Bottled Life – Das Geschäft mit dem Wasser (2012)

Bottled Life – Das Geschäft mit dem Wasser: Directed by Urs Schnell. With Peter Brabeck, Res Gehriger, Hanspeter Müller. Do you know how to turn ordinary water into a billion-dollar business? In Switzerland there’s a company which has developed the art to perfection – Nestlé. This company dominates the global business in bottled water. Swiss journalist Res Gehringer has investigated this money-making phenomena. Nestlé refused to cooperate, on the pretext that it was “the wrong film at the wrong time”. So Gehringer went on a journey of exploration, researching the story in the USA, Nigeria and Pakistan. His journey into the world of bottled water reveals the schemes and strategies of the most powerful food and beverage company on our planet.

“I donu0026#39;t have much to say about the documentary itself but quite a lot about the business.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHere in India we had a big controversy about Coca Cola corporationu0026#39;s water bottling business. In Kerala they extracted so much ground water for their purpose that it created almost drought conditions in the surrounding areas on Kerala.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCity of Chennai has had perpetual shortage of potable water. A little while ago a million liters per day desalination plant was installed on the outskirts. The total cost of the process amounted to to a mere US$ 1.00 for 100 liters. What is being sold in the market costs around US$0.20 per 1 liter bottle.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI would most certainly blame the politicians too for granting industrial licenses to big time companies, multinationals and local variety, for this catastrophe. If I had it my way I would grant licenses for setting plants only for bottling desalinated purified water at least located at least 100 miles away from any populated area!”