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Originally Posted by Hifred
So how does a water bottling plant in Sumter County get a permit to pump 500,000 gals. of water a day. The permit is issued and pumping will begin this summer.
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This is news to me, and if true, wouldn't all this water empty the aquifer (s) under our houses? This sounds like fraking to me, cant the Governnor create a moratorium on this until some research is done?
I found this at :
Permit seeks 500K gallons a day from aquifer - News - Daily Commercial - Leesburg, FL
"If granted a permit, SWR Properties has an agreement to sell the water to Azure Water, which has an about 15,000-square-foot bottled water co-packing operation at 1903 Greenleaf Lane, off Tally Road, in Leesburg.
In turn, Azure would sell the water to existing clients like Publix, DS Water and the Niagra Bottling Company. Permit documents show Azure has other potential bottled water buyers that include big-box stores like Wal-Mart, Sams, Target and Kmart; grocery store chains like Winn-Dixie, Kroger, Fresh Market and Whole Foods; convenience store chains like 7-Eleven, Race Trac, Wawa and Hess; and drug stores like Walgreens and CVS."