Photo: Getty ImagesA water protection campaigner wants the Government to put a moratorium on all bottling while it sorts out the issues around water rights. After suspending its operations and cutting its workforce from 160 to 35, bottling company Cloud Ocean Water is reopening and says it is in growth mode. A Cloud Ocean Water spokesperson said its production was mothballed in September last year with the view to reopen in 2020. Cloud Ocean Water exports to China, and has a resource consent in Christchurch to take 1.5 billion litres a year. "We've got a huge number of water bottling consents that aren't being realised, that have had no water extracted under them.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 11, 2020 23:37 UTC