> their total bottling amount equals the total residential (which includes municipal) water usage in the state From the article you linked "The International

> their total bottling amount equals the total residential (which includes municipal) water usage in the state From the article you linked "The International Bottled Water Association says that about 3.1 billion gallons of water are bottled in California annually. Nestle, for example, uses 725 million gallons of water annually at its California bottling plants. But that volume is dwarfed by the 4 trillion, (with a "t,") gallons used by residents every year." So those 110 companies combined use 0.00077 of the water residents use each year, and likely pays the same per gallon as other ag and industrial consumers, and this is considered a problem worthy of attention?