For Immediate Release Contact: Terry Swier 231-972-8856
Karen L. Ferguson 231-946-0044
James M. Olson 231-946-0044


Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation ("MCWC") circulated a Press Release, dated January 16, 2002, based on the conclusions contained in a report prepared by its environmental consultants Ball Environmental, that corrective measures should be taken to prevent further harm to a bald eagle nesting site near the pipeline route for water to be pumped at the well site by Great Spring Waters of America, Inc., a subsidiary of Perrier Group. The consultants believed from their observations of the excavation, ditches, and grading along the fence line, that the disturbed area that threatened the nest was due to the construction of the pipeline or related activities.

However, today, MCWC and its attorneys received a Press Release, dated January 17, 2002, issued by GSWA, Inc.'s representatives, claiming that the conclusions regarding the threat to the eagle's nest are false, because GSWA and its contractors were not involved in any such activities. MCWC's attorneys have made an inquiry with its consultants about the report, and until MCWC has received an answer regarding the same, it requests that its Press Release, dated January 16, 2002, not be used as the basis for any news story. It should also be noted that the consultants' report also addressed erosion and sedimentation problems at the well construction and Sanctuary
site, and that this is of equal importance and needs to be addressed. The matter still needs to be investigated by the agencies that have been requested to do so.