So, i've seen some wonderful Poland Spring Water commercials lately.

[OAITW r.2.0]

Interestingly, they claim to remove only .0042 % of the available water. I think Poland Springs is sucking the aquifer in York County....dry. please explain why I am stupid.

[Coldwater]

1. There's a class action lawsuit against Poland Spring bottled water

which alleges it's not “100% Natural Spring Water” as advertised since the bottles contain phthalates and microplastics.

[Easterncedar]

2. After all the drought this year, you know they are draining the aquifers

And the legislature keeps voting down bills to make them pay for it

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. How do they claim .0042% of water? How do they figure that?

[3Hotdogs]

4. Actually, isn't the plant is far from York County?

I drove by the plant at the eastern end of Rt. 1, on the Canadian border.

[Birdfeeder]

6. Poland Springs in ME

Poland Springs has many sites in Maine. The Hollis source is about 15 miles from where we live. Route 112 runs by our home and each day 500 tractor trailers run from the MTA to Hollis and back filled with bottled water. Fryeburg has a similar facility and there are several others throughout the State.
That’s a lot of water being extracted and I’m not aware Maine is getting much in return.

[Birdfeeder]

5. Positive PR for Poland Springs misleading

A better analysis would be to measure the impact on the aquifers where they are drawing the water. Each is unique and impacts will vary. Throwing a statistic of .0042% is meaningless and is meant to minimize and hide the impacts of their operations.