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Residents Say Bottled Water Plant Has Lowered Lake and Stream Levels

Mecosta, Michigan - Shelly Sapp stands in the mud at the edge of Thompson Lake where her family has lived for five generations. She says lake levels have dropped since Nestle Waters North America began withdrawing 720,000 gallons of water a day from nearby springs for its Ice Mountain bottled water plant in Stanwood, Michigan.
Copyright © Jim West

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Image Description:	Mecosta, Michigan - Shelly Sapp stands in the mud at the edge of Thompson Lake where her family has lived for five generations. She says lake levels have dropped since Nestle Waters North America began withdrawing 720,000 gallons of water a day from nearby springs for its Ice Mountain bottled water plant in Stanwood, Michigan. Copyright © Jim West
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