Nestlé wants water from Columbia Gorge spring


Nestlé Waters wants to tap into a Cascade Locks spring to bottle for its Arrowhead and Pure Life water brands.

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Nestlé Waters wants to tap into a Cascade Locks spring to bottle water for its Arrowhead and Pure Life brands.

Nestlé, rebuffed in other Northwest towns, has proposed a $50 million plant in Cascade Locks that would draw upwards of 100 million gallons a year to fill bottles of Arrowhead and Pure Life water. It would also nearly double property tax collections in the city, population 1,050, and add 45 jobs, which has helped it garner support from Cascade Locks leaders and Gov. Ted Kulongoski.

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