Three bills introduced today by Michigan State Representatives Yousef Rabhi, Laurie Pohutsky, and Rachel Hood will ban diversions of bottled water and strengthen protections for Michigan’s groundwater as a public trust resource.
The following statement can be attributed to Mary Brady-Enerson, Michigan Director, Clean Water Action:
“Michigan is home to 21% of the world’s fresh surface water. It is our State’s great responsibility to protect and preserve this natural resource for the public benefit, not for private profit. The legislation introduced today would strengthen public trust protections and close the water-bottling loophole in the Great Lakes Compact, ensuring the people of Michigan, not companies like Nestle, get to decide how our waters are used. We applaud the leadership of Representatives Rabhi, Pohutsky and Hood and call on the entire legislature to take swift action on these important bills.”
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Since our founding during the campaign to pass the landmark Clean Water Act in 1972, Clean Water Action has worked to win strong health and environmental protections by bringing issue expertise, solution-oriented thinking and people power to the table. Clean Water Action is Michigan’s largest grassroots conservation group with over 250,000 members across the state. Through direct advocacy and education we organize Michigan residents to protect the Great Lakes and our water resources. Learn more at www.cleanwateraction.org/mi