READ MORE:* The bottled-water giants who are taking our water* Green light for controversial West Coast water-bottling operation* Water, water everywhere so what's the problem? More than 70 such companies nationwide are known to be bottling water, many of which are in the South Island. Official records show the valuable water consent has been transferred to Cloud Ocean Water Ltd, a company registered in March. A planned sale to a water bottling company did not go through. Okuru Enterprises is allowed to pump 800 million litres of water each month, making it the largest scheme water bottling scheme in the country if it goes ahead.

Source: Stuff May 23, 2017 08:03 UTC