Chinatown Hustle

  

The Forest Service has been charging a permit fee of $2,500 per year. There has been no charge for the water.

Controversy over the issue erupted when the Desert Sun reported in 2015 that the Forest Service was allowing Nestlé to siphon water using a permit that listed 1988 as the expiration date..

Records show about 319 acre-feet, or 104 million gallons, flowed through the company’s pipes in 2023. 

Forest Service orders Arrowhead bottled water company to shut down California pipeline 

 

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-08-07/arrowhead-bottled-water-permit.

"its reports showed that 94% to 98% of the amount of water diverted monthly was delivered to the old hotel property 

 for “undisclosed purposes,” 

 and that “for months BlueTriton has indicated it has bottled none of the water taken,”  

while also significantly increasing the volumes extracted."

 

It's Chinatown, Jake.