After a years-long fight over the bottled water operation in the San Bernardino National Forest, California water regulators ruled Tuesday that the company must stop taking millions of gallons through its pipelines. BlueTriton Brands took over the bottled water business from Nestlé in 2021. BlueTriton said the ruling “creates water rights uncertainty” and negatively affects other water users that rely on groundwater. The springs are the original source of Arrowhead brand bottled water, named after an arrowhead-shaped natural rock formation on the mountainside. The company has said Arrowhead bottled water is sourced from 11 spring sites across California, as well as one spring in Colorado and another in British Columbia.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 20, 2023 13:39 UTC