Creswell Water Bottling
The consent allowed them to take.
Creswell water bottling. Creswell nz said in a statement that the environment court decision was the right one and would deliver much needed benefits to the community particularly new jobs for locals. 123rf nongfu spring ltd through the company creswell nz is seeking resource consent to draw more than one billion litres of water a year. Creswell new zealand limited a subsidiary of chinese company nongfu spring not only wants to take more water from the aquifer but build two new bottling lines each producing 72 000 plastic bottles an hour. In june last year creswell nz limited was successful in its application to take more groundwater from the awaiti canal groundwater catchment for water bottling.
Creswell nz owned by nongfu was granted consent in 2016 by the bay of plenty regional council to install a new bore for testing purposes at otakiri springs. The expansion of the ōtākiri water bottling plant has highlighted the battle between economic growth and environmental concerns. Randal opened proceedings by speaking about the political nature of water bottling saying that opposition to creswell persisted despite its best efforts.