[jcpham2]

There’s another company that pays 99$ a year for a similar lease and I’m unable to locate the source.

Most bottled water companies have this sort of sweetheart deal because we as humans don’t seem to value the thing that keeps us alive properly.

Freshwater speculation will be huge in the future.

[sjoedev]

Related: Nestle pays $200 per year to bottle water near Flint, MI (2017) [1].

As a Michigan native who has family, friends, and coworkers affected by the Flint water crisis, very frustrating.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/29/nestle-pays-...

[aerostable_slug]

> Freshwater speculation will be huge in the future.

The Harvard endowment bought up some real estate in the wine country of Paso Robles, California because of the future value of associated water rights.

https://vinepair.com/booze-news/harvard-buys-californias-wat...