Press Release

McCloud, CA –Nestlé Waters North America announced today that it is stepping out of its initial contract to purchase spring water from the McCloud Community Services District and looks forward to negotiating a new contract with the District. The new contract will better reflect the company’s smaller project now envisioned in McCloud and community feedback on this proposal.

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NEW YORK, NY – August 7, 2008 – Today, several leading United States and Canada-based advocacy groups have joined forces to support the highly anticipated U.S. theatrical release of FLOW (www.flowthefilm.com) by Oscilloscope Pictures, a distribution company founded by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. The announcement was timed to coincide with Nestlé Company’s (VTX: NESN) plan to release its half-year results today and follows headlines detailing recent setbacks for Nestlé Waters’ original contract with McCloud, California to build a one million square foot bot tling facility.

McCloud, CA – The Protect Our Waters Coalition (composed of the McCloud Watershed Council, California Trout, and Trout Unlimited) is pleased to learn that Nestlé Waters North America has agreed to cancel its contract with the McCloud Community Services District (District) to build a water bottling facility in the town of McCloud.

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The Protect Our Waters Coalition (composed of the McCloud Watershed Council, California Trout, and Trout Unlimited) agrees fully with the California Attorney General’s letter to the Siskiyou County Planning Department regarding the wide-ranging problems associated with the proposed Nestlé water bottling plant in McCloud.

SISKIYOU--Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today warned Nestle that California will challenge the environmental plan for a bottled water plant in Siskiyou county if the company does not revise its contract to pump water from the McCloud River.

McCloud, Calif., June 3, 2008 – After years of battling the proposed Nestlé water bottling plant in McCloud, CA, the Protect Our Waters Coalition (POW) announced today that it is optimistic about Nestlé Waters North America’s (Nestlé’s Waters) recent announcement that the company intends to begin negotiations this year with the McCloud Community Services District (MCSD) on a new contract to replace its 2003 contract with the MCSD, and will undertake additional scientific research on their proposed scaled-back water-bottling project in McCloud, California.

McCloud, Calif., June 2, 2008 – Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) today announced additional details regarding its plans for community forums, scientific studies and new contract negotiations surrounding its proposed project in McCloud, CA.

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MCCLOUD, Calif., April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The McCloud Watershed Council and California Trout, who, along with Trout Unlimited, comprise the Protect Our Waters Coalition, announced today that they have engaged the national law and consulting firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. The firm will represent the Coalition in their fight to safeguard the rights and quality of life for residents of McCloud, California and beyond who would be affected by operation of a planned Nestle Waters North America water bottling plant in the Mt. Shasta area.

McCloud, Califorinia, February 12, 2008 – We are encouraged that Nestlé has shown it is willing to establish real scientific benchmarks for how the plant would affect our water flows and our quality of life. Nestlé has acknowledged that its draft environmental review for a water bottling facility in McCloud must include additional studies before its long-term environmental impacts can be fully understood. We extend our thanks to Nestlé for being willing to reopen the environmental impact report (EIR) process as required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

McCloud, Calif., February 11, 2008 - Nestlé Waters North America today announced plands to make changes to the proposed project description in McCloud based on feedback from the community. As a result, the company has also asked Siskiyou County to revise and recirculate the project notice of preparation. This will reinstate the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process so that the revised proposed project will be accurately evaluated and the public will have additional opportunity to provide input.