and Acqua Panna brands. Production and distribution In Canada, Nestlé has two bottling facilities that produce Nestlé Pure Life branded water, the larger of the two is located in Aberfoyle, Ontario and the smaller one is in Hope, BC. Warehouses are located in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Hamilton, Ontario and Laval, Quebec. Nestlé Pure Life water is sold in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, including the Middle East, and Africa. Controversy Nestlé has been criticized for bottling water in poor regions like South America, which could drain natural water sources and deprive people who can't afford the expensive bottled water. The movie Bottled Life documented the situation and won several film awards. In Canada, much of the water extracted by the company for its Pure Life brand has been at a source in the village of Aberfoyle, Ontario in Puslinch, Ontario, located in Wellington County, Ontario and under the jurisdiction of the City of Guelph, Ontario. For some years, a local advocacy group, Wellington Water Watchers has expressed concern about the amount of water being extracted by the company. Formed in 2007, the group's mandate is "the protection, restoration and conservation of drinking water in Guelph and Wellington County". After the planned sale of the Nestlé Canada's water bottling business to Ice River Springs was announced in early July 2020, Wellington Water Watchers said that this was "a victory for the people of Ontario ... a response by Nestle to public pressure". In a later statement, however, a spokesperson said that Ontario should be phasing out the bottled water industry, a "low priority and frivolous use of the water taking". Nearly a year earlier (July 2019), the Wellington group had demanded that the provincial government obtain an environmental assessment before renewing the company's licence to remove any groundwater. (Water taking is controlled by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks.) At the time, Nestlé’s permit to extract up to 3.6 million litres of water per day was close to coming up for renewal. The most recent study (reported in March 2020) by the City of Guelph about the Aberfoyle source included this comment: Nestlé’s water-taking "has not caused a decline or drop in water levels year after year" and that "water-taking at the current rate is sustainable at this point in time". See also Dasani Aquafina Poland Spring Pulmuone References External links 1998 establishments in Pakistan Bottled water