!!

:LOL:

IceNine said:

Hey...if it baits a bunch of perverts into becoming environmentalists...I'm all for it.

applekisses said:

:LOL:

It would be like that Pauly Shore movie... Bio Dome.

IceNine said:

OMG...
I never saw it, but I know what you mean...

applekisses said:

You got my attention...

The tap water in my apartment is better than any bottled bullshit water.

This is bullshit and thanks AppleKisses for enlightening me! For that matter Aquafina is also bottled in Detroit from the river (disgusting) and filtered.

So really the answer is simple, if you are that concerned about the water you drink, go buy a filter. Their just filtering piss and charging you for it.

Ice Mountain, Aquafina and all the rest have the best scam going since the pet rock.

Slave2daGroove said:

No shit. We used to get Arrowhead delivered, but now we get Culligan at the grocery store. (I think it's Culligan) It's basically tap water that is carbon filtered and got the reverse osmosis thing going on.

Slave2daGroove said:

You're welcome
PLUS...they're taking our water and selling it to yuppies everywhere
Doesn't that just make you mad?
I didn't know Aquafina was from the Detroit River! Ewww...my uncles tell me stories about how they would see dead bodies floating in it in the 50s.

But, from what I've heard, thanks to the Zebra Muscles it's a lot cleaner.

http://www.qsl.net/w8wn/w...inver.html

Aquafina is a product of Pepsi-cola, what kinda sense does that make?
Yeah, I'm gonna buy water from a cola company.

VinaBlue said:

Well...you can buy caffinated water

Do you have to live in Michigan to write a letter on this?

butterfli25 said:

Nope...go for it girl!

Just give me a

EvilWhiteMale said:

Agreed. Bottled water is a scam but it is sometimes convenient when you are out.

The tap water in Detroit is rumored to be
amongst the cleanest in the nation...
I've had out-of-town friends claim that they
can tell that our tap water is CLEAN.

The city has decided to cash in on this ONE
good trait of the city...

Get ready for bottled water from DETROIT...

lovemachine said:

U guys have never had New Jersey Tap water!
I even make coffee with the bottled shit!

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[This message was edited Fri Jun 13 23:18:32 PDT 2003 by Sweeny79]

IceNine said:

Ok the title did draw me in. :LOL: For one I thought it was a Tony title not an Apples title! :Lol:

I will not purchase that brand! So goal achieved!

Muse2noPharaoh said:

The title was the thing that made you look... PERFECTION.

I was thinking of bottling the air from the Ice Mountain region and selling it to the inner cities. It's gonna be big!.. trust me.
(I taught Tyler Durden everything he knows about soap)
[This message was edited Sat Jun 14 7:13:09 PDT 2003 by DarthBane]

IceNine said:

Lets just say by now I have the inner workings of your mind fairly down pat!

You two have fun today. Weather is perfect for it.

You know, before this thread I'd never even heard of Ice Mountain water.
Then when I was shopping today at Target, I saw bottles and bottles of it.
Funny how these things happen.



I didn't buy any.