Crystal Geyser is planning to build a new water bottling facility near Olancha that would involve drilling a production well to pump more groundwater from the Owens Valley. The well would produce up to 410 acre-feet per year, with a maximum of 510,000 gallons A DAY. To put that into perspective, they're anticipating that a total of 38 trucks per day would transport the packaged bottled water product off-site to the distribution centers.

Inyo County is currently accepting public comments on potential impacts, mitigation measures, and alternatives for the upcoming Environmental Impact Report required under the California Environmental Quality Act.

Email Comments To: crichards@inyocounty.us

Use Subject Line: Crystal Geyser Roxane Grant Ranch Project Environmental Impact Report

Comments Due: February 27th at 5:00 pm

Crystal Geyser is one of the largest exporters of water from Inyo County, where the land has already suffered decades of groundwater extraction by LADWP. Make your comments personal to you and the impacts from groundwater extraction that you are concerned about.

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