PORTLAND, Ore. — Voters in Hood River County will decide the fate of a proposed bottled water plant in Cascade Locks.
The Oregonian reports that county officials have approved a ballot measure that would stop Nestle from building the plant. The measure is set to appear on primary ballots in May.
The measure would bam commercial operations bottling more than 1,000 gallons of water a day in the county. The proposed Cascade Locks plant would bottle and sell 100 million gallons of local spring water each year.
Critics of the plant say water shouldn’t be trucked out of state in the wake of one of Oregon’s driest summers ever recorded.
Cascade Locks city officials largely support the plan, saying it could create 50 jobs and nearly double the city’s annual property tax revenue.
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