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The corporate official said Nestlé would not follow Starbucks and stop drawing water from wells in the state - where personal use has been limited - and move elsewhere, reported KPCC-FM.
"Absolutely not," said CEO Tim Brown. "In fact, if I could increase it, I would."
Brown said the company's water bottling operations serve a growing consumer demand - and he's not willing to give up Nestlé's market share.
"If I stop bottling water tomorrow, people would buy another brand of bottled water," he said. "As the second largest bottler in the state, we're filling a role many others aren't filling. It's driven by consumer demand — it's driven by an on-the-go society that needs to hydrate. Frankly, we're very happy [consumers] are doing it in a healthier way."
Comment: That's a typical excuse that conscienceless executives make to absolve themselves of responsibility for actions that are detrimental to others. It would never dawn on this CEO to consider making a dramatic change in business practices that might inspire others to make positive changes as well, thereby improving life for the majority. And this explains much of what is wrong in our society, the world is run by people just like this.
Jay Famiglietti, a hydrologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, said the California water crisis is at least partly the result of a human behavior problem that could threaten water supplies in other areas.
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