Economics
Nestlé Discovers Water in the Arizona Desert, and Bottles It
Despite a 17-year drought, Phoenix has welcomed the sale of its water as a consumer product—but for how long?
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A Nestlé bottling unit is opening a new plant in drought-stricken Phoenix because that's where the water is. Really.
Drought? Desert? Water? The pure dissonance provoked understandable controversy among the sand-lubbers who make up one of the top three U.S. markets in per capita water-bottle-swigging.