Noah D. Hall
This testimony provides an overview of the federal and state laws pertaining to groundwater and spring water extraction by the water bottling industry. It also provides several recommendations for new policies and legal reform to address environmental concerns relating to water extraction and bottling.
This written testimony is being provided in response to an invitation to appear before the United States House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Domestic Policy Subcommittee’s hearing on “Assessing the Environmental Risks of the Water Bottling Industry’s Extraction of Groundwater.” The Chairman has requested that my testimony describe “the existing state and federal regulatory schemes that apply to groundwater and spring water extraction by the water bottling industry” and evaluate “the adequacy of these regulatory regimes.”
Great Lakes Law 