http://clui.org/ludb/site/crystal-geyser-olancha-plant http://clui.org/ludb/site/crystal-geyser-olancha-plant The Olancha Crystal Geyser bottling plant is on H

http://clui.org/ludb/site/crystal-geyser-olancha-plant http://clui.org/ludb/site/crystal-geyser-olancha-plant The Olancha Crystal Geyser bottling plant is on Highway 395 right next to the dry bed of Owens Lake. The Owens River used to run into Owens Lake but the water was diverted for the Los Angeles Aqueduct and now it's an Alkali dust bowl. Every time I drive past the facility (usually twice a year) I'm reminded about how much of a mess Californias water policy has been since at least 1905 when the projects were first started. In 1930 LA started a project to siphon water away from the Mono Basin and that's had a very detrimental effect on the area including Mono Lake as well. You can see some changes in the area since courts have ruled that not as much water can be taken, from Mono at least, but the drought has made it look pretty insignificant. I don't know which states are supplied bottled water from that facility but at the very least it's bottled and trucked into LA, and for some residents it's essentially the same water they are getting from their tap.