We don't want to be standing outside the water bottling plant in Belfast begging them for water." Among the things riling him is confusion over a second water bottling plant in Belfast. The Christchurch City Council is considering an application by Cloud Ocean to build another factory, while ECan issues water consents. The right of companies such as Cloud Ocean Water to rely on the transfer of existing older consents to take water is being challenged through the courts. "Right now there are no grounds to decline consents like Cloud Ocean Water Ltd's for water bottling.

Source: Stuff March 08, 2019 04:30 UTC