Perrier's Controversial Plan To Tap Aquifers

Controversy is brewing over plans into underground water supplies in Mecosta and Osceola Counties to sell as bottled water. A grass-roots group is collecting signatures to force a referendum on recent zoning changes in Mecosta that favored Perrier's proposal.Perrier Group of America's $60 million plan pledges that neighboring wells, lakes and wetlands will not be at risk...[a] grass-roots group has hired a lawyer and wants public hearings when state regulators consider crucial permits. It wants more data collected on the impact of drawing the underground water."