Nestle backs controversial water bill that would make it easier for industrial users to obtain water in Arizona - Phoenix Business Journal

has moved forward in the Arizona Legislature and is being backed by food and beverage giant Nestle USA.in the Phoenix metro and has proposed to invest $775 million and bring 350 new jobs to Glendale, Laura Magnus, a representative for Nestle, said.

The issue facing beverage makers in the West Valley and their plans to try to change the law in 2023 came to light in a Business Journal investigative reportAs a proposed solution, the new bill would allow an industrial user like Nestlé to treat and store wastewater underneath its facility so it can reuse the water for free through water credits, rather than an existing option of placing the water back into the public system that's managed by utilities and having to pay to draw the...

"This is not about wastewater capacity – this is ultimately about protecting the aquifer and working within the state’s existing groundwater management framework. This framework has served Arizona very well and now, when Arizonans’ foremost concern is whether or not water will be there in the future, is not the time to make exceptions for a specific industry," the company said in an email to the Business Journal.

A spokesperson for the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, a municipal water advocacy organization that represents 10 Valley cities and is opposed to the bill, said in a statement that the bill is being pushed by beverage manufacturers that want to “avoid” sending their wastewater to a utility and create a system that it believes would “negatively impact recharge permitting, recovery well permitting and assured water supply permits for all water users in the region.

Kinney added that these issues could send a"chilling signal to the market for large well-known companies to have their investments put at risk because there’s not an ability to self-resolve a wastewater challenge." Next, the bill will go to the committee of the whole for any potential amendments before it is voted on in a third Senate reading and sent to the House of Representatives.

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