Businesses pump water from aquifers in New Zealand and Australia, prompting protests
On the east coast of New Zealand, a Chinese-owned company has been pumping increasing amounts of water from a local aquifer to quench growing demand among consumers for high-end spring water.
Sales of bottled water by OnePure International Group have grown exponentially since it opened for business five years ago, and most of its products are shipped to China and other parts of Asia. Last year, it pumped close to three million gallons of spring water from below one of New Zealand’s prime wine-growing districts, to the chagrin...
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