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MONROE TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Nestle Waters North America, which bottles water in Michigan under the company's Ice Mountain label, won't be pumping spring water from a site near the headwaters of the White River.
Company officials said initial scientific assessments indicate the water at the site in Newaygo County's Monroe Township has a different mineral composition than other spring water that is bottled as Ice Mountain.
Nestle had not submitted a formal proposal to pump from the White River watershed but had made its intentions known. The proposal generated opposition from local residents and officials because it involved pumping tens of millions of gallons of spring water from the watershed each year.
"We appreciate the opportunity to assess the site, and the willingness of the community to learn more about our proposed project and the scientific process we use in developing a source," Greg Fox, Nestle Waters Midwest natural resource manager, told The Muskegon Chronicle.
Nestle opened the Stanwood facility in 2002 and bottled 226 million gallons of Ice Mountain water last year. All of that groundwater, which comes from wells in rural Mecosta County and one of the city of Evart's municipal wells, was extracted from the Muskegon River watershed.
Earlier this year, the state approved Nestle's plans to pump 70 million gallons of spring water annually from a site near the headwaters of two trout streams that flow into the Muskegon River near Evart.
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