Nestlé officially withdrew its proposal to build a water bottling facility in the northern California town of McCloud on September 11, stating it has decided to locate a new bottling plant in Sacramento instead.

In 2003, the McCloud town government signed a contract to sell 521 million gallons of underground water per year to Nestlé and the town quickly divided into two factions, some favoring the plant and the economic development it promised and others favoring environmental review and protection of the Mt. Shasta ecosystems dependent on the spring water.

Nestlé cited its withdrawal from McCloud as a result of “a thorough analysis of our business operations in the region,” further stating, “we have determined that the Sacramento plant production will replace the production we expected in McCloud and therefore we do not have a need to build a new facility in McCloud.”

For more information see the articles and the press release in the Redding Record Searchlight and Mount Shasta News.